I’m an associate professor of history at Laurentian University: I teach and research in English history as well as writing on pop culture and history topics. I have a Ph.D. and an M.A. in History from the University of Toronto. I took my B.A. in European History at Purdue University.
Hear me speak on “’Among Ill Neighbours’: Caregiving and Women’s Networks in Early Modern London” at the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société Canadienne d’Études de la Renaissance annual meeting as part of the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences held at the University of Waterloo / Wilfrid Laurier University, May 27, 2012.
Forthcoming: <The Hobbit and History will come out in 2013. I’m the editor and a contributor.
“‘Part of the Rebel Alliance and a Traitor’: Women in War and Resistance” (with Nancy R. Reagin) and “Teen Queen: Padmé Amidala and the Power of Royal Women” in Star Wars and History edited by Nancy R. Reagin and Janice Liedl (Wiley/Lucasfilm, 2012).
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“‘Magic is Might’: How the Wizarding Government Gained Its Power” and “Witches vs. Women: What Muggles Could Learn from Wizarding History” in Harry Potter and History (Wiley, 2011).
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“Carlisle Cullen and the Witch Hunts of Puritan London” in Twilight and History (Wiley, 2010).
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Read The New Twihards at Inside Higher Ed about our volume & Twilight and Philosophy.
“The Battle for History in Battlestar Galactica” in Space and Time: Essays on Visions of History in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television (McFarland, 2010).
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All of these essays look interesting and fabulous!
What CK said — wow!