University of Chicago. Ph.D. in History with Distinction, December 2000. Dissertation: “The Reformation in Nîmes.” Advisor: William H. Sewell, Jr. M.A. in History, August 1991. Thesis: “Witchcraft in Elizabethan Essex: A Reappraisal.” Advisor: Edward M. Cook, Jr.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, July 1993. Classes in statistics and quantitative historical methods.
Yale University. B.A. cum laude with Distinction in History, May 1990. Senior Essay: “‘To Defend By Our Precedents Our Privileges’: Strategy and Ideology in the Parliaments of 1621 and 1628,” Advisor: David Underdown.
Christ’s College, University of Cambridge. Junior Year Abroad, 1988-89.