Teaching

Teaching Fields

US History, Early America, Slavery in the Atlantic World, Digital and Public History, Women and Gender, History of Medicine

Instructor

HIST 3890, Creative Inquiry in History: The Cemetery Preservation and Memorial Project, Clemson University, Fall 2021 – Spring 2024.

Teaching Assistant

Hidden in Plain Sight, Online Teacher Recertification Course, George Mason University, January 2017-April 2017.

History 100: Western Civilization, George Mason University, August 2015 – December 2015.

History 121: Formation of the American Republic, George Mason University, August 2014 – May 2015.

History 122: Making of Modern America, George Mason University, August 2014 – May 2015.

History 100: Western Civilization, George Mason University, August 2013 – May 2014.

Mentoring

Co-Mentor, Carolyn Mason’s Bigger Fish to Fry Podcast, Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP), George Mason University, Fall 2020.

Workshops

Building and Managing Datasets for Digital Public History Projects with Airtable, with Amanda Regan, Digital Public History Lab, National Council on Public History Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 12, 2023.

The Cemetery as Text: Using Historic Cemeteries to Teach History, Public Engagement, and Service-Learning, Historic Cemeteries Research Symposium, Clemson University, October 24, 2022.

Enslaved Women in 18th Century Virginia, Just for Educators Workshop, George Mason’s Gunston Hall, August 14, 2019.

Graffiti Houses: The Civil War from the Perspective of Individual Soldiers, An NEH Landmarks in American History and Culture Workshop for Teachers, Teaching Assistant, George Mason University, June and July 2016.

Guest Lectures

Rachael at Monticello: Using Digital Tools to Recover Histories of Enslaved Midwives in Early America, HIST 3180: History of American Women, Clemson University, October 18, 2023.

Woodland Cemetery and African American Burial Ground: Researching Histories and Practicing Community Engagement, HIST 3060: Public History, Augusta University, October 26, 2022.

Birthing A Nation: Enslaved Women and Midwifery in Revolutionary America, HIST 3010: American Revolution and the New Nation, Clemson University, October 17, 2022.

Relational Databases and Historical Research, HIST 8500: Digital Methods for History I Graduate Course, Clemson University, October 12, 2022.

Digital Archives for Researching Historic Cemeteries, ENG 1030: Service-Learning Project for Woodland Cemetery, Clemson University, October 4, 2022.

Rachael at Monticello: Enslaved Women and Midwifery in Antebellum America, HIST 3180: History of American Women, Clemson University, September 14, 2022.

Woodland Cemetery and the African American Burial Ground Historic Preservation Project, HIST 1010: US History to 1877, Clemson University, April 7, 2022.

Content Management Systems, HIST 8500: Digital Methods for History, Clemson University, September 28, 2021.

Digital Sources for Studying Slavery, HIST 4900: Global History of Slavery, Clemson University, January 27, 2021.

Primary Sources and Midwifery, Honors 240: Mason’s Legacies, George Mason University, February 25, 2020.

Omeka and Building Online Exhibits, History 390: The Digital Past, George Mason University, June 19, 2019.

Perspectives on Digital Storytelling, History 390: The Digital Past, George Mason University, November 14, 2018.