Dr. Stacey Robertson, Oglesby Professor of American Heritage and interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Bradley University, appears in the August 13 episode of “Who Do You Think You Are?,” a series airing on cable channel TLC.

Actress and singer Zooey Deschanel, star of the Fox sitcom “New Girl,” will be the featured celebrity on the episode. Researchers traced Deschanel’s ancestry to a 19th century woman with abolitionist ties and Robertson will provide historical context about women in that time period based on her research and writing. Dr. Robertson has researched the abolitionist movement for 25 years, focusing for the past 15 years on women’s roles in the movement.