Professor, Department Chair, History & Political Science
Ph.D., Boston College, 2008
M.A., Boston College, 2002
B.A., University of Oregon, 1999
HIST 114 U.S. History since 1877
HIST 320 Disease and American Society
HIST 320 Robber Barons, Radicals, and Reformers
HIST 320 American Immigration & Ethnicity
HIST 320 Border Crossings: History of the American Border(s)
HIST 401 Gilded Age Gotham
HIST 403 U.S. History in Global Context
My teaching and research interests are in American immigration and ethnicity, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, transatlantic history, and American social reform. In both my research and teaching I situate the United States in a transnational context. Ideas, people, and materials from outside its borders have shaped the United States from the colonial period to the present. By encouraging students to consider American history in this broader context, I feel they can both better understand the past and engage constructively with a modern world shaped by the forces of globalization.
I am currently working on a digital humanities project, "Displaying Ireland," with other faculty in the United States and Ireland, which explores Irish and Irish-American exhibitions in World's Fairs and other international expositions from 1853-2000.
As the department chair of the History and Political Science department I represent the majors at incoming student events as well as serve as Book Review Editor for the Journal of American Ethnic History.
"A Greater Ireland: The Land League and Transatlantic Nationalism in Gilded Age America” (University of Wisconsin Press, 2015)
“Building an Irish Village: Ireland, Irish America, and the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair,” Annual Meeting of Organization of American Historians,” St. Louis, MO, April 2015.
“‘Heart and Soul for Henry George’: Irish Americans, the 1886 New York Mayoral Race and the Decline of Irish American Radicalism,” Annual General Conference of the American Conference for Irish Studies, Chicago, IL, April 11, 2013
Spring 2024
Monday 10:00 - 12:00pm
Wednesday 1:00 - 2:00pm
or by appointment
