I was born near Chicago, grew up in Texas, and spent most of the recent part of my life in Tallahassee, Florida, where I received a number of degrees from Florida State University: B.S. (1992) and B.A. (1994); M.A. (1998); and Ph.D. (2005). Before coming to Christian Brothers this year, I taught at Florida State and at Maclay School, a private college preparatory high school in Tallahassee.

I will mainly be teaching the American History survey classes here at Christian Brothers, but I have taught a wide variety of courses in the past, including Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean (which I am teaching this fall); Latin American Civilization; Nationality, Race, and Ethnicity in US History; History of the American West; and History of the American Frontier. I am hoping to offer some of those courses here at Christian Brothers, as well as a course in Sports and American Society.

My previous research focused on racial issues in Florida’s public schools during the Progressive Era, and I’m currently working on an examination of the convict-lease system in Texas and New Mexico during the same period.