Welcome. I'm a scholar-in-residence and visiting assistant professor in History at Wabash College. I study urban societies in the nineteenth and early twentieth-century Americas. I'm especially interested in how transnational cultural and human flows, situated in specific spatial contexts, have shaped social belonging during the long nineteenth century. Through my courses and research, I examine histories of the urban environment, race, gender, im/migration, and cultural production. I'm also excited by the practice and theory of digital approaches to these topics.

My current book project, which began as a prize-winning dissertation at the University of Chicago, explains how a widening range of residents of São Paulo, Brazil, used theaters to claim their place in a rapidly changing city. To learn more about this and other projects, please take a look at my research and presentations pages. I've also posted some of my research discoveries on the site's news page, which additionally includes teaching tips and other tidbits. A list of the courses I've taught, along with a few syllabi, can be found on the teaching page.