Educational background

Education:

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

· Ph.D. in History, 2010. Dissertation entitled “The Overflowings of Liberty: Massachusetts, the Townshend Crisis and the Reconception of Freedom, 1766-1770,” advised by John M. Murrin.

· M.A. in history, 1996.

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

· B.A. in American History with a minor in the History of Art, Summa Cum Laude with Highest Honors in History, 1994.

Academic Honors and Fellowships:

· U.S. Dept. of Education Jacob K. Javits Graduate Fellowship, 1994-98.

· Patrick Thomas Campbell Award for Best Senior Thesis in History, Brandeis University, 1994.

· Doris Brewer Cohen Award for Best Senior Thesis in the Social Sciences, Brandeis University, 1994.

· J.V. Cunningham Award for Excellence in Writing, Brandeis University, 1994.

· Elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a Junior, Brandeis University, 1993.

· Elected to Phi Alpha Theta (history honor society) as a Junior, Brandeis University, 1993.

· National Endowment for the Humanities Younger Scholar Grant, 1993.

· University Scholar Award, Brandeis University, 1992.

· Taylor Prize for Excellence in Writing, Brandeis University, 1990.

· Justice Brandeis Scholar, Brandeis University, 1990-1994.