I am an assistant professor of history at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. (Go Colonels!) This year, my course load includes the first half of the American history survey, a class on the Civil War; making and memory the History of American Holidays, and the American Revolution. I enjoy teaching cultural and religious history and hope to teach a class on the Atlantic World in the future. My goal is to teach the majority of my classes as “flipped” classrooms where students spend more time talking to each other than I spend lecturing to them.
At Centre, we emphasize active learning and the well-rounded student so I’ll be talking about active teaching strategies and the liberal arts classroom. I also integrate my research emphasis on ritual and the public sphere through innovative classroom experiences. My American Revolution class takes tea, my Great Lakes students walk a traditional hunting trail and my survey students participate in parades.
I first visited Teaching United States History as a starry-eyed graduate student and found the pedagogical discussions exciting. I hope to contribute to discussions of innovative teaching methods outside the digital world. My research constantly reminds me that community is at the center of every professional discipline and I want to bring that sense of community to Teaching United States History and to the classroom.
I am an assistant professor of history at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. (Go Colonels!) This year, my course load includes the first half of the American history survey, a class on the Civil War; making and memory the History of American Holidays, and the American Revolution. I enjoy teaching cultural and religious history and hope to teach a class on the Atlantic World in the future. My goal is to teach the majority of my classes as “flipped” classrooms where students spend more time talking to each other than I spend lecturing to them.
At Centre, we emphasize active learning and the well-rounded student so I’ll be talking about active teaching strategies and the liberal arts classroom. I also integrate my research emphasis on ritual and the public sphere through innovative classroom experiences. My American Revolution class takes tea, my Great Lakes students walk a traditional hunting trail and my survey students participate in parades.
I first visited Teaching United States History as a starry-eyed graduate student and found the pedagogical discussions exciting. I hope to contribute to discussions of innovative teaching methods outside the digital world. My research constantly reminds me that community is at the center of every professional discipline and I want to bring that sense of community to Teaching United States History and to the classroom.