EDUCATION

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

              Ph.D. History, May 2012 (date expected)

              M.A. History, May 2008

              Dissertation: Atlantic Identities: Rhode Island and the Caribbean  

              Advisor: Professor Seth Rockman

              Examination Fields: Early America, The Atlantic World, Early Modern Empires

The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

              B.A. History, June, 2002; Graduated with Honors

              Thesis: ‘The Greatest City of the World’: Early-Modern London, Amsterdam, and Paris

PUBLICATIONS

“When the Drumbeat Changes,” forthcoming in The Journal of Rethinking   

History.

“’Neither Justice Nor Mercy’: Public and Private Executions in Rhode Island,

1832 – 1833,” under review in The New England Quarterly.

“Of Gold and Gods: ‘Things’ in the Spanish Conquest of Mexico,” under review in The Journal of Material Culture.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant, HIST 1840: “Capitalism, Slavery, And The Economy of Early America,” Fall 2008. Facilitated discussion and graded students in sections, while working with Professor Seth Rockman to formulate discussion topics and exams.

Continuing Studies Instructor, Brown University, “Diplomacy,” Summer 2008.  Designed syllabus and curriculum to independently teach this intensive course to advanced high school students.

Test Prep Instructor and mentor, Kaplan Test Prep, 2006 – 2007.  With scores

earned in the 95% percentile or higher, taught a full range of standardized tests to high school students, college students, and adults.  Tests taught include SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, and LSAT.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Brown University, Summer 2008.  Analyzed

archival materials in collaboration with Professor Seth Rockman to

interrogate the dynamics of New England manufacturing in the Antebellum plantation goods economy.

PRESENTATIONS

“Silent Historians and Militant Engineers,” New England American Studies

Conference, Yale University, September 2008.

HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Brown University, 2008 – 2009.

Research Assistantship, Brown University, Summer 2008. 

Roger Williams Fellowship, Brown University, 2007 – 2008.

American Historical Association, 2007 – Present.

Graduate with honors, for undergraduate thesis, “The Greatest City of the World: Early-Modern London, Amsterdam, and Paris,” The University of Chicago, 2002.

POPULAR PUBLICATIONS

“Graduate School with Children, Parts I, II, and III” The Chronicle of Higher

Education, 2007 – Present.

Hope’s War, Tor Books, 2002.

Hope’s End, Tor Books, 2001.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Publishing Assistant, Random House, Inc., New York, NY, 2003 – 2005.  Assisted the Associate Publisher, Executive Director of Marketing, while reviewing agented manuscripts for the Executive Editor.