Research Interests
My research focuses on religion, race, slavery, and family in 18th and 19th century America and the Atlantic world.Teaching Interests
Early American HistoryAmerican Religious History
Family History
African American History
Slavery and the Slave Trade
Education
- PhD, History , College of William and Mary (2016)
- MA, History , Brigham Young University (2009)
- BA, History , Brigham Young University (2007)
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, American Examples Workshop, Department of Religious Studies, University of Alabama (2020 - 2020)
- Jesse Lee Prize, General Commission on Archives and History, United Methodist Church (2019 - 2019)
- E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Fellowship in Early American Religious Studies , McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania (2015 - 2016)
Memberships
- National Genealogical Society (2019 - Present)
- New England Historic Genealogical Society (2019 - Present)
- Organization of American Historians (2014 - Present)
- Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (2012 - Present)
- American Historical Association (2011 - Present)
- Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (2009 - Present)
- American Society of Church History (2008 - Present)
- Mormon History Association (2007 - Present)
Professional Citizenship
- Board Member, Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture Board (2023 - Present)
- Editor, Associate Editor, Mormon History Association (2023 - Present)
- Committee/Council Chair, Rocky Mountain Seminar in Early American History (2021 - Present)
- Committee/Council Member, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University (2020 - Present)
- Conference-Related Role, Church History Library