I read, write, teach and experience history
I've been formally studying history since my sophomore year of college. Since then, I've come to appreciate historical interpretations and methods including material culture, economic and business history, the Atlantic World, and urban history. My major field is Early US History (with an emphasis on African American history), and my minor fields are Atlantic World History and Economic/Quantitative History. My dissertation is on the early merchants of Baltimore from 1790-1830. I'm currently teaching Introduction to American Studies and a Freshman Research Seminar, "Maryland Plantations: Then and Now." I have co-curated museum exhibits and currently serve as a docent at the Homewood Museum. I've worked a forge, sailed a Clipper, spun wool, and cast a pewter spoon.
Speaking as part of the "From Fells Point to Homewood Farm" Symposium, April 2015