Education
Ph.D. (2007), History, University of Akron
Dissertation: Imagining Heaven and Hell: Religion, National Identity, and U.S. Foreign Relations, 1930-1953
M.A. (2003), History, University of Waterloo
B.A. (2002), History, McMaster University
Research Interests
- United States foreign relations, religion, culture
- Film and American culture
- International relations
Research Funding
Robert W. Little Dissertation Year Fellowship in History, 2006-2007
Harry S. Truman Library Institute Research Grant, 2006
Recent Publications
“Re-Membering Vietnam in Somalia: Black Hawk Down and Ethical Militarism in American Historical Memory,” in Adam Barkman, Ashley Barkman, and Nancy Kang, editors, The Philosophy and Culture of Ridley Scott (Lexington Books: Lanham, MD, 2013): 85-99.
“Subverting Heroic Violence: Ang Lee’s Hulk and Taking Woodstock as Anti-War Narratives,” in Robert Arp, Adam Barkman, and James McRae, editors, Philosophy and Ang Lee (University of Kentucky Press: Lexington, KY, 2013): 192-209. (also translated into Chinese and published in China)
