Doctorate of History, University of Georgia, 2016
Masters in History, George Mason University, 2009
Masters in Curriculum & Instruction, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 2007
Bachelor of History (Cum Laude), Cornell University, 2004
Assistant Professor of History, Southern Utah University
Instructor, University of Georgia
Instructor, Park University-MCAS Cherry Point
Academic Articles and Book Chapters
“Irregular Naval Warfare on the Lower Mississippi River” in The Guerrilla Hunters: Exploring the Civil War’s Irregular Conflicts edited by Barton Myers and Brian McKnight (April 2017, Louisiana State University Press).
“Unquestionably There Is an Organized Band of Incendiaries”: Confederate Boat Burners on the Mississippi River, in New Interpretations in Naval History: Selected Papers from the Eighteenth McMullen Naval History Symposium Held at the United States Naval Academy, 19–20 September 2013 (2018, Naval War College Press).
Commercial Books
Kappa Delta Omega Chi Chapter, 1917-2017: Celebrating 100 Years of Sisterhood at Cornell University (Ithaca: Omega Chi Chapter of Kappa Delta, 2017).
The Civil War: A Visual History (New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishers, 2011), “Additional Text” author and researcher.
Articles: Popular Media
“Defining Defeat: An SHA Recap,” Muster: Journal of the Civil War Era’s Blog (November 2018)
“John Mackie: The Man and the Memory,” The Civil War Monitor: Front Line Blog (May 2012)
“The Monitor, The Merrimack, and Me,” The Civil War Monitor: Front Line Blog (March 2012)
Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies
Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in University Teaching
Certificate in Academic Advising
Graduate School Teaching Portfolio Certificate
Got Your 6 Mentor
SUU Allies on Campus
SUU CAST
Research
Faculty Travel Fund Award, Southern Utah University, 2022
Faculty Travel Fund Award, Southern Utah University, 2021
Faculty Travel Fund Award, Southern Utah University, 2019
SUU Provost Office/Grace A. Tanner Center for Human Values Writing Retreat, 2018
Faculty Travel Fund Award, Southern Utah University, 2018
Faculty Project Fund Award, Southern Utah University, 2017
2 Faculty Travel Fund Awards, Southern Utah University, 2017
Gregory Graduate Student Travel Award, UGA History Department, 2015
Summer Doctoral Research Fellowship, UGA Graduate School, 2015
Gregory Dissertation Completion Award, UGA History Department, 2015
Gregory Graduate Student Research Award, UGA History Department, 2015
Gregory Graduate Student Research Award, UGA History Department, 2014
2 Gregory Graduate Student Travel Awards, UGA History Department, 2014
Dean's Award in Arts and Humanities, UGA Graduate School, 2014
Vincent J. Dooley Graduate Research Award in History, University of Georgia, 2013
Gregory Graduate Student Research Award, UGA History Department, 2013
Graduate Research Award, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, 2013
Gregory Graduate Student Research Award, UGA History Department, 2010
Phi Alpha Theta, April 2007
National Chancellor’s List, 2005
Teaching
Distinguished Educator for Diversity and Inclusion, SUU 2022
Distinguished Educator Award, SUU 2020
Student Influencer Award, SUU, 2019
Innovative Teaching Award from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, SUU, May 2018
Curriculum Innovation Grant: Dual Credit GE Class, SUU, 2018
Excellence in Teaching Award, UGA Graduate School, 2015 (awarded to the Top 5 Teaching Assistants, University Wide)
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UGA Graduate School, 2011 (awarded to the Top 10% Teaching Assistants, University Wide)
Service
SUU Presidential Leadership Academy, 2018-2019
Blue Key Honor Society, 2012
University of Georgia Rotaract, Student Service Award, 2012
Janice E. Arnett Graduate Scholarship, Kappa Delta Foundation, 2012