Gillet Rosenblith is a public historian interested in how race, gender, poverty and politics play out over physical space in the United States. She studies public housing policy and activism in the late 20th century, examining the relationships between housing policy and the politics of criminalization and empowerment. She also has developed expertise on the 20th- and 21st-century histories of Charlottesville and UVA. 

Gillet has written for  academic and public audiences. In May 2023, she responded to an investigation by The Washington Post into the use of AI in public housing with a piece about punitive policies initially enacted to protect public housing residents. In 2020, she wrote another column for The Washington Post historicizing the catastrophic rise in evictions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic and their disproportionate impact on marginalized Americans. In June 2017, Slate.com published a piece Gillet co-authored that explored how Confederate statues in Charlottesville, Virginia reshaped the landscape. 

Gillet is currently writing a book examining the history of public housing.

Gillet earned her Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia. She held two postdoctoral fellowships from the Karsh Institute of Democracy from 2020–2023. For the 2023–24 academic year, Gillet was a postdoctoral associate with UVA’s College Fellows. This fall, she will continue to teach while participating in the administrative leadership of the College’s Engagements program. Gillet will also work in the Office of the Provost, project managing and developing content for public history projects related to UVA.