Education
- Loyola University Chicago – Ph.D. in History (2006)
- Dissertation: “Onward Christian Soldiers: the Transformation of Religion, Masculinity, and Class in the Chicago YMCA, 1857 – 1932″
- Exam Fields: Major: completed in U.S. Urban, Cultural, and Religious History
- Minor: completed in Modern European History
- Minnesota State University – M.A. in History (1997)
- Master’s Thesis: “Wells Memorial Settlement House, 1908 – 1948″
- Exam Fields: Major: completed in U.S. Social and Cultural History
- Minor: completed in Political Science
- Pillsbury College – B.S. (1993)
- Majors: History and Theology – Magna Cum Laude
Courses Taught
- American Civilization II
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1845-1877
- Introduction to Historical Methods
- The United States in Transition, 1867 – 1930
- The United States during the War Years 1914-1945
- The United States 1945-Present
- World Civilization since 1648
Conference/Paper Presentations
- Chair for Panel, “Masculinity in Crisis: A Comparative Approach to Definitions of Male Identity” at the Great Lakes History Conference, Grand Rapids, MI October 17 and 18, 2008
- Discussant “Reinventing Georgia: Infrastructure and Culture in the New South” at the Georgia Association of Historians Conference, Savannah, GA February 25 and 26, 2011
- Paper presented: “D.L. Moody in the Chicago YMCA: The Active Christian Man and the Business of Revivalism”, Conference on Awakenings and Revivals in American History, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia – April 17, 2009
- Paper presented: “Ending the Male Only Policy: Heterosocial Trends and Religious Alterations in the Chicago YMCA: 1920-1933”, Grand Valley State University, History Department Colloquium – April 7, 2008
- Paper presented: “From Revivalism to the ‘Four-Fold’ Plan: Religious, Gender, and Cultural Transitions in the Chicago YMCA, 1880 – 1900”, Newberry Library, Urban History Dissertation Group, Chicago, Illinois – December 10, 2005
- Paper presented: “The Foundation and Early Work of the Chicago YMCA: 1853 – 1865”, Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, Illinois – October 27, 2005
Publications
- “Fundamentalism in the Jazz Age” in James Ciment ed., The Encyclopedia of the Jazz Age: 1918-1929(New York: M.E. Sharpe Publisher, 2008).
- “Rescuing Young Men from the ‘Ruin of the City,’” The Journal of Illinois History, Autumn, 2007
University Service
- General Education Committee
- Academic Advising Committee
- Eta Pi Sigma Advisor
Church and Community Service
- Member and Deacon of First Presbyterian Church, Rome
- Sunday School Teacher
- Vacation Bible School
- Operation Christmas Child