Education
University of Nebraska: Beginning PhD. program in fall 2010
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loyola University Chicago: Master of Arts in History 2009 Major: American History
Minor: Women and Gender History
Master Essay: "Honor and Blood: Brooks, Sumner, and Conceptions of the Body in Nineteenth-Century America."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN: Bachelor of Arts in History, Cum Laude 2006
Major: History
Co-Major: Education
Seminar Paper: "De Bow's Review and Southern Nationalism."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teaching Experience Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Lecturer--"American Pluralism" (2008) Guest lectured in several class sessions developing presentations from my own research and experience.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Irondale High School, New Brighton, MN
Student Teacher--"American History 1800-Present" (2006) Developed Syllabus and overall course structure and administered all grades.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wells Fargo History Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Museum Interpreter (2005-2006) Developed and conducted tours for groups ranging in age from eight years to senior citizen.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portland Place School, London, UK
Teaching Assistant (2004) Collaborated on Curriculum, taught class sessions, and graded written work for eighth grade students.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publications and Papers
Executive Editor, HistoryRoll.com A website that serves as a compendium of the best history writing on the internet and offers readers monthly articles from featured writers. The site launches 1 August 2010
"Oh the Confusion of It All: Misadventures in Masculine Communication during the Secession Crisis." Paper presented at Loyola University Chicago History Graduate Student Conference, 24 April-25 April 2009.
"From Advocacy to Destruction: De Bow's Review and Its Impact on Southern Nationalism." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Historical Association, 22 March-24 March 2007.
"De Bow's Review and Southern Nationalism." Paper presented at the Northern Great Plains History Conference, 4 October-7 October 2006.
"De Bow's Review and Southern Nationalism." Paper presented in poster form at the Inquiry at St. Thomas, May 2006.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Languages English--native
Spanish--Reading competent