Hi Ascent community!
I’ve been a history professor at PSU since 2004, and now I’m happy to be working with Ascent too. I love helping students get adjusted to college, develop their writing skills, and gain confidence in college-level research. I also really enjoy helping students think about careers. I have two Gen Z kids, but I try not to throw too much mom energy while on the job. Come talk to me if you have academic questions or need an ear!
If you dig history, I can explain why it makes a great major for any future plans. My historical passion is the 1800s in the United States. I teach classes on the intense period leading up to the Civil War, the American West, American childhood, and historical research methods. I’m writing a book about why we have gym class and health class. I also do research and give talks on Plymouth-born, nationally important abolitionist Nathaniel Peabody Rogers, whose portrait is in the lobby of the Silver Center.
Besides my kids, who are now living on their own, I have a husband and a kitty named Clementine. I’m a news junkie, former track/xc jock, and sometimes runner. I really like houseplants and flowers, but you have to go see Annie Hager’s MAC for the real plant oasis. I also love to travel, and I’m really looking forward to the day when people can gather and visit.
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