Honors Program Advisory Group
Teacher Education Council

Education
Ph.D., University of Georgia

How long have you been at NCWU?
Since 2004

What's your favorite class that you teach?
African-American History; American History on Film; The History of the South; The American Civil War; War and Society

What are your research & teaching interests?
Philippine Insurrection. I am trained in Southern history, social history, and American military history.  I also am interested in the history of film.  I am the author of A Separate Civil War: Communities in Conflict in the Mountain South (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2006).

Teaching Philosophy
Teaching is a collaborative process.  I strive to make students partners in their own learning process by leaning heavily on group discussion, hands-on methods of “doing history,” and game-oriented group exercises.  Learning can be play.  And play can be hard work.

What is a fun fact or an interesting hobby of yours?
Movies and Golf