Ph.D., History, General
Dalhousie University, 2000
BA, History, General
Franklin College of Indiana, 1993
Awards & Honors
Caught in the Act of Promoting University Value "Inclusion"
Office of Faculty Development and Teaching Excellence, 2017
"Caught in the Act of Great Teaching"
2016
Nominated for Faculty Teaching Award
Augusta State University, 2011
Most Valuable Professor
Augusta State University Ambassadors, 2010
Most Valuable Professor
Augusta State University Ambassadors, 2008
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
HIST 4160
Piracy & Seafaring Age of Sail
HIST 3140
History of Canada
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
"Will the Real Dr. Psycho Please Stand Up?" Finding the Origins of Wonder Woman's Golden Age Characters , 2018 Journal Article, Academic Journal
The Not So Golden Age: Gender, Race, and Nostalgia in All-Star Squadron 1981-1987, 2017 Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
Women on the US Home Front in World War II . [Research and Content Consultant. In Press.], 2015 Book, Non-Scholarly-New
"Steve Trevor, Equal? Wonder Woman in an Era of Second Wave Feminist Critique" in, 2013 Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
"The Amazon Mystique: Subverting Cold War Domesticity in Wonder Woman Comics" in Comic Books and the Cold War: Essays on Graphic Treatment of Communism, the Code, 2012 Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
Department Service
Various scholarly service to colleagues
2008 - Present
Role: Other
Misc. Department Committees, ad hoc groups, working groups
2006 - Present
Role: Committee Member
G2C HIST 2111
2018 - 2020
Role: Committee Chair
Covid-related service
2020 - 2020
Role: Committee Member
Various Guest Lectures in Department
2006 - 2018
Role: Other
College Service
Classroom Refresh Working Group
2020 - Present
Role: Committee Chair
Pamplin College Dean's Faculty Council
2020 - Present
Role: Committee Member
Ad Hoc Group in support of ordering Gale databases
2017 - 2018
Role: Committee Member
Integrated Studies Advisory Board
2017 - 2017
Role: Committee Member
Triota
2015 - 2017
Role: Faculty Advisor
University Service
Pamplin Dean Search Committee
2020 - 2021
Role: Committee Member
Deputy Director of WGST
2017 - 2021
Role: Other
Jaguars for Justice
2018 - 2018
Role: Guest Speaker
Women's History Month Film Series
2018 - 2018
Role: Session Chair
Women's History Month Film Series
2018 - 2018
Role: Program Organizer
Professional Service
Reacting to the Past COnsortium
2019 - Present
Role: Reviewer
Flickforsk: International Girlhood Studies Network
2009 - Present
Role: Member
American Historical Association
2005 - Present
Role: Member
H-Minerva Participant
2004 - Present
Role: Member
Popular Culture Association
2004 - Present
Role: Member
Public Service
Circles Task Force for Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta
2020 - Present
Role: Committee Member
UUCA
2019 - Present
Role: Guest Speaker
Unitarian-Universalist Association of Augusta
2018 - Present
Role: Other
Augusta Unitarian-Universalist Church
2017 - Present
Role: Committee Member
Augusta University Vaccine Clinic Volunteer (non-clinical)
2021 - 2021
