Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN

• Assistant Professor of Modern European and African History
• 2010-present

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

• Ph.D. in History, 2010
• Dissertation: "The Conundrum of Colonialism in Postwar Germany"

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI

• B.A. Summa Cum Laude in History and German, 2004
• Concentration: Culture Studies
• Minor: Political Science
• Honors Thesis: "Causes and Consequences of Railroad Construction in Germany's African Colonies"

• “Building Up and Tearing Down the Myth of German Colonialism: Colonial Denkmale and Mahnmale after 1945.” In William Niven and Chloe Paver, eds. Memorialization in Germany since 1945. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
• “Victims of Colonialism? West Germans in the French Foreign Legion.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the German Studies Association in Oakland, CA, October 7-10, 2010.
• “At the Intersection of the Colonial Past and Decolonizing Present: East and West German Foreign Policy in South-West Africa/Namibia.” Paper presented at “On the Path to Reunification: West and East Germany in their Alliances from 1970 to 1990”, the 51st International Conference for Military History convened by the Military History Research Institute in Potsdam, Germany, September 22-24, 2010.
• “Decolonization without Colonies: West Germany and Western Europe after World War II.” Paper presented at “Negotiating Europe, Defining Germany: Past, Present and Future”, the Third Biennial Graduate Student Conference organized by the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, March 25, 2010
• “Bringing ‘The German Legend in Africa’ to the Federal Republic: The Colonial Past and West German Identity, 1945-1968.” Paper presented at the European History Graduate Conference organized by the University of Michigan European History Workshop, March 20, 2010.
• “Divided and Conquered: The German Question, the Berlin Wall, and German Relations with Postcolonial Africa.” Paper presented at “Memories and Visions: Europe 20 Years after the Fall”, a conference organized by the European Studies Group at the University of Iowa, December 3-4, 2009.
• “Ideal Colonizers? West German Myths about Colonial Race Relations.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the German Studies Association in Washington, DC (Arlington, VA), October 8-11, 2009.
• “‘A Legend, a Myth, a Saga’: Colonialism and Identity in West Germany, 1945-1968.” Paper presented at “Europe in the World: Identities, Networks, Challenges”, a convocation organized by the European Studies Group and Crossing Borders Program at the University of Iowa, February 26-28, 2009.
• “Remembering and Misremembering the Colonial Past in West Germany.” Paper presented at the Chimalpahin Conference 2008: Colonial and Post-Colonial Remembering and Forgetfulness in Mexico City, October 15-18, 2008.
• “German Pre-Colonial Knowledge in Africa and ‘The Road Not Taken’: Alternate Narratives of ‘Colonialism’ in Pre-Colonial Knowledge.” Paper presented at the Comparing Colonialisms Workshop Inaugural Graduate Symposium at the University of Chicago, November 17-18, 2005.