Dissertation: "In Praise of Bishop Valentine": The Antebellum Middle Class and the Creation of Modern Valentine’s Day

Major Fields: Social and cultural history of the Antebellum North

Minor Fields: History of the Book; Early America

Thesis: "A Good Book is a Blessing": The Life and Reading of Frances Whittle Lewis in Antebellum America

Thesis: Quaker Printers in Seventeenth-Century America

Department of History, Highest Honors

Instructor, July to August 2004, June to July 2003, 2002, and 2001 and September to December 2000, Department of History, The College of William and Mary

Teaching Assistant, September 1997 to December 1998, Department of History, The College of William and Mary

Dialogue Instructor, August 2002 and 2001, Keio-William and Mary Cross Cultural Collaboration, Williamsburg, VA

Colonial America: A seminar on the North American colonies up through 1767

American History to 1877: A survey of American history from European exploration through Reconstruction

American History since 1877: A survey of American history from Reconstruction to the present

Topics in American Culture: English language immersion course taught to Japanese students and focusing on contemporary themes in American culture

"Rebellion and Conformity in Antebellum Valentine's Day Comic Humor," International Comic Arts Festival, Washington, DC, October 2006.

"Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Historical Research and Teaching," Boston Seminar in Immigration and Urban History, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA, November 2004.

"Love in the City: The Business of Valentine’s Day in Antebellum New York City," Print Culture and the City, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CA, April 2004.

"Augusta Babcock and Her Generation Celebrate Valentine’s Day in Antebellum America," Ways We Celebrate Conference, George Washington University, Washington D.C., April 2002.

"'A Good Book is a Blessing:' Frances Whittle Lewis’s Reading in Antebellum America," SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing) Conference, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, July 2001.

Public Markets and Civic Culture in Nineteenth-Century America, by Helen Tangires, in Material Culture, forthcoming.

Interview on Valentine's Day in antebellum New England, for the Public Radio show With Good Reason, February 2006.

"ALA" in the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Library and Information Science. Co-authored with Edward Holley. London: Routledge, 1996.

Graduate Assistant to Dean of Undergraduate Studies, August 2004 to May 2005 and August 2005 to May 2006, The College of William and Mary. Design and maintain webpages for Arts and Sciences (www.wm.edu/fas) and coordinate with various departments to schedule conferences.

Writing Preceptor, August 2002 to May 2003, August 2001 to May 2002, History Writing Resources Center, Department of History, The College of William and Mary. Worked as a consultant, helping students in all stages of writing papers for history classes, including developing ideas, outlining, and rewriting.

Assistant Reference Librarian, August 1996 to present, Swem Library, The College of William and Mary. Work part-time as reference librarian in main academic library of college, answering questions in diverse fields and disciplines, including the sciences, social sciences, humanities and business.

Invited Commentator, February 2003, Second Annual American Culture Conference, The College of William and Mary

Harrison Tyler Research Grant, December 2001, Department of History, The College of William and Mary.

Minor Research Grant, May 2001, The College of William and Mary.