SUNY Buffalo State University Department of History and Social Studies Education 

1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222 

(716)574-3467 

[email protected] 

 

Employment 

Assistant Professor of History 

SUNY Buffalo State University, 2024 to present 

·       HIS 107 – American Life II 

·       HIS 302 – American Women’s History 

·       HIS 311 – US Immigration and Emigration History 

·       HIS/SSE 363 – History of American Identity and Diversity 

·       HIS 404 – The South, Sectionalism, and the Civil War 

·       HIS 711 – Topics in American History 

Visiting Assistant Professor 

DePauw University, 2023-2024 

·       HIST 265 – 20th Century U.S. History 

·       HIST 200 – Sons & Daughters of Ireland: Ireland and Irish America 

Adjunct Instructor 

University of Indianapolis, 2024 

·       HIST 202 – World History since 1700 

Franklin College of Indiana, 2019 – 2021 

·       HIST 121 – United States History since 1877 

·       HIST/WWS 332 – United States Women’s History until 1960 

John A. Logan Community College, 2017 – 2018 

·       HIS 102 – Western Civilizations II 

·       HIS 103 – Global Civilizations I 

·       HIS 104 – Global Civilizations II 

·       HIS 201 – United States History until 1877 

Education 

Purdue University, 2023 

PhD. in American History 

·       Dissertation: “True Irishmen and Loyal Americans: Political Culture in Irish America, 1829 - 1911” 

·       Committee: David Atkinson, Nancy Gabin, Jonathan Lande, Yvonne Pitts 

·       Subfields: 

American Immigration History (1800-1965) 

History of American Women and Gender (1800-1960) 

European History (1789-1914) 

American Foodways History (1500-2000) 

Illinois State University, 2017 

Master of Arts – History 

·       Master’s Thesis: “‘Fortune Will Favour the Brave:’ Irish Women Come to America 1845 – 1870” 

State University of New York at Potsdam, 2015 

Bachelor of Arts – History, Archaeology, and Classics 

 

Publications 

Articles 

·       "Fenians Over the Niagara: Irish Nationalism and Rebellion in Nineteenth Century Buffalo, NY." Left History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Historical Inquiry and Debate 25, No. 2 (2023). 

Reviews 

·       Cian McMahon, Coffin Ships: Life and Death at Sea During the Great Irish Famine, (New York: NY, New York University Press, 2021), Terrae Incognita, 2024. 

·       Susan Matt, Homesickness: An American History, (Oxford: UK, Oxford University Press, 2011), H-Net Emotions, 2022. 

·       "Natasha Sumner and Aidan Doyle, eds., North American Gaels: Speech, Story, and Song in the Diaspora (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020)," Left History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Historical Inquiry and Debate 24, No. 1, 2021. 

Other Work Experience 

Instructor of Record 

Purdue University, 2021 – 2023 

Teaching Assistant 

Purdue University, 2018 – 2021 

Illinois State University, 2015 – 2017 

Exam Rater 

            Educational Testing Service (ETS), 2021, 2023 

Conferences 

·       “Ellen Mahoney, the Fenian Sisterhood, and the Politics of Irish American Women,” American Conference of Irish Studies National Conference, GA, 2025. 

·       “True Irishmen and Loyal Americans: Reflections of Irish American Political Culture, 1845 – 1911,” Nineteenth Century Studies Association Annual Conference, CA 2023 

·       “Fenians, Friendly Sons, and the Fighting Irish: Irish American Political Culture from 1829 to 1911,” Purdue History Graduate Student Association Biannual Conference, IN, 2023 

·       “The ‘Attempt to Levy War Against Her Majesty’: Irish Nationalism and Rebellion in Nineteenth-Century Buffalo, NY,” American Conference of Irish Studies Midwestern Conference, IL, 2021 

·       “’Treading on Each Other’s Skirts:’ Female Domestic Servants and the Servant Question’ in American Newspapers, 1830-1880,” IU HPS&M Women’s Leadership Conference, IN, 2019 

·       “‘Fortune Will Favour the Brave:’ Irish Women Come to America 1845 – 1870,” Purdue History Graduate Student Association Biannual Conference, 2019, IN 

·       “‘Fortune Will Favour the Brave:’ Irish Women Come to America 1845 – 1870,” Indiana Association of Historians Annual Conference, IN, 2019 

·       “’Fortune Will Favour the Brave:’ Irish Women Come to America, 1845 – 1870,” American Conference of Irish Studies Mid-Atlantic Conference, D.C., 2017 

·       “W.E.B. DuBois: In Search of a More Perfect Union,” PCA/ACA Annual Conference, CA, 2017 

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships 

·       Nau Short-Term Fellowship at University of Virginia's Shirley Small Special Collections Library, 2025 

·       Dean Knudsen Ph.D. Dissertation Award, 2023 

·       George Mayer Award for History and Leadership, 2023 

·       PROMISE Travel Grant, 2023, 2022 

·       Harold Woodman Graduate Research Award, 2023, 2021 

·       James L. Fisher Award – Most Outstanding Thesis at Illinois State University, 2018 

·       Most Outstanding Thesis in the College of Arts and Sciences, 2018 

·       Helen Cavanaugh Award, Department of History – Best Master’s Thesis, 2018 

·       Three Minute Thesis – University-wide Second Place Overall, 2017 

 

Professional Leadership and Service 

SUNY Buffalo State University 

Service to the Department 

·       Department of History and Social Studies Education Instructional Committee, 2024 to present 

Service to the University 

·       Women and Gender Studies Commitee, 2024 to present 

Purdue University 

History Graduate Student Association 

·       Representative, 2022/23 

·       President, 2020-2022 

·       Vice President, 2019/20 

·       First-Year Representative, 2018/19 

·       Graduate Conference Catering Committee Chair, 2018/19 

Service to the University 

·       Graduate Assistant for the Research Accelerator Learning Community, 2022 

·       Department of History Diversity Committee Graduate Representative, 2021/22 

·       College of Liberal Arts Educational Policy Committee, Graduate Representative, 2021/22 

·       Graduate Admission Committee Graduate Student Representative, 2020/21 

·       Faculty Teaching Awards Committee Graduate Student Representative, 2018/19 

Franklin College of Indiana 

·       F.C. Cares COVID-19 Student Advocate, 2020 

John A. Logan Community College 

·       Student Mentor Program Member, 2017/18 

·       Student Writing Center Tutor, 2017/18 

Illinois State University 

·       History Department Chair Search Committee Member, 2016/17 

 

Virginia Tech University 

·       “US Women’s Immigration History” – HIST 3054 Women in American History, 2023 

Tusculum University 

·       “American Immigration History, 1820 to 1965” – HIST 202 US History Part II, 2022 

·       “Immigrants during the American Civil War: Soldiers, Civilians, Americans” – HIST 31005 – History of the Civil War and Reconstruction, 2022 

·       “Culinary Columbian Exchange” – HIST 151 – Early American Food History, 2019 

Public Engagement and Community Service 

Viking Cruise Lines Resident Historian 

·       Iberian Explorer and Iceland, 2025 

·       Alaska and the Inside Passage, 2024 

·       Into the Midnight Sun – The British Isles and Norway, 2023 

·       Empires of the Mediterranean and Greek Isles, 2023 

·       Viking TV – Episode on the History of New Year’s Eve, 2022 

·       Viking TV – Episode on the American Revolution, 2021 

·       Malta and Greek Isles, 2021 

·       Empires of the Mediterranean, 2019 and 2025 

·        “We Are Aiding to Sustain a Revolution!” The Political Lives of Irish American Women”, The Buffalo History Museum History Happy Hour Series, 2025 

·        “We Are Aiding to Sustain a Revolution!” The Political Lives of Irish American Women”, the Buffalo Irish Center, 2024 

·       “More Butter! The Life and Impacts of Julia Child,” History on Tap Lecture Series, 2022 

·       “’Rally Under the Green Banner:’ the Buffalo Irish and the 1866 Invasion of Canada,” History on Tap Lecture Series, 2021 

·       “Cartoons Go to War: War Propaganda and Animation,” History Department Movie Night, 2021 

·       “From Subsistence to Celebrity Chefs: American Food History, 1500-1876,” History on Tap Lecture Series, 2019 

Professional Memberships 

Nineteenth Century Studies Association, 2023 

Immigration and Ethnic History Society, 2020 

Society of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era America, 2018 

Languages 

·       English – Native Speaker 

·       Latin – Intermediate – Reading/Translation 

·       Irish – Beginner