Courses Taught: North American Seafaring, Maritime History, Colonial America, Women in the Atlantic World, Age of Discovery, Introduction to Public History.

Specialties: Maritime History, Early American Social and Cultural History, Public History, Material Culture

Current Research Interests: Early American Shipwreck Narratives

Brief Vitae
Education: Ph.D., History, Pennsylvania State University, 2004; M.A., History, East Carolina University, 1994; B.A., Anthropology, University of Florida, 1990.

Affiliations:

• American Historical Association
• Organization of American Historians
• Society for Historical Archaeology
• National Maritime Historical Society

Notable Articles/Publications:
“Negotiating Power: Status and Authority in Anglo-American Shipwreck Narratives” in The Elusive Jack Tar: New Approaches to Early American Maritime History (ed. Paul Gilje and William Pencak), Mystic Seaport, summer 2006.

“Shipwreck Narratives” in The Encyclopedia of Maritime History (ed. John Hattendorf), NY: Oxford University Press, 2005.

“The Continental Navy: The Continental Navy was too small and undermanned to have a significant impact on the American war effort” in History in Dispute: American Revolution (ed. Keith Krawczynski), Columbia, S.C.: Manly, Inc., 2003.