Post Office Post Office Update #2 14 Mar 2016 With spring break upon us here in New England, I've been able to take a sort of mini-retreat to focus some energy on the book project over the past few…
Post Office Post Office Update #1 10 Mar 201610 Mar 2016 In a post a few weeks ago, I half-promised that I might write more frequent updates about my current research project. Inspired by John Fea's updates on his book on…
Commentary… What If My Voice Doesn’t Matter? 26 Feb 201625 Feb 2016 This week at my university, faculty across campus have been conducting a teach-in relating our subjects to the Black Lives Matter movement as a way to facilitate discussion and conversation…
Professional Making the Academic-Public Audience Transition 11 Feb 2016 Over the past few weeks a group of historians whom I respect deeply have been debating and discussing the advantages and drawbacks of writing for academic and popular audiences (the…
Teaching Spring 2016 Courses 18 Jan 2016 The "spring" semester begins tomorrow, so it's high time my syllabi are done and put to bed. Here's what I'll be teaching: HIST 151 U.S. History to Reconstruction It's the first half…
HIST 120… Over-Identification and the History of the Present 3 Jan 2016 Having recently finished teaching a course on autobiographies and memoirs, I took a break during the holidays ... to read multiple memoirs. Oh well. One of them came on the…
HSTA 304… Perfectly Practical Tips for Using Twitter 17 Sep 201518 Sep 2015 Jointly authored by Liz Covart and Joseph Adelman. Twitter is a deceptively simple tool. With just 140 characters to work with, it can seem at times like it takes barely any work…
HSTA 304… Accessing the Early American Imprints Database 9 Sep 201518 Sep 2015 What follows is a rudimentary guide to how to access the Early American Imprints database, with a brief background on what it is and the steps to take to find…
Teaching Fall 2015 Courses 26 Aug 2015 The semester is still a few days away here in Massachusetts, which means that I'm just finishing up syllabi as I watch my friends talk about their first class meetings on campuses far…
Teaching Women of the Revolution 20 May 201520 May 2015 I've been working this last week or so to finalize a syllabus for my fall course on the American Revolution as a way to kick-start my summer, review some literature…
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