Education
Ph.D. (2007), History, University of Akron
Dissertation:聽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
鈥淩e-Membering Vietnam in Somalia:聽Black Hawk Down聽and Ethical Militarism in American Historical Memory,鈥 in Adam Barkman, Ashley Barkman, and Nancy Kang, editors,聽The Philosophy and Culture of Ridley Scott聽(Lexington Books: Lanham, MD, 2013): 85-99.
鈥淪ubverting Heroic Violence: Ang Lee鈥檚聽Hulk听补苍诲听Taking Woodstock聽as Anti-War Narratives,鈥 in Robert Arp, Adam Barkman, and James McRae, editors,聽Philosophy and Ang Lee聽(University of Kentucky Press: Lexington, KY, 2013): 192-209. (also translated into Chinese and published in China)