Boston College

PhD Candidate, Medieval History                                                                                 2011 – Present

Advisor: Robin Fleming

Dissertation Title: Religious Reform and the Saints in Tenth-Century Anglo-Saxon England

M.A. Medieval History                                                                                                2008 – 2011

Fields: Anglo-Saxon Religious History, Old English Literature, Early & Twelfth-Century Medieval Theology, Islamic World

University of Virginia

B.A. with High Distinction, History (minor in Religious Studies)                                       2002 – 2006

Distinguished Majors Thesis: “Both Heaven and Earth: The Spiritual and Physical Impact of Jerusalem on Western Europe, 700-814”

Teaching Assistant, Boston College: Islam and Global Modernity          Fall 2009 – Spring 2010

Teaching Assistant, Boston College: Eurasia and the World                  Fall 2010 – Spring 2011

Teaching Assistant, Boston College: Europe in the World                     Fall 2011 – Spring 2012

Sewanee Medieval Colloquium Prize                                                              April 2010

Presidential Fellowship, Boston College                                                      2008 – 2014

The Stephen Innes Prize for the Theme of Community in History                      May 2006

“Lantfred’s Swithun and the Fundamentals of Reform: Educating Lay Pilgrims in Tenth-Century Winchester,” 37^th Annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, The University of the South, April 2010

“Instructing Pilgrims with Miracles: Lantfred’s Manipulation of Swithun’s Vitae,” 5^th Annual Anglo-Saxon Studies Consortium (ASSC) Graduate Conference, University of Connecticut, February 2009

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