Background

Areas of Specialization

Education

B.A., Tulane University, American Studies and African and African Diaspora Studies, 2003.

M.A., College of William and Mary, American Studies, 2005.

Courses Taught

Interdisciplinary Studies 480: "Social Movement Theory in Action," Independent Study, Fall 2009.

American Studies 470: “Social Movements of the Past, Civic Engagement for Today: Explorations of American Methods of Citizenship,” Fall 2008.

American Studies 470: “Why New Orleans Matters: Cultural, Social,and Ecological Investigations into the History of the Crescent City,” Spring 2007.

American Studies 201: “American Popular Culture,” Teaching Assistant, Fall 2005.

Publications and Presentations

"Marie Couvent" and "Creole Women of Color" in KnowLA: Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana History, Culture, and Community (Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, forthcoming).

“From Madame to Madam: A Preliminary Investigation into the Life and Legacy of Marie Couvent.” Full participant at the Schlesinger Library Summer Seminar on Gender History, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, 2007.

“The Power of a Legend: Negotiations and Representations of Marie Laveau in Ishmael Reed’s The Last Days of Louisiana Red and Jewell Parker Rhodes’ Voodoo Dreams.” The Fifth Annual Graduate Research Symposium and American Cultures Conference, College of William and Mary, 2006.

“The Woman, the Legend, the Power: Representations of Marie Laveau in Novels by Robert Tallant, Jewell Parker Rhodes, and Barbara Hambly.” The Biannual Meeting of the Southern American Studies Association, Louisiana State University, 2005.

“Light-Skinned Prostitutes, Black Madams, and White Men, Oh My!: Carl Galmon and His Problem with Black Female Prostitution in Antebellum New  Orleans.” The Third Annual American Culture Conference, College of William and Mary, 2004.