Background
I am a recent spring 2022 PhD graduate from Brown University and a new continuing lecturer of history at Purdue University Northwest. As a teaching-focused lecturer at Purdue with a 5-5 load, I cover in-person and online American and European surveys as well as my own upper-level courses. My research focuses on the history of science, alchemy (early chemistry), and medicine in colonial New England and the Atlantic world. Particularly, I examine the “saltbox science” of the late seventeenth-century alchemist and physician Gershom Bulkeley and contextualize his work within themes of space, family, and the household. I have digital humanities experience, having worked as a fellow within the Brown Center for Digital Scholarship to support ongoing projects as well as receive support for the digital components of my own dissertation. Part of this work included developing a virtual reality model of the Bulkeley household, for example. At Brown, I also taught numerous courses as both the instructor of record and as a teaching assistant, including during my final semester, spring 2022, on the history of the laboratory. In addition to my PhD, I have a master's from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Please consult my experience, education, research, and teaching pages for further information on my career so far. If you have any additional questions, please email me through the contact page, or download my CV here.