Education:
Ph.D. (in progress), American History, George Mason University, VA
Minor fields: Latin American, esp. Comparative Revolutions; Modern British, esp. political and social
Qualifying Exam passed: September 2005
Dissertation Supervisor: Rosemarie Zagarri
--Study Abroad in Ireland, Winter 2005
--Cambridge International History Summer School (St. Catharine's College, Cambridge University, UK), 2004
M.A., American History, George Mason University, VA, August 2003
--Study Abroad in Cuba, Winter 2003
B.A., History, magna cum laude, George Mason University, VA, August 2002
--Cambridge International History Summer School (St. Catharine's College, Cambridge University, UK), 2002

Awards:
George Mason University, Department of History and Art History, McKinnon-Morton Dissertation Fellowship, 2006-2007
George Mason University Alumni Association, John C. and Louise P. Wood Scholarship, Spring 2005
George Mason University, Department of History and Art History, Graduate Fellowship, Spring 2005
George Mason University, Center for Global Education, Winter Study Abroad Scholarship, 2005
Cambridge International History Summer School (St. Catharine's College, Cambridge University, UK), 2004
---First Class Honours
George Mason University, Center for Global Education, Summer Study Abroad Scholarship, 2004
Louise and Rudolf Fishel Graduate Fellowship, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006
Phi Beta Delta-Honor Society for International Students, Spring 2004
George Mason University, Lifetime Learning Award, 2003
George Mason University, Center for Global Education, Study Abroad in Cuba Scholarship, Winter 2003
George Mason University, Department of History and Art History, Graduate Fellowship, 2002-2003
Cambridge International History Summer School (St. Catharine's College, Cambridge University, UK), 2002
--- First Class Honours
Phi Alpha Theta, National Honor Society in History
George Mason Memorial Society Scholarship, Spring 2002
George Mason University, Department of History and Art History: Honors Program in History

Academic Employment:
August 2003-May 2005: Graduate Research Assistant, Center for History and New Media, Technology Across the Curriculum
August 2002-May 2003: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of History and Art History

Publications:
"John C. Calhoun," Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, Taylor and Francis, NY, Forthcoming 2005
"Frederick Douglas," Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties,Taylor and Francis, NY, Forthcoming 2005
"Benjamin Franklin," Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, Taylor and Francis, NY, Forthcoming 2005
"William Lloyd Garrison," Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, Taylor and Francis, NY, Forthcoming 2005
"Andrew Jackson," Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, Taylor and Francis, NY, Forthcoming 2005
"George Mason," Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, Taylor and Francis, NY, Forthcoming 2005
"Thomas Paine," Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, Taylor and Francis, NY, Forthcoming 2005
"Benjamin Franklin Bache," Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, Taylor and Francis, NY, Forthcoming 2005
"William Jennings Bryan," Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, Taylor and Francis, NY, Forthcoming 2005
"John Locke," Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, Taylor and Francis, NY, Forthcoming 2005

Presentations:
George Mason University, Department of History and Art History, Graduate Colloquium, May 2003:
"They are thought to be dangerous to liberty:" Standing Army and Militia Tensions in the Early Republic, 1770-1790

George Mason University, Department of History and Art History, Graduate Colloquium, April 2004:
"The Dutch Paradox: Jewish Survival in Nazi Holland"

Annual Conference of Virginia Social Studies Educators, October 2004:
"Transforming the U.S. History Survey Course: Social History and New Media"

Professional Organizations:
Southern Historical Association
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Virginia Historical Society

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