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Education:
MA in American History at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
BA in International Studies and History at Norwich University, Northfield, VT
Dissertation Title:
“Crisis of Faith: Jimmy Carter, Religion, and the Making of U.S.-Middle East Foreign Policy”
Dissertation Committee:
Seth Jacobs (Advisor), Jim O’Toole, Mark Gelfand
Research Interests:
I study twentieth-century United States diplomatic, religious, and cultural history. I am interested in understanding the relationship between religion and foreign policy, particularly how religious beliefs influence policy making objectives. My dissertation examines President Jimmy Carter’s Christian beliefs and how those shaped his foreign policy approach toward the Middle East.
Conference Presentations
"Children of Abraham: Jimmy Carter and the Role of Religion in the Camp David Accords" at the Fighting Religion: Expressions of Violence and Resistance Conference at the Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, April 16, 2010.
"A Matter of Faith: Jimmy Carter, Religion, and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy" at the Annual International Security/Internal Safety (IS/IS) Conference being held at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, LA, February 28, 2010.
“Justice in a Sinful World”: Jimmy Carter, Religion, and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy at the New England Historical Association (NEHA) Fall Meeting at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT, October 17, 2009.
“ ‘The Manifest Purpose of Providence’: George Bancroft, Religion, and the Mexican-American War,” The New England Historical Association, Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts, October 25, 2008.
"Providence and Ambition: James Polk, the Second Great Awakening, and the Mexican-American War" at the Fourth Annual Loyola University Chicago History Graduate Student Conference, April 2008.