EDUCATION

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in History, April 2020

University of Notre Dame

  • Primary Teaching Field: History of Medicine and Public Health

  • Secondary Teaching Fields: Global Environmental History, Atlantic History 1500 – 1850; Historical Epidemiology; Theory and Historiography

  • Graduate Minor: History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Dissertation: Unspeakable Loss: North America’s Invisible Throat Distemper Epidemic, 1735 – 1775

Master of Arts in History with Distinction, August 2011

(Concentration: History of Science, Atlantic History)

California State University, Northridge

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, June 2009

(Concentration: Philosophy of Science, Aesthetics)

Manhattanville College

SPECIAL TRAINING and RESEARCH SKILLS

Archaeology

Professional Certification Program in Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles    

Focus: Paleopathology; North America (Fall 2007 – Spring 2009)

Fieldwork:

  • Collier Lodge, Kouts, IN (Summer 2011)

  • Santa Monica Mountains NPA, LA County (Fall 2009)

  • Joshua Tree National Park, JTNP, CA (Spring 2008)