About Me

I am currently an associate professor of history at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia.   I  specialize in the colonial and revolutionary periods of United States history, focusing on the study of History and Memory. I have presented several papers examining various ways in which early U.S. history is remembered in different genres. In addition, I have contributed chapters in edited volumes on the subject of history in popular culture including “A Past to Make Us Proud: U.S. History According to Disney” in Learning From Micky, Donald and Walt: Essays on Disney’s Edutainment Films (McFarland, 2011). My interest in John Adams began during the United States Bicentennial, when I first saw the musical 1776.   My recent book, 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑨𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒔: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝑴𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 is the culmination of that interest. 

Photo by Leon Omelka