Research interests

late 19th & 20th-century United States history, African American history, women’s history, black entertainment culture, and civil rights and social justice movements

Education

  • Ph D, US HistoryCornell University (2002)
    The Realm of a Blues Empress: Blues Culture and Bessie Smith in Black Chattanooga 1880-1923
  • MA, HistoryCornell University (2000)
  • BA, HistoryStanford University (1996)