Education

2011 Providence College, B.A.
2012 McGill University, M.A.
2019 The University of South Carolina, PhD

Courses Taught

Undergraduate:

UTHIS 207: Cities and Global Connections
HIS 122: United States History to 1877
HIS 123: United States since 1877
HIS 215: The Era of the Civil War, from Antebellum to Reconstruction
HIS 319: Colonial America
HIS 320: Revolutionary America
HON 220: Where Have We Been

Career Specialties

Colonial America
The American Revolution
Loyalism
The History of Atlantic Canada

Professional and Community Activities

Co-lead Editor for Remembering the Revolution at 250
Member of the American Historical Association
Member of the Canadian Historical Association
Member of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
Member of the Reacting to the Past Consortium
Contributor to The Conversation
Contributor to the Journal of the American Revolution
UTampa Honors Faculty Fellow
Faculty Advisor for the University of Tampa Rock Music Club

Honors and Awards

2025 Research Innovation and Scholarly Excellence Award, University of Tampa
2022 Keith Armistead Carr Fellowship, The Society of the Cincinnati
2017 W.B.H. Dowse Research Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society
2015 Buchanan-Burnham Fellowship, Newport Historical Society