“Relief for a Troubled Alliance?: Human Rights and Transatlantic Diplomacy.”Fourth Biennial Conference on Transatlantic Studies, Maastricht, Holland, October2006.“<strong>The</strong> Predicament <strong>of</strong> Plenty: Interwar Responses to American Affluence, Leisure, and‘Consumptionism.’” Loyola University Chicago, History Graduate StudentConference, May 2005.AWARDS & GRANTS Congressional Research Award, <strong>The</strong> Dirksen Congressional Center, Fall 2008Dean’s Teaching Fellowship, Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Arts and Sciences, EmoryUniversity, 2007-2008 Doctoral Fellowship, Graduate School <strong>of</strong> Arts and Sciences, Emory University, 2002-2006 <strong>Department</strong>al Teaching Fellowship, Emory University, 2006-2007 Research Travel Grant, Gerald R. Ford Foundation, Summer 2006<strong>Department</strong>al Research Grants, Emory University, Summer 2004, Summer 2005, andSpring 2006Graduate Research <strong>Assistant</strong>ships, University <strong>of</strong> New Mexico, Spring 2000 and Fall2000UNIVERSITY SERVICE Co-Leader, <strong>Citadel</strong> History ClubCo-Organizer, <strong>Citadel</strong> Conference on World War II and the South Graduate Panel Chair, TATTO Teaching Program – Emory University, August 2007 Conference Panel Chair, “Reading Resistance” – Emory University, 7 April 2007 Panelist, Lockmiller Seminar – Emory University, November 2006 <strong>Department</strong> Graduate Liaison for American History – Emory University, 2006-07Conference Co-Organizer – “An Improbable War?: <strong>The</strong> Outbreak <strong>of</strong> World War I andEuropean Political Culture before 1914,” Emory University, October 2004
University Community Chair, Student Government Association – Emory University,2003-04Panelist: Roundtable on State <strong>of</strong> American History – Emory University, December2003OTHER RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE Archival <strong>Assistant</strong> – Herndon Foundation, Auburn Avenue Research Library onAfrican American Culture and History (Atlanta, GA), 2/2003 to 1/2004Project <strong>Assistant</strong> – Cutting Edge Consulting Services (Albuquerque, NM), 10/1999 to6/2001Market Research Analyst – Northrop Grumman Electronic Sensors and SystemsDivision (Linthicum, MD), 3/1996 to 8/1997 Museum Exhibit Research Intern – <strong>The</strong> Peale Museum (Baltimore, MD), Spring 1995FOREIGN LANGUAGES Spanish (conversational)Czech (reading)OTHER INTERESTS/ACTIVITIES Music composition, cycling, writing, film, travel