About
I was born and raised in California and grew up on a working ranch. I earned my Bachelor's degree from the University of Washington, where I majored in History, English (Creative Writing) and minored in American Indian Studies. I was fortunate to have diverse experiences at UW, including the chance to study Diné (Navajo) language, travel to Eastern and Central Europe, and learn from historians who still inspire my work.
I became an accidental graduate student after moving to a different ranch in eastern Washington that put me in proximity to Washington State University. In my first semester of work on my Master's degree, I was introduced to the field of Public History through a summer field school in Virginia City, Montana. There, I encountered the incredible story of a woman named Sarah Bickford - she has inspired me ever since, and is the subject of my first book, Race and the Wild West: Sarah Bickford, the Montana Vigilantes, and the Tourism of Decline, 1870 - 1930.
My public history work at WSU included an internship as Natural History Interpreter at Fort Abercrombie State Park in Kodiak, Alaska, processing collections in the Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections at WSU Libraries, and working as Co-Principle Investigator of the Hanford History Project, research from which appears in the volumes Nowhere to Remember: Hanford, White Bluffs, and Richland to 1943, and Echoes of Exclusion and Resistance: Voices from the Hanford Region.
In 2014 I joined the faculty of the Department of History at Oklahoma State University, where I am currently Associate Professor of History and Director of Public History. I serve on the board of the Stillwater Museum of History at the Sheerar. I teach courses in Public, United States, and American West history and am engaged with historic preservation and oral history work throughout the state.
I became an accidental graduate student after moving to a different ranch in eastern Washington that put me in proximity to Washington State University. In my first semester of work on my Master's degree, I was introduced to the field of Public History through a summer field school in Virginia City, Montana. There, I encountered the incredible story of a woman named Sarah Bickford - she has inspired me ever since, and is the subject of my first book, Race and the Wild West: Sarah Bickford, the Montana Vigilantes, and the Tourism of Decline, 1870 - 1930.
My public history work at WSU included an internship as Natural History Interpreter at Fort Abercrombie State Park in Kodiak, Alaska, processing collections in the Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections at WSU Libraries, and working as Co-Principle Investigator of the Hanford History Project, research from which appears in the volumes Nowhere to Remember: Hanford, White Bluffs, and Richland to 1943, and Echoes of Exclusion and Resistance: Voices from the Hanford Region.
In 2014 I joined the faculty of the Department of History at Oklahoma State University, where I am currently Associate Professor of History and Director of Public History. I serve on the board of the Stillwater Museum of History at the Sheerar. I teach courses in Public, United States, and American West history and am engaged with historic preservation and oral history work throughout the state.
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