I have been at UW-Parkside since 2004, achieving the rank of associate professor in 2010. I received my Ph.D. in history from UCLA in 2001, and my master's and bachelor's degrees from Smith College.

Teaching Interests

In addition to regularly teaching the first half of the American history survey (pre-contact through the Civil War), I offer upper level courses on the colonial/Atlantic world; the early American republic; Civil War and Reconstruction; and Native American history.

Research Interests

My research focuses on the intersections of politics, culture, and diplomacy in the early American republic. I am the author of book entitled "Celebrating the Republic: Presidential Ceremony and Popular Sovereignty from Washington to Monroe, 1789-1825." I am currently working on a book length project dealing with the origins of American neutrality as a post-revolutionary concept.

Consulting Interests

2012: The Political Philosophy of George Washington, Presidential Studies Quarterly (915-917 pp.)

2012: President James Monroe and Foreign Affairs, 1817-1825: An Enduring Legacy, Blackwell Companions to American History (30 pp.)

2012: Culture and Liberty in the Age of the American Revolution by Michal Jan Rozbicki, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (3 pp.)

Research/Creative Awards

2012: One semester sabbatical, UW-Parkside

Departmental Service

2012: Committee Chair - History Department

Spring 2013

HIST 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

HIST 335 NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY (DV)

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

Fall 2012

HIST 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

HIST 342 THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

Spring 2012

HIST 340 EARLY AMERICAN REPUBLIC

HIST 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

Fall 2011

HIST 339 AMERICAN COLONIAL HISTORY

HIST 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

WOMS 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

WOMS 494 INTERN IN WOMS/GENDER STDS

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

WOMS 497 WOMEN/GENDR STDS SENIOR THESIS

Spring 2011

HIST 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

HIST 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

WOMS 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

WOMS 494 INTERN IN WOMS/GENDER STDS

HIST 335 NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY (DV)

HIST 290 SPECIAL TOPICS

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

WOMS 497 WOMEN/GENDR STDS SENIOR THESIS

Fall 2010

HIST 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

Spring 2010

HIST 499 INDEPENDENT STUDY

HIST 342 THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

HIST 101 U.S.: ORIGINS-RECONSTRUCTION

HIST 102 U.S.: RECONSTUCTN-RECENT TIMES

Winterim 2010

HIST 494 INTERNSHIP IN HISTORY