51ĀŅĀ×

Program: Ph.D. candidate

Field of Study: American History (fields: U.S. cultural & intellectual history, U.S. social & political history, film history)

Advisor: Dr. Kevin Mattson

Earned degrees: B.A. in Philosophy from Arizona State University; M.A. in Humanities from California State University; M.A. in World History from Norwich University

Research interests: I currently teach U.S. history, world history, history of science and technology, womenā€™s history, and African American studies with University of Maryland, and I teach humanities courses for incarcerated students through California State Universityā€™s prison program. My current research focuses on late 20th-century politics, social movements, and cultural developments that influenced Generation X.

Recent Accomplishments

Awards & Funding

• Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Maryland Global Campus, August 2024 Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Maryland Global Campus, August 2023
• Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, 51ĀŅĀ×, July 2023
• Klinder Dissertation Fellowship, 51ĀŅĀ×, August 2023

Publications

• Book Chapter: ā€œRed Noses and Squirting Roses.ā€ In Warren Zevon and Philosophy: Beyond Reptile Wisdom. Edited by John E. MacKinnon. Chicago: Carus Books, 2023.

Conferences

• Conference Talk: ā€œTechno-Optimism and Techno-Cynicism in the 1990s.ā€ Presented at the Society for U.S. Intellectual History Conference, Denver, Colorado, November 2023.

Media

• Podcast Guest: ā€œExcavating the Films of Ingmar Bergman.ā€ Varn Vlog, July 2023.