I'm map librarian at Harvard's Map Collection and a digital historian with a background in teaching, libraries, and museums. I was a tenured professor in History at Middle Tennessee State University and I specialize in the history of cultural exchange, travel, and food. 
Recent and Upcoming Talks: 
  • July 2, 2025, 6:15pm, "Auf Gift gebaut? Eine Orange, ein Familientrauma und die Entstehung Preußens 1687," lecture at the Institute for Cultural History of Early Modern Europe, Osnabrück
  • June 12, 2025, "Family Drama: How Childhood Trauma, Grief, and Jealousy Shaped the Prussian Origin Story," Forschungskolloquium für Kultur- und Religionsgeschichte der frühen Neuzeit, Freie Universität Berlin.
  • May 16, 2025, "The Reformed Fast: Religious Food Proscriptions in the Calvinist Courts of the Holy Roman Empire," Food Intolerances conference, Historisches Kolleg, Munich
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I'm very pleased to announce the publication of my (first) book from the UVA Press!