Research interests
late 19th & 20th-century United States history, African American history, women’s history, black entertainment culture, and civil rights and social justice movementsEducation
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Ph D, US History
— Cornell University (2002) The Realm of a Blues Empress: Blues Culture and Bessie Smith in Black Chattanooga 1880-1923
- MA, History — Cornell University (2000)
- BA, History — Stanford University (1996)