Director, Museums, Archives, & Public History Program, Nazareth College, 2015-present
Founder and director of a program that prepares students to work in cultural resource fields related to museums, archives, special collections, and public-facing history. I develop and maintain the curriculum and assessment of the course offerings. I work closely with campus partners to recruit students and provide pathways for future careers. I work closely with community partners to establish internships, community engagement, and collaborative public history projects.
Director, Center for Public History at Nazareth College, 2010-present
The Center's Founder and Director, maintain an oral history collection and an archive on Nazareth's and Rochester community history. I work with community partners in education, public history, genealogy, and libraries to assist and work on collaborative community projects.
Interim Chair, History, Politics, and Law, 2024 Led the department of History, Political Science, Legal Studies, Museums, Archives, and Public History. Oversaw or directed the committees that hired three new faculty members, administered the budget, implemented new policies, assisted in recruitment of new students.
Chair, Department of History, Law and Politics, 2022-2022
I oversaw a department with five full-time and one visiting faculty and three adjunct faculty with four significant programs and 150 students. Administer the budget, manage student records, oversee departmental initiatives, and act as the department's public face with constituencies across campus and beyond.
Interim Director, Research, Scholarship, and Innovation, Nazareth College, 2020-2021
I directed the office responsible for campus-wide grant-seeking and faculty and undergraduate research. During my tenure, I promoted faculty development, managed the annual campus-wide celebration of undergraduate work, supervised the post-grants coordinator, and worked closely with the Controller to maintain compliance and financial integrity of $4.5 million in continuing grant funding. Oversaw the submission of over $2.8 million in new grant applications and successfully received over $1.9 million in funding.
Chair, Department of History and Political Science, Nazareth College, 2007, 2015-2020
Led the department during a time of rebuilding that added two new hires to the department of seven full-time and six part-time faculty. Created and added a new major in Museums, Archives, & Public History. Hired a Director for Legal Studies. Oversaw four major programs with over 200 students. Managed budgets, schedules, and student evaluations, developed special projects, and acted as the department's public face to alums, potential students, administrators, faculty, staff, current students, and the Rochester community.
Professor of History and Political Science, Nazareth College, 2011-present
Prepare and teach courses, advise students, work with community members, develop research agendas, and chair committees.
Associate Professor of History and Political Science, Nazareth College, 2006-2011
Prepared and taught courses, advised students, worked with community members, developed research agenda, and served on or chaired numerous committees.
Assistant Professor of History and Political Science, Nazareth College, 2000-2006
Prepared and taught courses, advised students, ran the prelaw program, worked with community members, developed research agenda, and served on or chaired numerous committees.
Assistant Professor of History and Political Science, Greenville University, 1996-2000
Prepared and taught courses, advised students, worked with community members, provided college service, and developed a research agenda in a two-member department at a small Christian Liberal Arts College.
Adjunct, 1993-1996, Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City Campus, Rose State College, Southern Nazareth University, University of Oklahoma, while completing Ph.D. in History at University of Oklahoma.
Chair, Social and Behavioral Science Department, Oklahoma Junior College, 1989-1993
Supervised full and part-time faculty at a small community college in Oklahoma City, developed and taught 16 courses a year on a 12-month contract.
University of Oklahoma, History, Ph.D.
University of Oklahoma, History of Science, M.A.
State University of New York at Buffalo, History, M.A.
State University of New York at Buffalo, History, B.A.
The Routledge History of American Science. London and New York: Routledge, 2022.
Declaring Disaster: The Buffalo Blizzard of 1977 and the Creation of FEMA. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2021.
Playing Politics with Natural Disaster: Hurricane Agnes, the 1972 Election, and the Origins of FEMA. New York: Cornell University Press, 2020.
Buffalo Blizzard of 1977. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publications, 2017.
Today’s Social Issues: Democrats and Republicans. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.
Study Guide for Politics in America Texas Edition. New York: Pearson, 2009.
Push Button Psychiatry: A Cultural History of Electroshock Therapy in America, updated version with Carol Warren. Left Coast Press, 2008.
Push Button Psychiatry: A History of Electroconvulsive Therapy, with Carol Warren. Praeger, 2002.
Journal Articles & Chapter Length Studies
“Get the Lead Out: Rochester, Black Resistance, and the Struggle to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, 1967-1974,” New York History 106, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 2025)
"Electroshock at the Movies," Madhouse Movies, Sharon Packer Ed (McFarland 2025)
“The Second Best,” New York Archives Magazine (Winter 2021), 24-29.
“Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy in the Batman Universe.” In Welcome to Arkham Asylum:
Essays on Psychiatry and the Gotham City Institution. Sharon Packer and Daniel R. Fredrick eds. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2019.
“George H.W. Bush.” In Encyclopedia of the U.S. Presidency. Edited by Nancy Beck Young. Facts on File, 2013.
“Millard Fillmore and the Crisis of 1850.” In Chronology of US Presidency. Edited by Matthew Manweller. ABC-CLIO, 2012.
“Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Pre Presidential Career.” In Blackwell Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Edited by William D. Pederson. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
“Robert Hare: Politics, Science and Spiritualism in the Early Republic.” Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. July 2008.
"Presidency and Radio." In American Presidency and Popular Culture. Edited by John Matviko. Greenwood, 2005.
"Science an Overview." In Encyclopedia of American Studies. Johns Hopkins Press 2018; Grolier, 2001 https://eas-ref.press.jhu.edu/about/.
BOOK REVIEWS
"Review of Cynthia A. Keirner, Matthew Mulcahy, and Liz Kilton (edd) Rethinking American Disasters," The Alabama Review 77, No. 4 (October 2024): 362-365.
“Review of Cass R. Sunstein, Averting Catastrophe: Decision Theory for COVID-19, Climate Change, and Potential Disasters of All Kinds” Political Science Quarterly 137, No. 2 (2022): 411-413
“Review of Cynthia A. Kierner, Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood,” The Historian 83, No. 1 (August 2021): 70-71.
“Review of Mark Lausse, Free Spirits: Spiritualism, Republicanism, and Radicalism in the Civil War Era.” Indiana Magazine of History 113, No. 4 (December 2017): 345-347.
“Review of Cohen-Cole, The Open Mind: Cold War Politics and the Sciences of Human Nature.” Fides et Historia 48, No. 2 (Summer/Fall 2016): 187-188.
“Review of Packer, Neuroscience in Science Fiction Films.” ISIS 107, No.1 (March 2016): 147-148.
“Review of “Hoover: Philadelphia Spiritualism.” Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (April 2015): 230-231.
"Review of Horwitz: Creating Mental Illness and Beam: Gracefully Insane.” ISIS, 95 No.1 (March 2004): 144-146.
"Review of Dann: The Great Border Fault." H-Net H-IDEAS (November 5, 2001) http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=5637.
"Review of Numbers: Darwinism Comes to America." H-Net H-IDEAS (November 5, 1999) https://networks.h-net.org/node/6873/reviews/7355/kneeland-numbers-darwinism-comes-america.
“Review of Anthony Grafton: The Footnote." Fides et Historia, 31 No. 1 (Winter 1999): 152.
MEDIA REVIEWS
“Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness, Educational Media Reviews Online, May, 2025
“The Shooting on Mole Street,” Educational Media Reviews Online, January 2025
"The Price of Love: Cheddi Jagan," Educational Media Reviews Online, October 2024
"Fire Through Dry Grass," Educational Media Reviews Online, January 2024
"This is [Not] Who We Are," Educational Media Reviews Online August 2023
“Unapologetic,” Educational Media ReviewsOnline, May 2022
“Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power,” Educational Media Reviews Online, December 2021
“Hysterical Girl,” Educational Media Reviews Online, April 2021.
“First Vote: Asian American Voters in Battleground States,” Educational Media Reviews Online, January 2021.
“Cooked: Survival by Zipcode,” Educational Media Reviews Online, April 2020.
“Decade of Fire: Stay, Fight, Build,” Educational Media Reviews Online, November 2019.
“The Great White Hoax: Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America.” Educational Media Reviews Online, October 2018.
“Negritude: A Dialogue Between Wole Soyinka and Senghor.” Educational Media Reviews Online, July 2018.
“Invisible Roots: Afro-Mexicans in Southern California.” Educational Media Reviews Online, March, 2017.
“Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights.” Educational Medial Reviews Online, July 2015.
“The Barber of Birmingham.” Educational Media Reviews Online, July 2015.
“Psychology and the New Heroism.” Educational Media Reviews Online. May 2015.
“Melvin and Jean an American Story.” Educational Media Reviews Online, October 2014.
“Come Back Africa.” Educational Media Reviews Online, July 2014.
“Koch.,” Educational Media Reviews Online, January 2014.
“How Racism Harms White Americans.” Educational Media Reviews Online, December 2013.
“Pricele$$.” Educational Media Reviews Online, July 2011.
“Negroes to Hire.” Educational Media Reviews Online, July 2011.
“Hurry Tomorrow.” Educational Media Reviews Online, December 2010.
“Chisholm ’72 : Unbought and Unbossed.” Educational Media Reviews Online, April 2010.
“Greensboro: Closer to the Truth.” Educational Media Reviews Online, July 2009.
“Scarred Justice: The Orangesburg Massacre, 1968.” Educational Media Reviews Online, July 2009.
“Jesus Politics.” Educational Media Reviews Online, January 2009.
“Lest We Forget.” Educational Media Reviews Online, October 2008.
“Front Wards Back Wards.” Educational Media Reviews Online, June 2008.
“Call it Democracy.” Educational Media Reviews Online, September 2007.
“Our Brand is Crisis.” Educational Media Reviews Online, June 2007.
“July ’64.” Educational Media Reviews Online, May 2006.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
“Electroconvulsive Therapy.” In Mental Health Care Issues in America. Edited by Michael Shally-Jensen Ed. Praeger, 2013.
“Quackery and Alternative Medicine.” In Mental Health Care Issues in America. Edited by Michael Shally-Jensen. Praeger, 2013.
“Insanity.” In Research and Discovery: Landmarks and Pioneers in American Science. Edited by Russell Lawson. Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 2008.
“Neuroses.” In Research and Discovery: Landmarks and Pioneers in American Science. Edited by Russell Lawson. Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 2008.
“Psychiatry." In Research and Discovery: Landmarks and Pioneers in American Science. Edited by Russell Lawson. Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 2008.
“Bush,Vannevar.” In The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada, in World Wars I and II. James Ciment and Thaddeus Russell, eds. ABC-CLIO, 2007.
“Conant, James B.” In The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II. James Ciment and Thaddeus Russell, eds. ABC-CLIO, 2007.
"Manhattan Project." In The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II. James Ciment and Thaddeus Russell, eds. ABC-CLIO, 2007.
"Oppenheimer, Robert J.," In The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II. James Ciment and Thaddeus Russell, eds. ABC-CLIO, 2007.
"Psychiatry: Diagnosis and Treatment." In Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Technology. Colin A. Hampstead and William Worthington, jr. eds. Routledge, 2005.
"Psychiatry: Pharmaceutical." In Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Technology. Colin A. Hampstead and William Worthington, jr. eds. Routledge, 2005.
"British-American Science." In Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History.Will Kaufman and Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson, eds. ABC-CLIO, 2005.
"Dudley Observatory." In Encyclopedia of New York State. Edited by Peter Eisenstadt. Syracuse University Press, 2005.
“Fisher-Price.” In Encyclopedia of New York State. Edited by Peter Eisenstadt. Syracuse University Press, 2005.
“Thomas Alva Edison.” In Encyclopedia of New York State. Edited by Peter Eisenstadt. Syracuse University Press, 2005.
“Asa Gray.,” In Encyclopedia of New York State. Edited by Peter Eisenstadt. Syracuse University Press, 2005.
"Weight Watchers." In Encyclopedia of New York State. Edited by Peter Eisenstadt. Syracuse University Press, 2005.
"Edward Drinker Cope." In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Wiley, 2005; 2002.
"Othniel Charles Marsh." In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Wiley, 2005; 2002.
PUBLICATIONS- EPHEMERA
“California’s Wildfires and the Battle Between Populists and Progressives,” Australian Outlook, January 2025 https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/californias-wildfires-and-the-battle-between-populists-and-progressives/
“Lessons Learned: Comparing 1918 Flu Pandemic to 2020 COVID-19,” https://www2.naz.edu/stories/lessons-learned-comparing-1918-flu-pandemic-2020-covid-19, Nazareth College News Blog, March 2020
“Newt Gingrich: Trump’s Little Magician.” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/newt-gingrich-could-trumps-little-magician-vp-timothy-kneeland/ LinkedIn, June 2016
WROC TV, Election Blog. June – November 2012.
“A Political Analyst Looks at the Presidential Race.” Connections, (Summer 2008).
“OP Ed: Tracing Underground Railroad Tracks.” Democrat and Chronicle, September 23, 2007.
“Op Ed: Broadcasting and Responsibility.” Democrat and Chronicle, October 12, 2003.
“OP Ed: The Electoral College.” Democrat and Chronicle, November 12, 2000.
FILMOGRAPHY
Executive Producer, Chapeltown: A Documentary. Edited by Adrienne Suter, 2017.
Actor, “Professor Tim.” Mission to the World: Ukraine. Directed by Jeffrey Willey, 1999.
PODCASTING
Nazareth College Centennial Podcast, producer, editor, writer, host, 2019-Present.
"Nazareth University French House," March 2024
"Nazareth University Holiday Special," December 2023
"Nazareth in the 1960s," November 2023
"Remembering Mary T. Bush (1928-2022)" April 2023
"Casa Italiana at Nazareth College," October 2022
“’A Real Gem’ Nazareth College 1973-2003, as remembered by Steve Lasalle” September 2021
“Sr. Kathy Weider and the Origins of Service Learning at Nazareth College,” May 2021
“The Good Samaritan: Sr. Barbara Lum and Selma 1965,” March 2021
“Social Justice- Nazareth College in the Community,” January 2021
“Context, Compassion, and Courage- the Antiracist Formula of Dr. Rashid Muhammad,” December 2021
“Life and Legacy of James Feuerstein,” October 2020.
“The Origins of Nazareth College,” September 2020.
“David A. Anderson and the Anti-lead Crusade in Rochester, NY,” April 2020.
“The Rise of Men’s Lacrosse at Nazareth College,” March 2020.
“Georgia Conner Youngblood: The First African American Woman to Graduate from Nazareth College, Class of 1948,” February 2020.
“Clarissa Coggins Marten, Class of 1943: Nazareth’s Oldest Alumna,” December 2019.
“Magdalen LaRow: The Creation of Art at Nazareth College,” November 2019.
“The March of Hope: Remember the Holocaust,” October 2019.
Executive producer, editor ORSI Presents Podcast 2021- Present
“Orion the Service Dog,” June 2021.
“Madison McIntee,” October 2021.
“Amanda Foster,” November 2021.
RADIO / VOICEOVER
Nazareth College, “Health and Safety on Campus,” July, 2020.
Nazareth College, “Returning to Campus,” July, 2020.
Host. The Old Time Radio Hour. WGRN, Greenville, Illinois, 1998-2000.
UNPUBLISHED WORKS
“The Use of Electricity to Treat Mental Illness in the United States, 1870-Present.” PhD Diss., (University of Oklahoma, 1996).
"Managing Science and Technology: A Study of Change, 1880-1920." MA Thesis (University of Oklahoma, 1993).
"The Politics of the Heavens: Chinese Cosmology 1644-1980." MA Thesis (State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989).
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
Session Chair, “ Social Justice and Civil Rights,” Phi Alpha Theta Western Regional Conference, Rochester, New York, April 26, 2025
State University of New York at Brockport, Marcus Lecture: "A Tale of Two Blizzards," September 26, 2024.
Session Chair, “Public History and Education,” Phi Alpha Theta Western Regional Conference, Buffalo, NY, April 2024.
Presenter, "Covid Politics on the Great Lakes," Public Policy History Conference, Columbus, OH, June 9, 2023.
Presenter, "Covid Politics on the Great Lakes," Midsized Cities Conference, Rochester, NY, April 21, 2023.
Panelist,“Dealing with Disasters and Emergencies in WNY” Buffalo State College, November 29, 2021.
Session Chair, “Untold Stories of Modern America,” Phi Alpha Theta Western Regional Conference, NY, April 2021.
Session Chair, Media and History, Phi Alpha Theta Western Regional Conference, NY, April 2020.
Session Chair, “Commemoration as an Act of Omission,” NCPH (virtual) annual conference, March 2020.
Presenter, “’It’s a Story of Heroes’: Disaster Commemoration and Public Memory,” Researching New York Conference, November 2019.
Presenter, “The British Appreciation of Frederick Douglass: The Black Atlantic in Chapeltown Leeds,” National Association of African American Studies Regional Conference, 2019.
Session Chair, “American Civil War,” Phi Alpha Theta Western Regional Conference, NY, April 2019.
Panelist, “Exploring the Ties between Local History and Grassroots Change,” National Council on Public History Annual Conference, April 2018.
Key Note, “Disasters, Memory and Public History,” Phi Alpha Theta Western Regional Conference, NY, April 2018.
Session Chair “American Culture,” Phi Alpha Theta Western Regional Conference, April 2018.
Presenter, “Unsustainable: Public History, Memory, and Disaster,” National Council on Public History Conference, March 2014.
Poster Session, “History of Hollybank, Huddersfield UK,” National Council on Public History Conference, April 2013
Presenter, “Shovel Off to Buffalo: The Blizzard of ’77 and the Significance of Snow Removal as Public Policy,” Policy History Conference, June 2012.
Presenter, “The Blizzard that Buried Buffalo,” Researching New York Conference, November 2011.
Poster Session, “Crossing Boundaries, Interdisciplinary Study of the Underground Railroad,” National Council on Public History, April 2011.
Session Chair, “American Culture,” Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Nazareth College, March 2010.
Presenter, “Conservative Ideology and Policy Making in the Age of Reagan: Richard Nixon and the Natural Disaster Act of 1974,” United States Intellectual History Conference, November 2009.
Session Chair, Conference on New York State History, June 2009.
Presenter, “Cadillac Bill and Hurricane Agnes: Senator William Smith and the Challenge to Reform Natural Disaster Policy, 1972-1975,” Researching New York 2008, November 2008
Presenter, “Political Consequences of Natural Disasters,” Researching New York 2007, November 2007.
Session Chair, Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, SUNY Fredonia, March 2007.
Session Chair, Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, SUNY Geneseo, March 2006.
Session Chair, Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Canisius College, April 2005.
Participant, CIC Seminar on Slavery, Seminar at Columbia University with David Blight and James Horton on historiography of slavery and the role of slavery in public history, August 8-11, 2004.
Session Chair, Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Nazareth College, March 2004.
Presenter, "Hagiography or History at Home,” Conference on Faith and History, October 2002.
Research Fellow, “Washington Weems and We: The Anatomy of a Historical Lie,”Houghton Institute for Integrative Studies, June 1999.
Presenter, “ECT as Miracle, Crucifier and Resurrector: Christian Images in Patient Narratives of Electroshock,” Popular Cultural Association-American Cultural Association, April 1999.
Presenter, "The Development and Diffusion of Electroconvulsive Therapy in the United States, 1939-1949,” Richardson Seminar in the History of Psychiatry, November 1995.
Presenter, "The Shocking Decline: The Practitioners Retreat from Electrotherapy 1900-1920," Oklahoma Professional Historians Annual Meeting, March 1995.
PRESENTATIONS ON HISTORY
Albion Public Library,“A Tale of Two Blizzards: Buffalo 1977 and 2022,” Albion, New York, November 26, 2024
Greece Athena High School, “The Cold War: AP US History,” April 16, 2024
Nazareth University, "A History of Changemaking Nazareth College, 1924-Present," August 23, 2023.
Lancaster Historical Society, "Hurricane Agnes in Pennsylvania," February 16, 2023.
Nazareth University, "The Legacy," October 21, 2022.
Nazareth University, "A History of Changemaking Nazareth College, 1924-Present," August 28, 2022.
The Villages at Unity, “Nazareth College 1924-Present,” September 27, 2021.
Nazareth College Alumni Association, “A Movement, Not a Moment: Social Justice at Nazareth College, 1924-1994,” [online webinar] September 17, 2021.
Chemung Valley Historical Society, “Elmira and the Flood of 1972,” June 2021.
Greece Athena High School, “Cold War America,” April 14, 2021.
John Joy College, “Book Talk: Playing Politics with Natural Disaster,” [online webinar] March 16, 2021.
Rochester Central Library, “Rochester's Rich History: Playing Politics with Natural Disaster,” [online webinar] October 17, 2020.
PA Books, Discussion of Playing Politics with Natural Disaster, [television program], broadcast September 2020.
Cornell Club, “Playing Politics with Natural Disaster,” [online webinar], June 18, 2020.
Center for Spirituality, Nazareth College, “Frederick Douglass and Religion,” Black History Month Celebration, February 2020.
Rochester Area Council on Social Studies, “Contested Elections,” October, 19, 2019.
Rochester Central Library, “The Most Dangerous Branch,” Books Sandwiched in, Central Library of Rochester, April 2019.
Moderator, American Creed, Community Conversations, ALA program, Central Library of Rochester, April 2019.
Moderator, Revisiting the Founding Era, ALA program at Central Library of Rochester, September 2018.
Greece Athena High School, “Mastering the DBQ in the Advanced Placement U.S. History Course,” April 2019.
Greece Athena High School, “Mastering the DBQ in the Advanced Placement U.S. History Course,” March 2018.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented program, “Horror of the Explorers,” December 2017.
“The Blizzard of 1977,” Buffalo Steel Plant Museum, October 4, 2017.
“Memory v History: Ken Burn’s Vietnam War,” Rochester Public Library & WXXI, Rochester Public Library, September 2017.
“Working 9-5: Women in the Workplace, 1970-today,” Nazareth College Theatre Department Forum, April, 2017.
Strong 27th Annual AP Conference, “A Nation Built by Strangers: Immigration and American National Identity in the 20th Century,” March 2017.
Greece Athena High School, “Mastering the DBQ in the Advanced Placement U.S. History Course,” March 2017
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, “The Buffalo Blizzard of 1977,” February, 2017.
Strong 26th Annual AP Conference, “Don’t Iron While the Strike is Hot: The Women’s Strike for Equality,” April 2016.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented program, “Horror of the Explorers,” January & March 2016.
Nazareth College Forum, “Katrina at Ten,” October 2015.
Nazareth College Theater Department, “Floyd Collins as the Epitome of the 1920s,” October 2015.
The Strong 25th Annual AP Conference, “Warrior or Wimp: Presidential Campaigns in the Cold War Era, 1948-1984,” March 2015.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented program, “Conspiracy Theories,” January 2015.
The Strong 24th Annual AP Conference, “Culture Wars of the 1990s,” March 2014.
The Strong 23rd Annual AP Conference, “Becoming Rosie the Riveter: Stability and Transformation of Women’s Roles in World War II,” March 2013.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented program, “The Electoral College and the Path to the Presidency,” October 2012.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented program, “Road to the White House 2012,” April 2012.
The Strong, 22nd Annual AP Conference, “Spies, A-Bombs, and Allies: Diplomatic Strategies of Eisenhower and Kennedy, 1953-1963,” March 2012.
The Little Theatre/WXXI Public Broadcasting, “Bill Clinton’s Legacy,” February 2012.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented program, “Guide to Primary and Caucuses” February 2012.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented program, “We the People,” June 2011.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented program, “Ronald Reagan’s Legacy,” April 2011.
Casa Italiana, “The Transplanted: Italian Americans in Rochester, 1900-1940,” March 2011.
Pittsford LEAH, “The Supreme Court in an Era of Rights Consciousness,” March 2011.
The Strong 21st Annual AP Conference, “From New Frontier to Great Society: From Aspiration to Realization,” March 2011.
Pawling Public Radio, “Radio’s History: A Prologue of the Future,” Radio Panel, October 2010.
The Strong 20th Annual AP Conference, “Franklin Roosevelt’s Critics on the Left and the Right,” March 2010.
Nazareth College Arts Center, “A Sense of Humor and a Sense of Proportion: Franklin Roosevelt’s Remarkable Life,” March 2010.
Frederick Douglass International Sesquicentennial Conference, Leeds UK, “John Brown in American History: Madman, Terrorist, or Freedom Fighter?” December 2009.
The Strong 19th Annual AP Conference, “The Battle of the Sexes: Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs and the Image of the Female Athlete in Modern America,” March 2009
The Strong 18th Annual AP Conference, “Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: Third Parties in US Presidential Elections,” March 2008.
Frederick Douglass International Railroad Conference, “Underground Railroad in Rochester NY,” September 2007.
The Strong 17th Annual AP Conference, “FDR & the Transformational Presidency,” March 2006.
The Strong 16th Annual AP Conference, “The Presidents and Their Public,” April 2005.
Law Day Commemoration of Brown v Board of Education, “The Social and Political Legacy of Brown v Board of Education," Nazareth College, April 2004.
JFK Commemoration Lecture, "John F. Kennedy a Myth or a Measurement," November 2003.
Lake Country Romance Writers, "The Romance of History and the History of Romance,” July 2002.
Faculty Colloquium at Nazareth College, "Distilled Spirits: Robert Hare's Federalist Utopia" February 2002.
Zahniser Lecture Series at Greenville University, “Deconstruction in History,” March 1997.
University of Oklahoma Departmental Colloquium, "The Development, Fall and Rise of ECT in the United States 1940-1980," November 1993.
AMERICAN POLITICS
Nazareth University, “Executive Orders in the Trump Regime,” April 10, 2025
Nazareth University, “Post Election Discussion,” November 6, 2025
Nazareth University, "Rochester Voices: Political Choices, October 24, 2024
Webster Schools Inservice, The 2024 Election, October 11, 2024.
Class of ’64 Nazareth University, 1964 to Now the importance of the Election of 1964, September 21, 2024.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, “Voting Matters: Education and Outreach,” August 28, 2024.
Greece Rotary Club, “Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: RFK, Jr and the Role of Minor Parties in the 2024 Election,” May 15, 2024.
Nazareth University Public Health Week, “This is Sick: Voting Is Stressful, the Alternative is Worse,” April 6, 2024.
Rochester Metro League of Women Voters, “A Splash, Not a Wave: The GOP and the 2022 Elections,” November 28, 2022.
Sisters of Saint Joseph Motherhouse, “Elections 2021: First Impressions,” November 15, 2021
Nazareth College and Alumni, “Impeachment- Historical and Contemporary Reflections,” [online webinar] February 18, 2021.
Sunrise Hub Rochester, “Politics 101,” [online webinar] February 16, 202.
Winton Road Library, “Divided We Fall: How to Build Bridges and Engage in Politics in 2021,” [online webinar] January 19, 2021
League of Women Voters Rochester Metropolitan Area, “2020 Election Results and Political Trends,” [online webinar] November 30, 2020.
Civic Engagement Nazareth College, “Election 2020,” [online webinar] November 19, 2020.
Nazareth College Alumni Association, “Election Reflection,” [online webinar] November 9, 2020.
League of Women Voters Rochester Metropolitan Area, “#MeToo to the Midterms: The Historic 2018 Election,” November 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7PXB_OGjus&t=1s.
Sisters of St Joseph, “The 2018 Midterms,” February 2018.
League of Women Voters, “Retrospect and Prospects from the 2017 Local Elections,” December 5, 2017.
Penfield Democrats, “A Look at the NY State Constitutional Convention,” October 2017.
Penfield Republicans, “The Trump Effect: Obstacles and Opportunities for the GOP,” April 2017.
Greece Athena High School, “Presidential Powers Implied, Inherent and Limited,” March 2017.
Eastman Kodak Retirees, “President’s Day Discussion Did Donald Trump Break the Mold?” February 2017.
Center for International Education, “Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration,” January 2017.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented, Middle and High School, “Inaugurations & Presidential Expectations,” January 2017.
Sisters of St Joseph, “Trumpism in the American Electorate,” January 2017.
Council of Agency Executives, “Analysis of the Trump Victory,” December 2016.
Jewish Federation of Rochester, “How Trump Won and What it Means,” November 2016.
Undergraduate Association, “Down Ballot Races in 2016,” November 2016.
United Nations Area Rochester, “American Elections,” presentation to Nigerian Delegation, November 2016.
National Council on Jewish Women & League of Women Voters, “New Politics? Trump, Clinton and the Disaffected Electorate” September 22, 2016.
AAUW Fairport Branch, “The Vanishing Voter,” September 15, 2016.
Nazareth College, “Unusual Politics,” Naples, Florida January 2016.
Nazareth College, “Unusual Politics, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and the Rise of the Angry Electorate,” Oak Hill Country Club, November 2015.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented, “What’s the Big Debate?” September & October 2015.
League of Women Voters Forum, “Why We Don’t Vote,” September 2015.
AAUW Rochester Chapter, “Midterm 2014: An Analysis and Discussion,” November 2014.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented, “The 2014 Midterm Elections: Shifts in Power?” October 2014.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented, “The Midterm Elections: Change Again?” October 2014.
Penfield Republicans, “An Analyst Looks at 27th District Congressional Race,” June 2013.
Kodak Retirees, “Louise over Maggie, What Happened in the 2012 Congressional Race,” May 2013.
University of Rochester Torch Club, “Reflections on Elections of 2012,” January 2013.
Council of Agency Executive, “Election 2012 and the Non-Profits,” November 2012.
AAUW, “Obama 2012: How He Did It,” November 2012.
Nazareth College, “Religion and the 2012 Election,” October 2012.
Tapia and Topics, Nazareth College, “Road to the White House II,” October, 2012.
Summit at Brighton for Independent Seniors, “Road to the White House I,” October 2012.
Tapia and Topics, Nazareth College, “Road to the White House 2012,” April 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yY4RQLqvkA.
Monroe County Election Fellows Program- University of Rochester, “Local Elections- What Matters Most,” August 2011.
Monroe County Election Fellows Program-University of Rochester, “Rochester’s Special Mayoral Election,” March 2011.
Rochester Central Library Friends of the Public Library, “Midterm Meanings for Rochester,” January 2011
Nazareth College Arts Center, “Midterms in the Rearview Mirror,” January 2011.
Monroe County Council of Executive Agencies, “The 2010 Midterms,” November 2010
Monroe County Gifted and Talented, “Expectations and Predictions for the 2010 Midterms,” November 2010.
American Association of University Women Rochester Branch, “Obama’s Leadership Style and Healthcare Reform,” February 2010.
Friends of the Rochester Public Library, “Obama’s Leadership Style,” February 2009.
League of Women Voters, Open World Program for Foreign Journalists, “Media and the 2008 Campaign,” November 2008
Monroe County Gifted and Talented program, “The 2008 Election: Expectation and Prognosis,” October 2008.
American Association of University Women Rochester Branch, “Candidates and Campaigns in 2008,” September 2008.
Tapia and Topics, Nazareth College, “Road to the White House 2008,” March 2008.
Alumni Tea Nazareth College, “Presidential Race 2008,” December 2007.
Nazareth College of Rochester, “Understanding the Midterm Elections,” November 2006.
Nazareth College of Rochester, Noontime Talks, “Seven Days to the Election,” October 2004.
Nazareth College of Rochester, Alumni Weekend, “What to Expect for the 2004 Election,” September 2004.
Nazareth College Founders Luncheon, “Election 2004 Retrospect and Prospect,” September 2004.
Hilton Rotary Club, "A Primer on the Democratic Primary 2004," February 2004.
PRESENTATIONS ON TEACHING
“Academic Publishing,” Nazareth Alumni Book Fair, April 8, 2025
Teaching Black Power in the Civil Rights Curriculum, Genesee Valley Boces, January 2024
“Teaching History/Social Studies in the Age of Trump,” Webster School District, February 2018.
“AP Exams and the Homeschool Community,” Gloria Deo Homeschool Cooperative, February 2017.
Rochester Area Social Studies Workshop, “Corrupt Bargains, Dirty Tricks and Stolen Presidential Elections in American History,” October 2016.
“Social Studies: The K-16 Connection,” Penfield High School, January 2016.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented workshop, “Thinking Like a Historian,” November 2013.
Co-Presenter, “Interdisciplinary Service Learning Projects: Connecting Scholarship, Teaching and Service,” National Outreach and Engagement Conference Penn State University, October 2008.
Greece NY Teacher Workshop, “Reconstructions: America’s Overseas Empire,” March 2007.
Rochester East Asian Studies Conference, "Teaching Traditional China," February 2007.
Rochester East Asian Studies Conference, "Teaching Traditional China," February 2006.
Rochester East Asian Studies Conference, "Teaching Contemporary China," February 2005.
New York State Council on Social Studies Annual Convention, Rochester New York, “Teaching China Today,” March 2004.
Rochester East Asian Studies Conference, "Teaching China," February 2004.
Rochester East Asian Studies Conference, "Teaching Contemporary China," February 2003.
Rochester Area Social Studies Conference, "Contemporary China: Hu's in Charge," February 2002.
SCHOLARLY REVIEWER
Peer Reviewer ABC-CLIO.
Peer Reviewer misc topics from various publishers.
Editorial Review of all articles submitted to Rochester History, 2010-2016.
PUBLIC HISTORY TOURS
Public History Walking Tour of Rochester 2015-present.
Gettysburg Civil War Battlefield Tour 2007-present.
Civil War Battlefields Tour, 2010-present.
PUBLIC HISTORY PROJECTS
Nazareth Alumni LGBTQ+ Oral History project, 2025-present
Public History, Oral History, Poster at National Council on Public History, March 2025
Montreal, Canada
Casa Italiana Poster at Mid Atlantic Association of Museums, October 2025, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Public History Certification Course, created in 2024 launched in 2025
Museum Reviewer, New Deal Museum, March 2024
Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State, Oral History Project, 2021-2022 https://www.urcnys.org/archives
Meadowbrook Confronting Our Racist Deeds Exhibit,– 2021-2022
Nazareth College Centennial Podcast 2019-present
Nazareth College Centennial Oral History Project 2018- present.
Women’s Suffrage in Central New York, 2018-2-19 https://www.ochs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Suffrage.CNY_.2019.07.14.rev_.2019.08.26.pdf
Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Project, Exhibit, November 2018.
Buffalo Holocaust Center, “Memories of the Holocaust Era,” Traveling Exhibit March 2018.
Bethlehem Beyond the Walls, Museum of the Palestinian People traveling exhibit, October 2017.
Peter Pan Children, digitalization project, 2016- present.
1811 Quaker Meeting House, Sheldon Family Archives, 2013-2014
Chapeltown & Nazareth Public History programs, 2012-2017.
Nazareth College Civil War Rountable, 2011-2015
Nazareth College Casa Italiana, Oral History Project, 2011
North Star Panels, International Underground Railroad Conference, 2007.
https://sites.google.com/view/northstarproject/home?authuser=2
Pittsford Cemetery digitalization project, 2002- present. https://sites.google.com/mail.naz.edu/pittsfordcemeterywiki/inhabitants
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Advanced Placement United States History, Rater, 2007-present.
National Endowment for the Humanities American Rescue Plan Grants Reviewer, 2021.
National Endowment for the Humanities, CARES Act Grants Reviewer, 2020.
Editorial review for Infographic Guide to American Government. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2019.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Landmarks of History Reviewer, 2018.
Peer Reviewer, ABC-CLIO, 2017- present.
Peer Reviewer various publications, 2000-present.
Monroe County Gifted and Talented, Consulting/Presenter, 2004-present.
Academic Director, Department of State, Institute for the Study of the United States, Nazareth College, 2007-2011.
Academic Content Specialist, Teaching American History Grant-High School, Rochester City School District, Rochester NY, 2012- 2013.
Academic Content Specialist, Teaching American History - K-2 Grades, Rochester City School District, Rochester NY, 2010-2016.
Academic Content Specialist, Teaching American History -4-5th Grades, Rochester City School District, Rochester NY, 2008-2012.
Academic Content Specialist, Teaching American History Grant, Greece School District, Greece, NY 2004-2010.
COLLEGE SERVICE NAZARETH COLLEGE
Middle States Self-Study Co-Chair, 2022-2024
ORSI Director Search Committee, Co-Chair, 2021
Changemaker Framework Committee, 2021- Present
Centennial Council, Chair, 2021-present.
Vice President for Academic Affairs Council, 2020-present.
Center for International Education Advisory Board, 2020- present.
Experiential Learning Steering Committee, 2020-present.
CORE Curriculum Committee, 2019-present.
Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee AI program at Nazareth College 2019-present.
Steering Committee, NAAAS & Affiliates Regional Conference 2018-2019.
Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee On-Line Learning, 2018-2019.
Ad-Hoc Collaborative Teaching, 2018-2020.
Center for Life’s Work Advisory Board, 2018-present.
Political Engagement Ad Hoc Committee, 2015-present.
Coordinator, Council of Chairs, 2017-2018.
Liberal Arts in the 21st Century Task Force, 2017-2018.
Committee Member, Legal Studies Search Committee, 2017-2018.
Chair, Political Science Search Committee, 2016-2017.
Advancement Special Initiative in Political Dialogue, 2015-2016.
Chair, Department of History and Political Science, 2015-2020; 2022.
Director, Leeds 2014, International Service/Public History trip to U.K., 2014.
Advisor, Nazareth Commuter Association, 2012-2014.
Co-Director, Leeds 2012 International Service/Public History trip to U.K., 2012.
Advancement Special Initiative in Political Dialog, 2011-2012.
Director, Center for Public History, 2010-present.
Veterans Outreach Committee, 2011-2013.
Chair Faculty Executive Committee, 2008-2011.
Co-Chair 2020 Steering Committee, 2010-2011.
CBRAC Committee, 2010-2012.
Curriculum Committee, 2004-2007 (** Chair 2006-2007).
Trustee-Faculty Committee, 2004-2007 (** Chair 2005-2007).
Interim Chair Department of History and Political Science, Spring 2007.
Chair, Political Science Search Committee, 2006.
Class 2003 Advisor, 2000-2003.
Elections Committee, 2002-2005.
Faculty Associates Program Coordinator, 2001-2008.
Faculty Development Committee, 2009-2010.
Library Committee, 2003-2006.
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) Steering
Committee, 2002-2007.
Middle States Subcommittee 14, 2004-2005.
Prelaw Advisor, 2001-2006.
Presidential Search Committee, 2004-2005.
Vice President Student Development Search Committee, 2002-2003.
Writing Across the Curriculum Committee, 2001-2004.
COLLEGE SERVICE AT GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY
Faculty Council, 1998-2000.
Prelaw Advisor, 1996-2000.
Residence Hall Chaplain, 1998.
Class 1999 Advisor, 1996-1999.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT
NAZARETH UNIVERSITY
His 205 American Republic I (US history to 1865)
His 206 American Republic II (US history since 1865)
His 213 Pandemics in American Society
His 305 American Presidency
His 308 United States Constitutional History
His 316 History of Science in America
His 320 American Women’s History
His 310 African American History
His 342 Civil War and Reconstruction
His 346 American People in the 20th Century
His 381 Historical Methods
His 413 Natural Disasters in American Society
His 454 Public History
His 481 History and Historians
His 483 Internship Director
Psc 301 American Federal Government
Psc 304 American Congress
Psc 305 American Presidency
Psc 308 US Constitutional History
Psc 340 Campaigns Voters and Elections
GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY
US History
Eastern Civilization
Early America
History of the Future
Historiography
American Government
State and Local Government
International Relations
Greenville Opportunity for Adult Learners – primary instructor
*Leadership
*Organizational Behavior
*Statistics
*Research Methods
OKLAHOMA JUNIOR COLLEGE
Introduction to Psychology
Applied Psychology
American Government
US History I
US History II
Business Ethics
Mathematics – non-credit prep course
GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT
Psc 501 American Government and Politics
His 505 American Presidency
His 510 African American History
His 520 American Women’s History
His 531 African American History
His 542 Civil War
His 546 20th Century US
His 613 Natural Disasters in US History
LST 501 Being Human
LST 524 History of Science and Medicine
ONLINE TEACHING
Taylor University-World History, 2000-present
Nazareth College - American Republic II, 2015-present
Nazareth College - Public History, 2013- present
Nazareth College-Civil War, 2011-present
Nazareth College - American Women’s History, 2010- present
New School University - Madness in American Society, 2000
New School University- The History of the Future, 2001
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHING
World History I Gloria Deo Homeschool Cooperative, 2005-2006
World History II, Gloria Deo Homeschool Cooperative, 2006-2007
American History, Gloria Deo Homeschool Cooperative, 2007-2014
American Government & Economics, 2008-2015
College Board certified AP – American History, 2016-2017
College Board certified AP – American Government 2018
GRANTS
Hackman Research Residency New York State Archives, 2007
Nazareth College Summer Research Grant, 2015
Nazareth College Summer Research Grant, 2012
Nazareth College Summer Research Grant, 2011
Nazareth College Summer Research Grant, 2008
Nazareth College Summer Research Grant, 2006
Nazareth College Summer Research Grant, 2004
Nazareth College Summer Research Grant, 2002
Greenville University Faculty Research Grant, 1998
AWARDS AND HONORS
Distinguished Colleague Award, Nazareth College, 2010
Service Learning Course of the Year, Nazareth College, 2007
Advisor of the Year, Nazareth College, 2002-2003
Outstanding Faculty Award, Greenville University, 1998
A.K. Christian Award, University of Oklahoma 1995
Bakken Research Fellowship, 1995
ACADEMIC INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
UK, Museums Tour, 2019, 2022, 2024.
UK, Site visit for museum course, 2018.
Berlin, Site visit and program evaluator for Nazareth College, 2015.
Leeds, Program Coordinator, Service Learning Trip to U.K., 2014.
Ottawa, led four students to a poster presentation at International Public History Conference, 2013.
Leeds, Co-director Leeds Service Trip, 2012.
Turkey, Center for International Studies study program development, 2010.
Leeds, Invitee to the celebration of the Bicentenary of the Frederick Douglass trip to Leeds, 2009.
MEMBERSHIPS
Active
National Council on Public History, 2010-Present.
Inactive
Alliance of American Museums, 2016-Present.
Association of State and Local History, 2019- 2020.
Council on Undergraduate Research, 2020-2022
Museum Association of New York, 2017- 2020.
American Political Science Association 2016- 2018.
History of Science Society, 1986-1999.
Organization of American Historians, 1993-2000.
CERTIFICATES
International Humanitarian Law, American Red Cross.
AI Deep Learning, Coursera.
Journal of Labor and Society Reviewer Certificate.
COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
SERVICE
Chair, Hope Church Board of Directors, 2023-
Advisory Board Department of History, Cazenovia College, 2020-2022.
Chair, Robert Kelley Award Committee, National Council on Public History, 2019-2022.
Rochester Regional Library Council, Finance Committee, Board Member, 2017-2022.
Editorial Board Member, Rochester History Journal, 2011-2016.
Rochester U.S. Historians (RUSH) monthly seminars, 2004-Present.
Communion Assistant Hope Church, 2005-2021.
Sunday School Teacher, Hope Church, 2005-Present.
Elder, Lakeview Community Church, 2001-2003.
Elder, Greenville First Presbyterian Church, 1997-2000.
