These are all very interesting research interests! My interests are primarily in intellectual history from the colonial through the early national periods (although I generally tend to focus on the Revolution in my research). I'm currently reading The Second Creation by Jonathan Gienapp. Some of the scholars who have influenced me most (besides the usual suspects, like Bailyn, Wood, Appleby, et al.) are Craig Yirush, Max Edling, John Phillip Reid, Daniel Walker Howe, Alison LaCroix, Douglas Bradburn, and Eliga Gould.