Educational Background

  • Liberty University, Doctor of Philosophy in History

    May 2020 - Present

    Concentrating on American communism and anticommunism, Cold War history, children’s literature

    Dissertation Topic: Cold War Children’s Literature as a Cultural Front

    Anticipated graduation: 2025

  • Johns Hopkins University, Master of Liberal Arts

    August 2016 - December 2019

    Thesis: Greener Gables: Anne Shirley's Feminine Utopia and Women's History in Victorian Canada

    Advisor: Dr. Tristan Cabello, JHU

  • Harvard University Extension

    September 2014 - May 2015

    Supplemental Courses:
    Crime and Horror in Victorian Literature
    Sustainable Development

  • University of California-Irvine, Bachelor of Arts

    September 2006 - June 2010

    International Studies & Russian Studies

    Thesis: An Analysis of the HIV Epidemics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and St. Petersburg, Russia: Will Amsterdam’s Solutions Help to Contain St. Petersburg’s Epidemic?

    Advisor: Dr. Paula Garb

  • Freie Universitaet Berlin, Study Abroad

    Summer 2008

    German Language
    Consumerism in Postwar Germany

  • Eastside Christian High School

    September 2002 - June 2006

    Valedictorian

    Study Abroad: Gimnasia Grace High School, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2006