Education
2014-Present Ph.D. Student, University of Tennessee
Major Field: Early American History
2006 M.A., U.S. History, University of Tennessee
Thesis Title: “The Transformation of the King’s Mountain Victors.”
2001 B.A., History, Lincoln Memorial University
Professional Experience
2017-Present Director, Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum and Instructor of History, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN
2017 Teaching Assistant, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2016 Graduate Assistant for Academic Programs, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2015-2016 Teaching Assistant, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2008-2014 Adjunct Professor of History, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN
2009-2011 Adjunct Professor of History, Clear Creek Baptist Bible College, Pineville, KY
2007-2008 Executive Director, Jack Jouett House Historic Site, Versailles, KY
2006-2007 Adjunct Professor of History, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN
2005-2007 Assistant Curator/Historian, Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN
2003-2004 Teaching Assistant, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2003 Grading Assistant, U.S. History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2001-2002 Curatorial Assistant, Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN
Selected Publications
“Creating Regional Heroes: Traditional Interpretations of the Battle of King’s Mountain.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly 68 (2009): 224-49.
“Putting a Face to the Name: Another Look at the Thomas Lincoln Photo.” The Lincoln Herald 110 (2008): 253-68.
Conference Presentations
2018 “Backwater Manliness: Gendered Paradox on the Revolutionary Frontier.” Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL.
2018 “Declaring Dependence in Revolutionary Tennessee.” Inaugural American Revolution on the Tennessee Frontier Symposium, Knoxville, TN.
2016 “‘The Debt of Honour Due to Us’: Backcountry Veterans and the Legacy of the American Revolution.” Society of Appalachian Historians Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN.
Exhibitions Curated
Carnage on Camera: Photographs of the Civil War Dead. Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, 2006.
Lincoln’s Brownwater Navy: The Civil War on the Western Rivers. Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, 2002.
“Oh! What Times to Live In”: Women in the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, 2001.
Grants and Research Fellowships
2018 Filson Fellowship, Filson Historical Society
2017 Wilson Fellowship, Center for the Study of War and Society, University of Tennessee
2017 Residential Fellowship, David Library of the American Revolution
2017 Archie K. Davis Fellowship, North Caroliniana Society
Awards and Scholarships
2018 Charles Jackson Award, Department of History, University of Tennessee
2017 Gender Studies Award, Department of History, University of Tennessee
2016 Susan Becker Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of History, University of Tennessee
2014 Milton M. Klein Fellowship, Department of History, University of Tennessee
2000 Museum Scholarship, Lincoln Memorial University
1997 Trustee Scholarship, Lincoln Memorial University
Courses Taught
Colonial America
The American Revolution, 1763-1789
Lincoln’s Life and Legacy
U.S. History to 1877
U.S. History Since 1877
World History to 1500
World History Since 1500
Additional Professional Service
Board of Directors, Gov. John Sevier Memorial Association/Marble Springs State Historic Site (2014-Present)
Research Associate, Abraham Lincoln Institute for the Study of Leadership and Public Policy (2012-2014)
Research Volunteer, East Tennessee Historical Society (2002)