Education
- Ph D in History, University of Virginia
 - MA in History, University of Virginia
 - BA in History, Christopher Newport University
 
Teaching
AMST 100 The American Experiment
AMST 320 American Entrepreneurship
AMST 395 Constitutional Convention of 1787
AMST 490W Senior Seminar
Research
American Political Economy
Selected Accomplishments
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                                            Book, Scholarly-New 
(2024). A Wonderful Career in Crime: Charles Cowlam’s Masquerades in the Civil War Era and Gilded Age. Louisiana State University Press. - 
                                            Journal Article, Academic Journal 
(2024). "Divided Government and the Bias Against Presidential Restraint". Social Science Journal. Volume, 61. Issue, 2. Pages, 474-491. - 
                                            Journal Article, Academic Journal 
(2023). “The Settlers’ Fortunes: Comparing Tax Censuses in the Cape Colony and Early American Republic”. Economic History Review. Volume, 72. Issue, 2. Pages, 525-550. - 
                                            Journal Article, Academic Journal 
(2020). “Mapping Distress: The Geography of Tax Insolvency in Virginia, 1782-1790”. Journal of the Early Republic. Volume, 40. Issue, 2. Pages, 231-265. - 
                                            Journal Article, Academic Journal 
(2020). "Population Density and the Accuracy of the Land Valuations in the 1798 Federal Direct Tax". Historical Methods. Volume, 53. Issue, 1. Pages, 1-10.