EDUCATION

2013

PH.D. IN AMERICAN HISTORY

University of Maryland at College Park

2008

MA IN AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL HISTORY

Temple University

2006

BA IN HISTORY

Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania

POSITIONS

August 2023- Present

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SECURITY AND MILITARY STUDIES AT AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE

2021-2023

SENIOR HISTORIAN AT THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR AND DEMOCRACY AT THE NATIONAL WW2 MUSEUM

August 2016-May 2020

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY

July 2017-August 2018

AMERICAN HISTORY AND DIVERSITY STUDIES FELLOW AT WEST POINT

August 2013-May 2016

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

July 2022

ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY RESEARCH FELLOW

2020-2021

RIDGWAY GRANT--US ARMY HERITAGE AND EDUCATION CENTER

2012-2013

AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES FELLOWSHIP

2017-2018

AMERICAN HISTORY AND DIVERSITY STUDIES FELLOW
AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT

2010

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL GRANT

SERVICE

2019-2020

COMMISSIONER
CLEVELAND COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION