Research and Teaching Interests

[Capitalism]
[Cultural & Intellectual]
[Early America]
[Gender & Sexuality]
[Imperialism & Colonialism]
[Native American]
[U.S. 19th & 20th Century]
[U.S. South]

Dissertation

"Clearing the Thickets: The Cultural Politics of Place-Making in the Frontier South," supervised by Dr. Allan Kulikoff (2011)

Selected Publications

"Comparative review of From New Babylon to Eden by Bertrand Van Ruymbeke and To Make This Land Our Own by Arlin C. Migliazzo," Georgia Historical Quarterly (Summer 2009)

"The Backcountry of American Politics: Considering Robert M. Calhoon's Moderation Thesis," Journal of Backcountry Studies (Fall 2009)

"Review of Long Before Stonewall: Histories of Same-Sex Sexuality in Early America, edited by Thomas A. Foster," Journal of the Early Republic (Winter 2008)

"Alabama's Territorial Period and Early Statehood," Encyclopedia of Alabama (Fall 2008) More Info

Honors and Awards

Dean's Award for Arts and Humanities, UGA Graduate School (2010)

Alabama Department of Archives and History Research Grant, Friends of the Alabama Archives (2010)

Courses Taught

HIST2111: U.S. History to 1865 [Syllabus]

HIST3060: Colonial and Revolutionary America [Syllabus]

HIST4070: Jeffersonian and Jacksonian America [Syllabus]

HIST4071: Antebellum South [Syllabus]