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I am a scholar of war & society in the United States during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. I have a long-standing interest in how Americans have represented and remembered the United States' military engagements abroad and understand the military as a social institution at once separate from and deeply intertwined with the wider culture.
I am the author, editor, or co-editor of three books, and my second book is in press and my third volume is under contract. You can learn about them and the projects that I am currently working on on my Writing page.
I am also Assistant Professor of 20th & 21st century U.S. history and Director of the American Studies Concentration at Washington & Jefferson College. You can hear about my courses by clicking on my Teaching page.
Before coming to W&J, I was the Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Utah's Tanner Humanities Center. I have also been a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Skidmore College, Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies at Franklin & Marshall College, and Post-Doctoral Fellow in American Culture Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.
I earned my doctorate in American Studies at The George Washington University, and my BA in English from Connecticut College.
If you like, you can read my full CV here.
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