I teach the US survey courses (Hist 146, 147, and 148), World Civilizations (Hist 126, 127, and 128), and the History of the PNW (Hist 214). In my courses, I combine lectures with in-class activities like debates and discussions about historical issues and sources. I have also begun offering a version of Hist 146 based on deep-immersion role-playing games.
I am also the faculty advisor for History Club.
Ph.D., University of Washington
M.A., B.A., Simon Fraser University
Teaching & Learning Grant, 2014, 2017, 2018
Virtual Campus Committee Grant, 2014, 2015, 2017
Exceptional Faculty Award, 2016
Power and Identity
Imperialism
19th Century North America
Race and Gender
Gold Rush Manliness: Race and Gender on the Pacific Slope. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2018.
The Society of Death and Anglo-American Conspiracy Theories in Gold Rush California, 1849 – 1858, in Conspiracy Theories in the United States and the Middle East: A Comparative Approach, edited by Michael Butter and Maurus Reinkowski (New York: de Gruyter, 2014).
"Life’s Prizes are by Labor Got: Risk, Reward, and White Manliness in the California Gold Rush” Pacific Historical Review. August 2011. Volume 80, No. 3.
