Ph.D. in Transatlantic History, December 2015

University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

Dissertation: "'Every good man Is a Quaker, and that none but good men are Quakers': Transatlantic Quaker Humanitarians, Disability, and Marketing Enlightened Reform, 1730-1834"

Master of Arts Degree in History, August 2008

University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Art History, May 2004

Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY

Senior Honors Thesis: "The Mormon Pavilion: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Development of Proselytizing and Emergence into Mainstream America"

High School Diploma with Distinction in Journalism, June 2000

Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School, Salt Lake City, UT

April 2019-Present

Department Chair, History Department, Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School, Salt Lake City, UT

June 2012-Present

Upper School History Teacher, Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School, Salt Lake City, UT

Courses Taught:

• AP United States History
• United States History
• AP European History
• Western Civilization
• Slavery in the Atlantic World (elective)
• Disability in the Past (elective)
• Advanced Research: Humanities (elective)

June 2016-2020

Reader, AP European History Exam, College Board, Kansas City, MO & Remote

August 2004-May 2012

Upper School History Teacher, Fort Worth Country Day, Fort Worth, TX

Courses Taught:

• AP United States Government
• American Government and Economics
• World History
• World History, Honors
• Modern Problems
• United States History

Coaching Responsibilities:

• Head JV Basketball Coach (2006-2007; 2008-2012)
• Assistant JV Basketball Coach (2004-2006; 2007-2008)
• Assistant Varsity Track Coach (2004-2012)

Summers 2008-2011

Mentor Teacher, Breakthrough Collaborative (formerly Summerbridge), Fort Worth, TX

• 2011 - Mentor Teacher for 7th-8th Grade Writing and 9th Grade Geography teachers
• 2010 - Mentor Teacher for 7th-9th Grade Social Studies teachers
• 2009 - Mentor Teacher for 9th Grade English and Social Studies teachers
• 2008 - Mentor Teacher for 9th Grade English teachers
• Responsibilities include creating and planning curriculum; supervising teachers' implementation of lessons; providing pedagogical guidance; observing classes and providing feedback and suggestions to teachers; writing summative evaluations and recommendations for teachers.

2020 – Sumner Family Faculty Award, Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School

2016 – George Wolfskill PhD Dissertation Award, History Department, University of Texas at Arlington

2015 – Dean's Excellence Fellowship for 2015-2016 academic year, University of Texas at Arlington; Transatlantic History Award, History Department, University of Texas at Arlington

2014 – Dean's Excellence Fellowship for 2014-2015 academic year, University of Texas at Arlington; Global Reseach Fellowship, University of Texas at Arlington; College of Liberal Arts Dean's Award for Research Travel, University of Texas at Arlington

2013 – Dean's Excellence Fellowship for 2013-2014 academic year, University of Texas at Arlington; College of Liberal Arts Dean's Award for Research Travel, University of Texas at Arlington; College of Liberal Arts Dean's Award for Conference Presentation, University of Texas at Arlington

2012 - Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society inductee; College of Liberal Arts Scholar, University of Texas at Arlington; Dean's Excellence Fellowship, University of Texas at Arlington; College of Liberal Arts Dean's Award for Research Travel

2009-2010 - Graduate Stimulus Scholarship, University of Texas at Arlington

2009 - University Scholar, President’s Convocation for Academic Excellence, University of Texas at Arlington

2008 - Wolfskill Award for Excellence in Master's Studies in History, University of Texas at Arlington

2004 - Departmental Honors in History, Columbia University, History Department

2000-2004 - Dean's List, Columbia College, Columbia University

2000 - Diploma with Distinction in Journalism, Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School

Peer-reviewed Publications

• "The Sophomore Symposium: Embedding Interdisciplinary Humanities Research and Argumentation into the High School Classroom," in Transitioning to Social Studies Education, eds. William Cossen and Thomas Westerman. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, [forthcoming?].
• review of Prophet Against Slavery: Benjamin Lay: A Graphic Novel by David Lester, Quaker History 111, no. 2 (Fall 2022): 62-63.
• review of The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became The First Revolutionary Abolitionist, by Marcus Rediker, Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies 85, no. 2 (Spring 2018): 282-286.
• "Aberrations in the Body and in the Body Politic: The Eighteenth-Century Life of Benjamin Lay, Disabled Abolitionist." Disability Studies Quarterly 36, no. 3 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v36i3.5135.
• "Mormons in the New York World's Fair, 1964-65." Mormons and Popular Culture: The Global Influence of an American Phenomenon, edited by J. Michael Hunter, 2 vols. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger, 2012.
• "The Mormon Pavilion: Mainstreaming the Saints at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965." Journal of Mormon History 35, no. 4 (Fall 2009): 1-52.

Other Publications

• Content Editor for "A Continent Divided: The U.S.-Mexico War," Center for Greater Southwestern Studies, University of Texas at Arlington, 2011.
• Personal blog: The History Channel This Is Not....
• Guest post, "Bringing a 'Sacrificial Lamb' into the Classroom," ProfHacker, 26 August 2010.

Conference Presentations

• "Disability and the Dead," Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 2023.
• "Encouraging Student Voice through Interdisciplinary Research: A Case Study," National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, Denver, CO, November 2020 (Proposal accepted, but in-person conference and presentation cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
• "'Heaven bade this structure rise, and called it the Retreat': Rhetoric versus Reality at the Quakers' York Retreat, 1796-1820," Society for Disability Studies Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 2015.
• "The Visual Legacy of Benjamin Lay: Disabled Quaker Abolitionist," Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Conference, Philadelphia, PA, July 2014.
• "The Strange Career of Benjamin Lay: Disabled Quaker Abolitionist," Conference of Quaker Historians and Archivists, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014.
• "Spaces of Reform: Transatlantic Quakerism, the ‘Insane,’ and Publicizing Humanitarian Advocacy," Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Conference, St. Louis, MO, July 2013.
• "Spaces of Reform: Transatlantic Quakerism, the ‘Insane,’ and Publicizing Humanitarian Advocacy," Annual Celebration of Student Excellence Symposium, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, March 22, 2012.
• "The Art of the Remix: Incorporating Collaborative Writing in the Classroom," (co-presenter with Vanessa Scanfeld, Co-Founder of MixedInk), ISTE Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 27, 2011.
• "Reflections on the New Deal in Fort Worth Project," Fort Worth Council Area for Social Studies, Fort Worth, TX, June 2, 2011.
• "Our Students Won't Research the Way We Did," (co-presenter with Russ Goerend), Reform Symposium, July 30, 2010.
• "Write, Remix, Evaluate: Collaborative Writing in the Social Media Classroom," (co-presenter with David Stern, Co-Founder of MixedInk), ISTE Conference, Denver, CO, June 30, 2010.
• “Making the Classroom Transparent: Conceptualizing and Integrating Social Media into the Secondary School Humanities Classroom,” poster presentation given at conference on "Engaging Students: The Process and Product of Effective Active Learning," University of Texas at Arlington, September 2009.

Society for Disability Studies

Society for Historians of the Early American Republic

Mormon History Association

American Historical Association

International Society for Technology in Education