Degrees: |
Ph.D. |
Yale University, American Studies Program, 1995 |
M. Phil |
Yale University, American Studies Program, 1990 |
M.A . |
Yale University, American Studies Program, 1998 |
A.B . |
Bryn Mawr College, The Growth and Structure of Cities Program, 1986 |
| Employment history: |
1996-Present |
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Associate Professor,
Department of History |
1995 -1996 |
Georgetown University, Professorial Lecturer, Department of History |
Spring 1992 |
Yale University, Instructor, American Studies Program |
Spring 1991 |
Wesleyan University, Instructor, Department of History |
Professional papers presented: |
2009 |
“The Lost Cuisine: The Politics of Domestic Life in the Post-Civil War
South” Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing,
Toronto, Canada |
2009 |
“’The Land of Pumpkin Pies’: The Political Culture of Nostalgia in New
England, 1820-1860” Far Western Popular Culture Conference, Las Vegas
NV |
2006 |
“The Lost Cuisine: Preserving Culinary Traditions in the Post-Civil War South” American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Oakland, CA |
2005 |
“Sustaining Nourishment: Images and Artifacts of Nineteenth-Century Domestic Economy” American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC |
1999 |
“Labors of Love: Hair Jewelry, Mourning Practices and the Sentimental Market in Nineteenth-Century America” Far Western Popular Culture Association, Las Vegas |
1997 |
“Imagining Gender Roles: 1790-1860" Commenter, Organization of American Historians Conference, San Francisco |
1996 |
“Parlor Productions: A Sentimental Education about the Market in Godey’s Lady’s Book, 1830-1860" Social Science History Conference, New Orleans |
1993 |
“Cupid's Manufactory: From Sentiment to Profit, the Transformation of the Valentine Industry in 19th-Century America," Social Science History Conference, Baltimore. Maryland |
1993 |
"A Tempest in a Teapot: Reading Literary Spin-off Products and the Origins of the Sentimental Market," Early Modern Culture Workshop, Norman, Oklahoma |
1993 |
My Wife and the Market Street Phantom: Sentimental Education about the Market in Women's Magazines, 1830-1880," University of Delaware |
| Publications: |
| “Ministers Behaving Badly: The Pastoral Relationship in Nineteenth-Century
America” Reviews in American History 33.2 (2005) 184-190. |
| Market Sentiments: Middle-Class Market Culture in 19th-Century America (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2004). |
| “Charitable Calculations: Fancywork, Charity, and the Culture of the Sentimental
Market, 1830-1880" in Burton J. Bledstein and Robert Johnston, eds., Explorations in the
History of the American Middle Class (New York: Routledge, 2001): 73-85. |
| "Sentimental Heresies: Rethinking The Feminization of American Culture" Intellectual History Newsletter Volume 15, (Fall 1993):23-31. |
| Research in progress: |
Book Manuscript: |
| “Democratic Tastes: The Politics of a National Cuisine in Nineteenth-Century America” |
Journal Articles: |
| “Sustaining Nourishment: Images and Artifacts of Nineteenth-Century Domestic Economy” |
| “The Lost Cuisine: Preserving Culinary Tradition in the Post-Civil War South,” |
| “The Land of Pumpkin Pie: Re-examining the Development of a National Cuisine” |
| Committee Board Assignments: |
2009-2010 |
Curriculum Committee, Department of History, Chair |
2009-2010 |
Curriculum Committee, College of Liberal Arts |
2007-2008 |
Graduate College Executive Committee |
2007-2008 |
Ad-hoc Committee on Graduate Faculty Status |
2005-2008 |
Graduate Council, Graduate College |
2005-2008 |
Graduate Funding Committee, Graduate College, Chair 2007-2008 |
2005-2008 |
Graduate Coordinator, Department of History |
2003-2008 |
Graduate Committee, Department of History, Chair 2005-2008 |
2005-2008 |
Awards Committee, Department of History |
2005-2007 |
UNLV Libraries’ Award for Undergraduate Research Committee |
2003-2004 |
Search Committee Chair, Position in U. S. Cultural History, Department of History |
1999-2001 |
Course and Curriculum Committee, College of Liberal Arts, UNLV |
1998-1999 |
Ad-hoc Committee on Teaching Evaluation, Chair, Department of History |
1997-1998 |
Search Committee, Position in U.S. Cultural History, Department of History |
1996-2005 |
Curriculum Committee, Department of History, UNLV, Chair 2003-2005 |
1996-1998 |
Library Committee, Women’s Studies Program, UNLV |
1997-1998 |
By-Laws Committee, College of Liberal Arts, UNLV |
1996-1998 |
Cultural Studies Committee |
| Summary of other assigned institutional duties: |
2008-2011 |
Editorial Board Member, University of Nevada Press |
1999-2002 |
Halcyon Editorial Board |
1996-1998 |
Faculty Mentor, Women’s Studies Club |
