Current Workplaces
2008 - Present
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Department of History: Professor and Chair (2020-present)
2018 - Present
Central United Methodist Church of Florence, SC
Director of Children's Choirs
Education
2023 - 2024 (in progress)
Graduate Certificate in Learning, Technology, and Design; The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2001 - 2008
M.A. and Ph.D. in History; The University of Virginia
1997 - 2001
B.A. with Honors in History, minor in Music; The Pennsylvania State University
Certifications and Professional Development
2020
Certificate of Online Teaching Excellence, UNC Pembroke Office of Online Learning
2019
Museums: Humanities in the Public Sphere, National Endowment for the Humanities
2018
Certified Teacher of Young Singers, Choristers Guild Institute
2014
BRIDGES Academic Leadership for Women, UNC System
Doing Digital Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities
Grants and Awards
2022 - 2024
American Council of Learned Societies Digital Extension Grant, Co-PI
2018
Teaching Enhancement Grant for Course-Based Undergraduate Research, University of North Carolina at Pembroke Teaching & Learning Center
2016 - 2017
Blumenthal Foundation for the Arts, grants for Songs & Stories Concert Series
2010 & 2016
North Carolina Humanities Council, grants for public programming
2014
Honorable Mention, Wiley-Silver Prize, Civil War Research Center at the University of Mississippi
2001-2005
John L. Nau III Graduate Fellowship, Jefferson Scholars Foundation, University of Virginia