PhD<\/strong> Medieval European History<\/strong>, UCLA June 2002 MA English Literature<\/strong>, Minnesota State University, Mankato Summer 2020. MS Educational Technology<\/strong>, Minnesota State University, Mankato December 2019. MA Medieval European History<\/strong>, UCLA June 1997<\/p>\n\n\n\n Teaching Writing Graduate Certificate<\/strong>, Minnesota State University, Mankato, May 2020. BA Psychology and History<\/strong>, UCLA, Magna Cum Laude<\/em>, September 1994<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faculty<\/strong>, North Hennepin Community College<\/a>, History Department, Fall 2002, Fall 2003\u2013Present; English Department, Fall 2018\u2013Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n Responsibilities:\nTeach 3\u20135 courses per semester, design and develop online courses (using WebCT\nand Desire2Learn platforms), develop new courses (World Civilization, Medieval\nWest, Applied History, History and Popular Culture, Ancient West)<\/p>\n\n\n\n History Courses Taught:<\/strong> Honors Courses Taught<\/strong> English Courses Taught<\/strong> Teaching Assistant\/Associate<\/strong>,\nUCLA History Department<\/p>\n\n\n\n Responsibilities:\nLed discussion sections, conducted reviews of lecture, grading<\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses<\/strong> Taught<\/strong> 2014. Review of The Huns, Rome and the Birth of Europe<\/em>, by Hyun Jin Kim. Journal of Late Antiquity<\/em> 7: 367\u2013369.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2012. Editor, Issue 15 of <\/a>The Heroic Age: A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe<\/a><\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2008.\nAuthor of eighteen articles in Christopher A. Snyder, Early Peoples of Britain and Ireland: An Encyclopedia<\/em>. Oxford:\nGreenwood World Publishing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2007. Co-Editor, Issue 10 of <\/a>The Heroic Age: A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2003. \u201cSwearing False Oaths: The Identity of \u2018Aglibert\u2019 in the Chronicle\nof Fredegar<\/em> Continuation 3.\u201d Medieval Prosopography<\/em> 24:89\u2013105.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2003. \u201cAn Appeal to Rome: Anglo-Saxon Dispute Settlement, 800\u2013810.\u201d <\/a>The Heroic Age: A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe<\/a><\/em> 6<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2003. Review of Medieval\nConcepts of the Past: Ritual, Memory, Historiography<\/em>, by Gerd Althoff,\nJohannes Fried and Patrick Geary, eds.\nArthuriana<\/em> 13:111\u2013112 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2000. Review of Vision and\nImage in Early Christian England<\/em>,\nby George Henderson. Comitatus<\/em> 31:261\u2013263.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Generative AI in the Medieval Studies Classroom<\/em> (Medieval Academy Webinar, August 16, 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n An Identity for Every Occasion: Deconstructing Sidonius Apollinaris\u2019s Self-Representation<\/em> (Southeastern Medieval Association Conference, Rock Hill, SC. October 12\u201314, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rethinking Program Review: Five Years of Lessons<\/em>, Co-Presented with Sara Van Asten, North Hennepin Community College (2023 HLC Conference: Learn\u2013Lead\u2013Luminate, Chicago, IL. March 25\u201328, 2023.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reacting to the Barbarians? Competing Views of Citizenship in the Late Antique West<\/em> (Southeastern Medieval Association Conference, Birmingham, AL. November 10\u201312, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two Romes: Fighting for Freedom in Fuqua\u2019s King Arthur<\/em> (International Society for the Study of Medievalism Annual Conference, Boone, NC. October 20\u201322, 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Passion for the \u201cGood Old Days\u201d: Perspectives of the \u201cColonized\u201d in Late Antique Gaul<\/em> (Southeastern Medieval Association Conference, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC. November 11\u201313, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Passion for Hypothes.is: Leveraging Digital Tools and Crowdsourcing to Teach through Primary Sources<\/em> (Southeastern Medieval Association Conference, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC. November 11\u201313, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reverse Colonialism in Late Antiquity: A Study of Book 9 of Sidonius Apollinaris\u2019s Letters<\/em> (54th<\/sup> International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 9\u201312, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Teaching a Diverse Medieval Europe: Undergraduate Pedagogy<\/em> (133rd<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Chicago, IL. January 3\u20136, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Migration, <\/em>Peregrini, and Breton Saints: A Reexamination of the \u201cExile for Christ Motif\u201d<\/em> (Southeastern Medieval Association Conference, Nassau, The Bahamas. November 8\u201310, 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Claiming Transgression: Spiritual Migration in Late Antique Christian Thought<\/em> (Midwest World History Association 7th<\/sup> Annual Conference, Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, MN. September 23\u201324, 2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Search of Emma: Merovingian Politics and the Kingdom of Kent <\/em>(Morris Medieval Scholars Lecture, University of Minnesota, Morris. September 24, 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Views of Abraham in Late Antiquity: From \u201cFather of Faith\u201d to \u201cForeigner in a Strange Land\u201d<\/em> (50th<\/sup> International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 14\u201317, 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Merovingians in World History<\/em> (World History Association 22nd<\/sup> Annual Conference, North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN. June 26\u201329, 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Becoming Barbarian: An Examination of Stilicho in Fifth-Century Latin Sources <\/em>(47th<\/sup> International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 10\u201313, 2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Queen Bertha and the Not-So-Venerable Bede: Why Did He Write Her Out of His Story?<\/em> (Morris Medieval Scholars Inaugural Lecture, University of Minnesota, Morris. February 7, 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Foreigner, Missionary, or Wandering Ascetic? The Transformation and Appropriation of \u201cPeregrinus\u201d in the Latin West <\/em>(36th<\/sup> Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Medieval Association, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA. November 18\u201320, 2010)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDisgusted with his Foreign Speech\u201d: Shifting Situational Identity in the Early Middle Ages <\/em>(44th<\/sup> International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 7\u201310, 2009)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Converting the Frankish Pagani: An Examination of Sixth-Century British Peregrini <\/em>(43rd<\/sup> International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 8\u201311, 2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bede, Bertha, and the Frankish Contribution to the Conversion of the English<\/em> (42nd<\/sup> International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 10\u201313, 2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Re-roofing Ferri\u00e8res: Anglo-Saxon Patronage of Frankish Monasteries in the Ninth Century<\/em> (41st<\/sup> International Congress of Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 3\u20137, 2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n An Early Volte-Face of the Papacy? The Role of the Merovingians in the Three Chapters Dispute<\/em> (Thirtieth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, Baltimore, MD. October 28\u201331, 2004)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ebroin and the Anglo-Saxons <\/em>(International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, Leeds, U. K. July 12\u201315, 2004)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Quest for Immunity: Renegotiating Social Networks in Late Merovingian Gaul<\/em> (39th<\/sup> International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 6\u20139, 2004)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Childebertus Rex: Slayer of Innocents or Friend of Saints? <\/em>(38th<\/sup> International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 7\u201311, 2003)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Swearing False Oaths: The Identity of \u201cAgilbert\u201d in the <\/em>Chronicle of Fredegar Continuation 3<\/em> (37th<\/sup> International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 2\u20135, 2002)<\/p>\n\n\n\n An Appeal to Rome: Anglo-Saxon Dispute Settlement, 800\u2013810<\/em> (36th<\/sup> International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. May 3\u20136, 2001)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Merovingian Factional Politics and the Archbishop of Canterbury: Cross-Channel Relations in the Mid-seventh Century<\/em> (University of California Medieval History Seminar, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. October 28, 2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n An Empire Fragmented? Breaking Down the Myth of English Isolation in the Seventh Century<\/em> (3rd<\/sup> Annual UCLA Graduate Student Conference on Late Antiquity. April 4, 1998)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Constantine and His Sons: Politics and Family in Late Antiquity <\/em>(UCLA Graduate Student Conference on Late Antiquity II. April 19, 1997)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mi<\/a>nnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees Educator of the Year (2014)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n North Hennepin Community College Student Life Outstanding Club Advisor of the Year (2014) American Historical Association Member Spotlight Featured Historian<\/a> (November 13, 2013): <\/p>\n\n\n\n Medieval Academy of America, 2000\u2013present Latin HTML, CSS, & PHP<\/p>\n\n\n\n Graduate of the Chair Academy Luoma Leadership Academy<\/a>, Cohort 6, (2015\u20132016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dissertation Title: England and Northern Frankia, 5th<\/sup> \u2013 7th<\/sup> Centuries: Implications of Cross-Channel Contact<\/em> (Advisor: Dr. Richard Rouse)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alternative Plan Paper Title: “‘He spoke for and represented them:’ Articulations of Status and “Othering” in Book 9 of Sidonius Apollinaris’s Letters”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Creative Project Title: “Incorporating Universal Design Principles and Evidence-Based Practices for Learning to Construct ADA Compliant Online Learning Environments in Higher Education”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emphasis: Multiliteracies and Racial Equity in Education<\/p>\n\n\n\nTeaching Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
History of World Civilization pre 1500
History of World Civilization post 1500<\/em>
History of Western Civilization pre 1550<\/em>
History of Western Civilization post 1550<\/em>
History of the Medieval West<\/em>
History of the Ancient West<\/em>
History of the United States Through 1877<\/em>
Special Topics\u2014History of NHCC<\/em>
Special Topics\u2014Introduction to History<\/em>
History and Popular Culture<\/em>
Applied History<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Special Topics\u2014History of Christmas<\/em>
Honors Seminar\u2014History of Race and Ethnicity<\/em>
Honors Seminar\u2014Envisioning the World in Disney’s “Small World”<\/em>
Honors Capstone<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gateway Composition<\/em>
Gateway College Writing<\/em>
College Writing I<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Religious Environment of the Early Christians<\/em> (Spring 2000, Dr. Scott Bartchy)
Rome from Augustus to Constantine<\/em> (Winter 2000, Dr. Ronald Mellor)
Rome from Origins to the Death of Caesar<\/em> (Fall 1999, Dr. Ronald Mellor)
Western Civilization, 1000\u20131648<\/em> (Spring 1999, Dr. Kathryn Norberg)
World Religion<\/em> (Winter 1999, Dr. Scott Bartchy)
China to 1000 AD<\/em> (Fall 1998, Dr. Richard von Glahn)
World Civilization, 600-1700<\/em> (Winter 1998, Dr. Geoffrey Symcox)<\/p>\n\n\n\nPublications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Professional Papers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Honors & Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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North Hennepin Community College Excellence in Education Award (2013)
North Hennepin Community College Faculty Association Educator of the Year (2010)<\/p>\n\n\n\nProfessional Memberships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
American Historical Association, 2000\u2013present
Society for Late Antiquity, 2001\u20132011
Byzantine Studies Conference, 2001 and 2003\u20132004
Southeastern Medieval Association, 2010\u20132011, 2018\u20132022
American Society for Irish Medieval Studies, 2012\u2013present
World History Association, 2013\u2013present
Midwest World History Association, 2016\u20132020<\/p>\n\n\n\nLanguages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
French
German
Old English<\/p>\n\n\n\nOther<\/h3>\n\n\n\n