About Me

In  the summer of 2023, I enrolled in a degree program to earn my MA in American History. I've long held a MA in Teaching, but this has been on my list to do for quite a while, and I was looking for a challenge. It's been interesting getting back into research and historical writing, but I've really enjoyed it! Feel free to ask me about it!

Courses so far: 

1. The Great Depression and the New Deal (Summer 2023)

2. LGBTQ+ History (Fall 2023)

3. Jim Crow and Its Challengers (Spring 2024)

4. The History of American Protest (Summer 2024)

5. Historiography & Historical Methods (Fall 2024)

6. The History of Latina and Latino People in the U.S. (Spring 2025)

7. The Kennedy Era (Summer 2025)

8. American Environmental History (Fall 2025)

Final Papers: 

1. The Great Depression and the New Deal - “THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS JOIN A UNION.”: STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY FOR WORKERS DURING THE NEW DEAL

2. LGBTQ+ History - THE OUTCAST WORLD OF COMICS: LGBTQ+ ISSUES AND AGENCY

3. Jim Crow and Its Challengers:  CHALLENGING JIM CROW IN AFRICAN AMERICAN COMICS: “EVERY BLOCK, EVERY HOOD, EVERY CITY, EVERY GHETTO, NEEDS A BLACK SUPERHERO”

4. History of American Protest: PANELS OF PROTEST: COMIC BOOKS AS CATALYSTS OF CHANGE

5. Historiography & Historical Methods: THE MYTHS OF OUR AGE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COMIC BOOK HISTORIOGRAPHY

6. The History of Latina and Latino People in the U.S.: BORDERS ACROSS PANELS: HOW MIGRATION AND RACE SHAPED LATINO COMICS

7. The Kennedy Era: BLOOD, INK, AND MEMORY:  HOW VIETNAM WAR COMIC BOOKS FRAME TRAUMA AND CHALLENGE HISTORY

Short Papers:

1. LGBTQ+ History - NONCONFORMITY THROUGH CONFORMITY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER IDENTITY IN LATE 19TH CENTURY AMERICA

2. LGBTQ+ History - WAR MAKES THE STATE: THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF HETEROSEXUALITY DURING AND AFTER WORLD WAR TWO

3. LGBTQ+ History - A FAILURE OF STRATEGIC IMAGINATION: BARRIERS BLIND TRANSGENDER ACTIVISM

4. LGBTQ+ History - “THE PROBLEM IS SURVIVAL”: VANGUARD’S RADICALISM IN THE 1960s 

5. LGBTQ+ History - FRIEDAN’S MISTAKE, THE MOVEMENT’S VICTORY: HOW EXCLUSION PUSHED INTERSECTIONALITY

6. Jim Crow and Its Challengers - VISUALIZING HATE: RACIST IMAGERY IN JIM CROW AMERICA

7. Jim Crow and Its Challengers - THREE PATHS, ONE VICTORY: THE DIVERSITY OF BLACK INTELLECTUAL THOUGHT

8. Jim Crow and Its Challengers - A SLOW, BUT GOOD, START: THE IMPACT OF THE NEW DEAL ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

9. Jim Crow and Its Challengers - ONE "V" STILL LEFT: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF HALF-AMERICAN BY MATTHEW DELMONT

10. Jim Crow and Its Challengers - DE JURE DREAMS, DE FACTO TRUTHS: THE RESEGREGATION OF AMERICAN SCHOOLS

11. History of American Protest - PROTEST BETWEEN THE LINES: THE SUBVERSIVE ABOLITIONISM OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY

12. History of American Protest - FAITH AND FREEDOM: WILLIAM APESS' CRUSADE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN EQUALITY

13. History of American Protest - TORCHBEARERS OF CONFLICT: ABOLITIONISTS AND THE RHETORIC IGNITING CIVIL WAR

14. History of American Protest - VOICES OF LIBERATION: HOW CIVIL WAR SONGS BIRTHED A DIVINE CRUSADE

15. History of American Protest - RHETORIC OF AGITATION: BLACK RADICALISM IN THE LONG CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE

16. Historiography & Historical Methods - ECHOES OF PRINT: TRACING FORGOTTEN VOICES IN A SINGLE BROADSIDE

17. Historiography & Historical Methods - THE 1619 PROJECT, CRT, AND THE STRUGGLE OVER OUR SHARED PAST

18. Historiography & Historical Methods - NONNORMATIVE BEING: A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL SHIFT IN COMICS STUDIES 

19. Historiography & Historical Methods - HISTORIANS, NOT FANBOYS: INSIDERS, OUTSIDERS, AND COMICS

20. Historiography & Historical Methods - HISTORIOGRAPHY GOES TO HIGH SCHOOL: WOMEN'S & GENDER HISTORY

21. History of Latina/o People in the US - FORGED IN COLONIZATION: THE LEGACY OF SPANISH RULE IN LATINA/O ETHNOGENESIS

22. History of Latina/o People in the US - FORGING IDENTITY IN A CONTESTED LAND: TEJANO HISTORY AND BELONGING IN TEXAS

23. History of Latina/o People in the US - FROM ARTISANS TO INTELLECTUALS: HOFFNUNG-GARSKOF'S RACIAL MIGRATIONS

24. History of Latina/o People in the US - LESSONS FROM NICARAGUA: IMPERIALISM, ELECTIONS, AND MIGRATION

25. History of Latina/o People in the US - LOYAL LATINOS: WAR, CITIZENSHIP, AND ASSIMILATION

26. The Kenendy Era - ELECTING THE FUTURE: PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS FOR KENNEDY IN 1960

27. The Kennedy Era - RELIGIOUS NEUTRALITY: INTERPRETING KENNEDY'S 1960 HOUSTON SPEECH

28. The Kennedy Era - IDEALISM AND REALISM: COMPARING THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS WITH THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION

29. The Kennedy Era - PROFILES IN CHANGE: COMPARING KENNEDY'S FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC RESPONSES

30. The Kennedy Era - JACQUELINE KENNEDY: PUBLIC HISTORY PIONEER