Introduction
I am an Associate Professor of History at Rollins College, where I have taught since 2014. I earned my Ph.D. at the Ohio State University.
At
Rollins, I mostly teach courses on
Ancient and Medieval history, with an emphasis on the Mediterranean
(including the Islamic world), although I offer a few more modern courses as well. I also contribute courses to the General Education,
Classical Studies, Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and
International Relations programs. Teaching is my academic priority; in 2017, I won an Outstanding Faculty Award from the Rollins Student Government Association, and in 2021-22 was an Arthur Vining Davis fellow for faculty excellence. On campus, I also advise students, served as a R-Compass Advising Mentor to other faculty, have served on the Student Life Committee, co-chaired the Scholarship for High Impact Practices grant program, am a member of the Classical Studies Program steering committee, and served as the Rollins chapter advisor to Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society.
In my research, I
study culture, religion, religious administration, and intellectual
history; most particularly, I work on middle Byzantine history and literature (roughly 10th-12th centuries). My current research interests
include the twelfth century, monasticism and monastic reform, female abbots,
hagiography, Byzantine-Western relations, and bishops.