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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in History, University of California at Berkeley, 2000.
Dissertation, “Civil Rights and Self-Defense: The Fiction of Nonviolence, 1955-1968” (directed by Professors Leon Litwack, Waldo Martin, and Ronald Takaki).

M.A. in History, University of Georgia, 1995
Masters thesis, “Nonviolence in the Civil Rights Movement: Three Exceptions,” (directed by Professors William McFeely, Robert Pratt, and Numan Bartley).

B.A. in Political & Social Thought, Distinguished Majors Program, University of Virginia, 1993
Honors thesis, “The Southern Regional Council and the Lillian Smith Award,” (directed by Professors Edward Ayers and Paul Gaston).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University: Associate Professor and Assistant Professor. 2000-Present

History Department, University of California at Berkeley: Graduate Student Instructor (GSI). 1995-2000.

Institute of Reading Development, Berkeley, California: Instructor. 1996.

History Department, University of Georgia: Graduate Assistant. 1994-1995.