Welcome! I am a PhD student in public history at Middle Tennessee State University, specializing in women’s history, World War I, and the politics of commemoration.
I have an M.A. in History from Emory University and an M.A. in Cultural Heritage Management from the University of York (U.K.). I received my B.A. in History and German from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
My dissertation research focuses on women’s memory work in interwar Britain, exploring how British women sought to claim a space in public memory for women who had served their nation during World War I. I reveal the ways in which women in Britain played an active role in the commemoration of the First World War by creating sites of memory that honored women’s wartime service and sacrifice. My work also demonstrates the connections between commemoration, gender, and citizenship. Through their memory work, British women advanced an argument that women’s service to their country during the war was equivalent to that of men and, accordingly, that all British women deserved full citizenship within the nation and the rights associated with it.
I also work as an adjunct instructor of history at MTSU. I have taught courses on Modern Germany, Western Civilization I, and Western Civilization II. I previously worked as an adjunct instructor of history at East Tennessee State University, where I taught a course on Modern Europe.
You can use the links above to find examples of my written work, public history projects, syllabi, and other teaching products. Please feel free to contact me here to learn more about my research and teaching.
Making the Past Present 