Academic Work

Academic Publications

  • “‘You Must Believe Me’: Northeast Ohio and the Promise(s) of LeBron James” in The Circus Is In Town, ed. by Joel Nathan Rosen and Lisa Doris Alexander, University Press of Mississippi, 2022

  • “The Last Dance, A Lost Opportunity,” Journal of Sport History, vol. 47, no. 3 (Fall 2020): 273-275.

  • Review of Tim Harwood, Ball Hawks: The Arrival and Departure of the NBA in Iowa (2018) in The Annals of Iowa (Spring 2019): 228-229

Courses Taught -
Professor

 

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

  • HIST-215-001: Social Forces That Shaped America (Spring 2022)

  • HIST-215-002: Social Forces That Shaped America (Spring 2022)

  • HIST-208-002: African American History to 1877 (Fall 2021)

  • HIST-215-001: Social Forces That Shaped America (Spring 2021)

NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR SPORTS HISTORY, Annual Conference

  • “Desegregating DC’s Uline Arena,” May 2023, Washington, DC

  • “Myths of the Merger: The NBA’s Forgotten Origins,” May 2019, Boise, Idaho

  • “The Big O and Senator Sam: The Unlikely Alliance Against NBA Owners and For Player Freedom,” May 2018, Winnipeg, Manitoba

AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION, Annual Meeting

  • “Number One Heel: How the NBA’s Star Players Defied Racial and Labor Dogmas,” November 2022, New Orleans, Louisiana

ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION

ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME, Black History Month Program

  • “Anna Harrison Chase and the Great Migration,” February 2019, Washington, DC

Museums

PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S COTTAGE

  • Researcher (2018-19): conducted original research on the life of Anna Harrison Chase, which has been incorporated into the museum’s tours and programming.

  • Historical Interpreter (2010-2018): conducted tours focusing on the life of Abraham Lincoln and the political/social process of emancipation during the Civil War. Wrote several articles for museum’s newsletter.

  • Marketing and Membership Coordinator (2015-16): managed and coordinated museum efforts to market programs and expand membership. Also edited and maintained website and newsletter.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

  • Museum Teacher (2014): taught students about preserving historic artifacts and the history of racial segregation.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY

  • Collections/Exhibits Intern (2013): designed the “Teen Rooms” interactive and conducted research on teenager consumerism for the American Enterprise exhibit. Catalogued items in the Sports Collection

Courses Taught -
Teaching Assistant

 

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

  • HIST-469/669: History of Medicine in the United States: American Society’s Response to Epidemics (Spring 2020)

  • HIST-208: African-American History to 1877 (Fall 2019)

  • HIST-449/649: The Sixties in America (Spring 2019)

  • HIST-339: Black Power & Black Lives Matter (Fall 2018)

  • HIST-205: American Encounters, 1492-1865 (Spring 2018)

  • HIST-210: Ethnicity in America (Fall 2017)

  • HIST-110: Renaissance & Revolutions (Spring 2017)

  • HIST-215: Social Forces That Shaped America (Fall 2016)

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