Disciplines/Field of Instruction
- American History
- Social Studies Methods
- Humanities
- Chair, Core Studies Department
Degrees Received
- Ph.D., 1998, Bowling Green State University
- M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction, 1991, Lynchburg College
- B.A. History, 1989, Lynchburg College
Courses Taught
- HIS 201 - Introduction to Historical Studies
- HIS 250, 251, 252 - US History I, II, and III
- HIS 351- History of US Foreign Policy
- HIS 401 - World War II
- HIS 401 - Genocide
- HIS 422 - History & Theory
- HUM 203 - Making the West
- HUM 300 - Italy and the Western Humanities
- HUM 303 - Perspectives: Faith, Culture, Identity
- HUM 304 - The Worth of Water
- SOC 202 - Italy's Timeless Cities and Their People
- SSC 403 - Social Studies Teaching Methods
Presentations/Publications
- Taught historical research and writing at the Sekolah Pelita Harapan summer program, Jakarta, Indonesia (2023)
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“The Intersection of Academic Life and Student Affairs: Promoting Unity on Campus Through Cooperation,” chapter in Brian Jensen & Sarah Visser, eds. Reimagining the Student Experience: Formative Practices for Changing Times (Abilene Christian University Press, 2019)
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“When Hollywood Came to Lynchburg,” in Lynch’s Ferry (Spring/Summer 2019)
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“On the Precipice: Lynchburg at the Dawn of the Great Depression.” Lynch’s Ferry, Spring/Summer 2016.
- “Lynchburg’s New Deal Tragedy: The Transient Bureau Fire of 1934” in Lynch’s Ferry (Spring 2008)
- “New Ph.D.s on the Teaching Job Market: Advice from Both Sides of the Trenches.” Panel, American Historical Association Annual Conference, 2008
- “Remembering to Forget: History, Memory, and Forgiveness,” Geneva College, 2006
- “What is a Governor′s School and Why is it Important?” Presentation with Jean Olson and Mary Daley at the New England Conference on Gifted and Talented Education, 2005
- “Residence Life Issues.” Presentation with Sheryl A.M. Johnson at the National Conference on Governor′s Schools, 2004
- “′Hopeful People on the Move′: The Urban South and the Transient Problem During the Great Depression,” chapter in Elna Green, ed., Social Welfare Policy in the South: New Deal to the Present (University of Georgia Press, 2003)
- “Sharing Great Ideas about Writing Across the Curriculum.” Presentation with Lori Mills at the Appalachian College Association′s Technology Summit, 2002
- “On Lynchburg′s Doorstep: The Hill City′s Transient Challenge During the Great Depression.” Presentation for the Center for the History and Culture of Central Virginia′s series on the Great Depression; session integrated my research with research in primary documents performed by King College students enrolled in Professional Historian course, 2002
- “Teaching in Governor′s School” (panelist), National Conference on Governor′s Schools, 2000
- “FDR and the Unreconstructed Rebel: Carter Glass, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the New Deal.” Inaugural lecture for the King College Tadlock Society Lecture Series, 2000.
Current Projects
- Transiency During the Great Depression: Study of transiency and the New Deal′s response to it through the Federal Transient Program.
Awards & Distinctions Received
- Excellence in Teaching Award (2008-2009), Geneva College
- Excellence in Teaching Award nominee (2003-2004 and 2004-2005), Geneva College
- Research Fellow, Center for the History and Culture of Central Virginia (1997-1998), Lynchburg College
- Bernard Sternsher Award for Outstanding Doctoral Teaching Fellow (1996-1997), Bowling Green State University
- Graduate College Teaching Award (1995),Bowling Green State University
- Non-Service Fellowship in History (Fall 1997), Bowling Green State University
- Graduate Assistantship, History Department (1993-1997), Bowling Green State University
- Bickner Award in History (1988), Lynchburg College
Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.
- American Historical Association
