M.A., History, Miami
University, 2005 (Thesis: “The Fall and Rise of Lew Wallace: Gaining Legitimacy
Through Popular Culture”).
B.A., History, Olivet Nazarene University, 2001.
Assistant Editor, The Papers of Abraham Lincoln, 2011-present.
Research Associate, The Papers of Abraham
Lincoln, 2008-2011.
History Education Specialist, Indiana Historical Bureau, 2007-2008.
Assistant Director, Montgomery County (IN) Historical Society, 2006-2007.
Adjunct History Instructor, Ivy Tech Community College, 2006.
Volunteer Editorial Assistant, The Papers of Lew and Susan Wallace, 2006.
Teaching Assistant, Miami University, 2003-2005.
Researcher, The Papers of Lew and Susan Wallace, 2002-2004.
Assistant Director and Public Historian, General Lew Wallace Study, 1997-2003.
Archives Associate, Ramsay Archives, Wabash College, 1999-2000.
“Civil War Masks Gen. Lew Wallace’s Artistic Side,” Crawfordsville (IN) Journal-Review, 20 June 2002, with Joann Spragg.
“The First Indiana High School Basketball State
Tournament Champion 1911 Crawfordsville High School,” Indiana Basketball
History Magazine (Fall 2008): 44-53.
“Honoring a Lesser Known Wallace,” Crawfordsville (IN) Journal-Review,
18 October 2001.
“Life and Times of Henry Lane Wallace Explored,” Crawfordsville (IN)
Journal-Review, 15 November 2001.
“Man’s Artistic Expressions: General Lew
Wallace,” Crawfordsville (IN) Journal-Review, 18 July 2002.
Essays & Reviews
Review of The Lincoln Assassination: Crime and Punishment, Myth and Memory, edited by Harold Holzer, Craig L. Symonds, and Frank J. Williams. In Indiana Magazine of History 107 (September 2011): 271-73.
Review of Lincoln's Political Generals, by David Work. In Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 32 (Winter 2011): 72-77.
Review of Shadow of Shiloh: Major General Lew Wallace in the Civil War, by Gail Stephens. In Ohio Valley History 11 (Spring 2011): 88-89.
“‘Able and Efficient Services’: Lew Wallace and Indiana’s Mobilization for War, April 15-23, 1861,” paper presented at Fourth Annual Civil War Study Group Symposium, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 2011.
“The Abolitionization of Major General Lew Wallace,” paper presented at “Abolition: The Spark that Ignited the Second American Revolution,” 30th Annual Illinois History Symposium, Wheaton, Illinois, March 2010.
“Him and Hur: Lew Wallace and Nineteenth Century Manhood,” paper presented at the Lew Wallace Symposium, Wabash College, 2005.