Degrees

  • EdD, Lewis University; Romeoville, IL
  • MA, University of California; Los Angeles, CA
  • MA, University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA
  • BA, Northwestern University; Evanston, IL

Awards

  • 2023-2024 Concordia Bowling League 1st Place Team

Publications:

  • “It’s Really About America: Representations of University Humanities & Youth in Selected Films of Noah Baumbach” Chapter in Cinema U: Representations of Higher Education in Popular Film (2019). Dark Horse Press

  • “Rethinking the Modern Western History Course: Neoliberalism, New Media, and Intensified Asymmetrical Warfare.” Philosophical Studies in Education v. 48 (2017) *Awarded 2017 Best Graduate Student Submission by Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society

  •  “Perspectives on Higher Education in Africa: Field Notes on Trends, Themes, Challenges and Opportunities,” Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies v. 36 n. 1 (2009)

Presentations:

  • “The Screenification of Conflict: Jean Baudrillard, Virtuality, & the Impending Death of Proximal Warfare”Society for Military History Conference in Louisville, KY, May 18, 2018
  • “Absolving Ourselves from the Past: Documentary, Baudrillard, and Theoretical Considerations on UsingMedia to Teach “Africa” to American Students”, Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society Conference, St. Mary of the Lake University, Mundelein, IL, October 14, 2017

  • “Rethinking How We Teach Endless Conflict”, Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society Conference,  Bergamo Center, Dayton, OH, September 17, 2016

  • “Panel: Baudrillard, Black Mirror, and the Limits of Critical Media Literacy”, Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society Conference, Bergamo Center, Dayton, OH, September 13, 2015

  • "Enduring Themes of Empire Panel: Insurgency in Mozambique." Society for Military History Conference. March 2022.

  • "The President is Busy with a Coup Attempt, Maybe There Will Be Clean Water Tomorrow: 10 Years, 6 Presidents, and 3 Water Projects in Guinea-Bissau from 2000-2010." 13th Annual Conference of the Midwest World History Association. September 2023.