Loyola University Chicago, 2015 to Present

• BA/MA, American History with Public History minor

Loyola University Chicago, 2013 to 2016

• BA, History, magna cum laude

My focus is on American history, with a minor in Public History. I am interested in urban history, particularly in the late nineteenth-century. I am also very interested in religious history (primarily Catholicism, but I am always fascinated by the religious spaces constructed by any community). I love exploring neighborhood parishes of which Chicago has no shortage and seeing what they say about a particular community. I am interested in how varying groups use the seemingly monolithic institution of Catholicism for their own respective purposes. I also maintain a strong interest in military history for a similar reason: I am fascinated by how the armed forces serve as a vehicle for respective ethnicities and minorities, and by how life in the armed forces affects recruits. The role of the military in modern Western society is a captivating topic to me.   

Growing Community: A Green Walking Tour of Rogers Park – Proposal to Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society, December 2016

“New Roots” – Fundraising Proposal to Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society, October 2016

Pritzker Military Library – Vietnam/Marketing Intern, July 2016 to December 2016

National Museum of the American Sailor – Museum Education Intern, July 2016 to August 2016

Winnetka Historical Society – Archival Intern, May 2016 to July 2016

Jesuit Libraries Provenance Project – Project Intern, August 2015 to Present

Swedish-American Museum – Collections Intern, June 2015 to August 2015 

Creator, "Vietnam War: A Half-Century On," Pritzker Military Museum & Library (2016)

• Microsite on the Vietnam War offering introduction to the conflict and avenues for further research

Research Experience for Master's Programs Fellowship, Spring 2017

The Susan Ramonat Award for Scholarly Excellence, Spring 2016

History Blogging Contest, First Place for "Dan of Loyola: Perspectives from the Ramonat Seminar," Spring 2016

Alpha Sigma Nu, the Honor Society of Jesuit Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2015

Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society, Fall 2014