Providence College

Visiting Assistant Professor

Taught several college courses in East Asian History and Western Civilization. Also taught a graduate-level course on the Progressive Era. Lectured to as many as 120 students.

Delivered professional papers at academic conferences and contributed a chapter to a collection of historical essays.

Democracy Fund

Associate, Research and Systems

Led development and successful board approval of multi-year initiative strategy for Governance Program. Approval included budget of nearly $8 million for 2017. The strategy aims to improve the capacity of Congress to formulate policy, restore the institution's engagement with constituents, and cultivate a more constructive political climate on Capitol Hill.

The strategic development process I used relied heavily on a systems thinking approach. As part of the process I served as the main author of our team's systems map on Congress and the Public Trust.

I oversee the research and learning agenda the Governance Program will use to implement our program strategy.

Democracy Fund

Senior Systems, Research and Learning Associate, Governance

Manage grants seeking to improve technological capacity of congressional offices and the quality of constituent communications.

Provide strategic planning and research support to Governance Initiative team.

Democracy Fund

Consultant

Consulted with the Governance Initiative team working on a systems mapping project to support grant making decisions and assist the team with internal assessments.

CQ Roll Call

Managing Editor, Connectivity

I launched Connectivity, a new blog offering advocacy and engagement best practices and news under CQ Roll Call's corporate website. I posted daily content designed to help advocacy professionals working at professional associations, public relations shops, nonprofits, and beyond keep up with tools and trends in digital politics. I also recruited an editorial advisory council and a number of guest contributors to provide expert perspectives.

FierceMarkets

Editor, FierceCities

I launched the FierceCities newsletter within the FierceGovernment group. I write news and analysis pieces about emerging technologies that are improving the performance of city governments and the lives of their citizens. I also conduct and edit Q&A features with a range of experts and city leaders. The bi-weekly newsletter covers smart city technologies, big data, infrastructure, civic apps, green tech, economic development, and a variety of other urban-centered topics.

A Grand and Glorious Feeling: The American Legion, National Identity, and Citizenship 1919-1957

University of Pennsylvania Press

Forthcoming in "Politics and Culture in Modern America" series.

A Grand and Glorious Feeling: The American Legion, National Identity, and Citizenship 1919-1957

University of Pennsylvania Press

Forthcoming in "Politics and Culture in Modern America" series.

A Grand and Glorious Feeling: The American Legion, National Identity, and Citizenship 1919-1957

University of Pennsylvania Press

Forthcoming in "Politics and Culture in Modern America" series.

A Grand and Glorious Feeling: The American Legion, National Identity, and Citizenship 1919-1957

University of Pennsylvania Press

Forthcoming in "Politics and Culture in Modern America" series.

The American Legion and Striking Workers During the Interwar Period. In Lichtenstein and Shermer, eds. The Right and Labor in America

University of Pennsylvania Press

The American Legion and Striking Workers During the Interwar Period. In Lichtenstein and Shermer, eds. The Right and Labor in America

University of Pennsylvania Press

A Grand and Glorious Feeling: The American Legion, National Identity, and Citizenship 1919-1957

University of Pennsylvania Press

Forthcoming in "Politics and Culture in Modern America" series.

A Grand and Glorious Feeling: The American Legion, National Identity, and Citizenship 1919-1957

University of Pennsylvania Press

Forthcoming in "Politics and Culture in Modern America" series.

The American Legion and Striking Workers During the Interwar Period. In Lichtenstein and Shermer, eds. The Right and Labor in America

University of Pennsylvania Press

The American Legion and Striking Workers During the Interwar Period. In Lichtenstein and Shermer, eds. The Right and Labor in America

University of Pennsylvania Press

“Flag-Waving Wahoos: Confederate Symbols at the University of Virginia, 1941-1953"

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

“Flag-Waving Wahoos: Confederate Symbols at the University of Virginia, 1941-1953"

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

A Grand and Glorious Feeling: The American Legion, National Identity, and Citizenship 1919-1957

University of Pennsylvania Press

Forthcoming in "Politics and Culture in Modern America" series.

A Grand and Glorious Feeling: The American Legion, National Identity, and Citizenship 1919-1957

University of Pennsylvania Press

Forthcoming in "Politics and Culture in Modern America" series.

The American Legion and Striking Workers During the Interwar Period. In Lichtenstein and Shermer, eds. The Right and Labor in America

University of Pennsylvania Press

The American Legion and Striking Workers During the Interwar Period. In Lichtenstein and Shermer, eds. The Right and Labor in America

University of Pennsylvania Press

“Flag-Waving Wahoos: Confederate Symbols at the University of Virginia, 1941-1953"

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

“Flag-Waving Wahoos: Confederate Symbols at the University of Virginia, 1941-1953"

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

“‘Treason is Treason:’ The Iowa American Legion and the Meaning of Disloyalty after World War I"

Annals of Iowa

“‘Treason is Treason:’ The Iowa American Legion and the Meaning of Disloyalty after World War I"

Annals of Iowa