Biography
Courses Taught:
- HIST 115-116: World Civilizations I, II
- HIST 200: Paris and Berlin between the Wars: The Twin Capitals of Modernism
- HIST 207: The Historian’s Craft
- HIST 231: Europe in the Age of Discovery and Reform, 1450-1750
- HIST 234: Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1914
- HIST 235: Europe since 1914
- HIST 214: Honors: Refugees
- HIST 300: Honors: The Holocaust
- HIST 239: Film History
- POL 216: Reels of Change: Understanding Globalization through Film
- HIST 219: The First World War
- MES 201: Wars of the Middle East
- POL 211: Violence
Research Interests:
Works in progress:
“Hopeful Monster’: Guy Marcheret’s Passage Through the Violent Twentieth Century.” (Book manuscript)
“Between Shadow and Light: Itineraries from WWII to the Fourth Republic.” (In development)
“Evan Seys and the Black Boy Charles: Itineraries of the 17th Century Slave Trade between Loango, Jamaica, and London.”
“‘Sad Tales of the Death of Kings’: The High Politics of Royal Impersonation in Early Modern England,” in Philippe Romanski and Aissatou Sy-Wonyu, Trompe d’oeil: Forgery and Falseness in History (Rennes, 2003)
“Historical Fictions: The Invention of Historical Events for Political Purposes,” in Peter Farrugia, ed., The River of History (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2005)
“Germany, the United States, and De Gaulle’s Strategy for Economic Reconstruction, 1944-1946,” in Robert O. Paxton and Nicholas Whal, eds., De Gaulle and the United State: A Bicentennial Reappraisal (Oxford and Providence: Berg, 1994)
“American Aid to French Reconstruction: From Lend-Lease to the Marshall Plan, 1944-1947,” Journal of Modern History, September 1992
Various book reviews in The Journal of American History, The Journal of Modern History, The International History Review, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Armed Forces and Society, Social History, History: Reviews of New Books, and The Business Library Review
Conferences, Papers and Workshops:
“The Russian Emigre Community in Paris as a Milieu for Conspiracy and Disorder,” Annual Meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies, Houston, Texas, March 2007
“An American Javert in Liberation-era Paris,” Western Society for French History, Colorado Springs, October 2005
“Pierre Laval in American Eyes, 1931-1945,” Society for French Historical Studies, Stanford University, March 2005
“The Deepening Cleavage: Frederick Mellinger as a Cultural Intermediary between France and America,” Society for French Historical Studies, Paris, June 2004
“Some Dangers of Resistance and Collaboration: The Case of Raymonde Beure,” Society for French Historical Studies, Chapel Hill, NJ, March 2001
“Collaborative Undergraduate Research: A Faculty Adviser’s Perspective,” National Institutes of Health Extramural Associates Regional Research Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, 5 October 2000
Historical Fictions: The Falsification of History for Political Purposes,” Conference on The Lessons of History, Wilfrid Laurier University – Brantford Campus, Brantford, Ontario, 30 September 2000
“German SD Operations Against the French Resisance in the Paris Area, Summer 1994,” Society for Military History, Quantico, VA, 1 May 2000
“Anonymous Denunciations in Wartime France,” Conference on Silence and Expression, Humanities Research Center, Texas A&M University, 1 April 2000
Supervision of Undergraduate Research:
“The Acceleration of European Political Violence in 1934: The View from London and Washington.”
“The Reptilian Service Industry in the Global Economy: The International Commerce in Drugs, Toxic Wastes, Body Parts, and Sexual Gratification.” (Faculty supervisor of SEPCHE-funded student research project.)
“Philadelphia’s Response to Public Health Emergencies: Yellow Fever (1793), Cholera (1832), Influenza (1918-1919), Polio (1940s-1950s) and AIDS (1980s-1990s).” (Faculty supervior of National Institutes of Health-funded student research project.)
Professional Memberships:
American Historical Association