Associate Professor of History
History Program Director
Study Abroad Program Director
My
professional interests include women's history, French history, modern European
history, world history and reproductive history. My current research
projects include research into the history of midwifery in Europe, with
particular focus on Madame L., a notorious midwife and abortionist in London
during the first four decades of the twentieth century. I am also working
on a book-length project entitled The Invention of Choice: Reproductive
Decisions and the Politics of Motherhood in France. Courses Taught
Undergraduate courses:
Early Civilizations;
The Emergence of the Modern World; The American Experience to 1877; The West in
the Classical Age; Reacting to the Past; Women in World History; Historical
Methods and Historiography; Empires and Diaspora; 20th Century Genocide;
Modern Europe; Public History and Historic Preservation; Seminar in Women's
History; Senior Research Seminar