I think understanding the complexities of history is crucial for navigating contemporary society and engaging the world around us. In addition to sharing my scholarly research with fellow academics and students, I enjoy discussing history with others outside the university. Recent public talks I have given and educational events I have helped to organize include:
Nov11,2024, “World War One and Its Impact in North Carolina” Gingko Residential Speaker Series, Independent Picture House, Charlotte, NC.
Mar 14, 2021, “War Fare: Food, Gender, and German Identity” virtual lecture series, National WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas City, MO.
Feb 13, 2021, “Appalachia in the Trenches: German Internees in WWI America” virtual talk for the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mary Slocumb Chapter, Mooresville, NC.
Feb 15, 2020: Film Moderator and Discussant for Theeb [“Wolf”], Jordan (2014). Davidson Film Club, Davidson, NC
Nov 19, 2018: “Appalachia in the Trenches: German Internment in WWI America” Mecklenburg Historical Association, Charlotte, NC
Oct 20, 2018: “America in the Trenches: The United States in the Great War” Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR Vesuvius Furnace Chapter), Mundy House, Denver, NC
Sept 10, 2018: “Carolina in the Trenches: Local Experiences of America’s First World War” Eastern Lincoln Historical Society, Denver, NC
May 17, 2018: “America in the Trenches: Camp Greene and Charlotte in the Great War” Carolinas Aviation Museum
Feb 15, 2018: “Carolina in the Trenches: Local Experiences of America’s First World War” English Speakers Union (Salisbury Country Club)
Nov 12, 2017: “Appalachia in the Trenches: The Hot Springs WWI Internment Camp” at the Exploring North Carolina during the Great War Symposium (Charlotte Museum of History)
Nov 9, 2017: “Mobilizing the Kitchen: Women, Food and the WWI Homefront” part of WWI: The Forgotten War year-long lecture series. (Charlotte Museum of History)
Sept 15, 2017: “The Great War and Hot Springs” at Remembering the German Internment: Centennial Commemoration
March 23, 2017: “The Global Origins of the Great War” (Charlotte Museum of History)
February 2, 2017: “Recycling the Disabled: Army, Medicine, and Modernity in the First World War” (University of Portland)
November 7/14/ 21/ 28, 2016: The War to End All Wars: 4 part lecture series (Pharr-Buchenau Salon, Charlotte, NC)
April 23, 2016: Carolina in the Trenches — A Public Teach-In on World War I