C.V.
Education
PhD History (Current Student), Baylor University, Waco, Texas, Anticipated Graduation 2017
Concentrations: American Religious History, Women’s History
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Barry Hankins
Dissertation Topic: Conservative Protestant Women in America, 1940-1965
M.A. History, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, August 2013
Concentrations: American History, Religion
Thesis: “Patriotic Piety: The Ideals and Experiences of Conservative
Protestant Women the American Home Front During World War II” HERE
Advisor: Dr. Barry Hankins, Committee: Dr. Andrea Turpin, Dr. Lenore Wright
B.A. History, University of Northwestern, Saint Paul, Minnesota, December 2009
Concentrations: History, Education, Bible
Teaching Fields
U.S. History
American Religion
U.S. Women's History
20th Century Soviet/Russian History
Archival Processing and Public History
Forthcoming: “’Every Principle of Religion, of Patriotism, and of Humanity’:
The Civil War, Women, and Independence, Texas” in Slavery, Civil War, and Freedom: Texas Baptists in the Civil War Era, LSU Press, 2016.
“The Queen of Texas Fashion: The Grace Rosanky Putnam Jones Papers.”
The Southwestern Archivist, 38, no. 2 (May 2013). View Here
Publications
Conference
Presentations
National Conference Presentations:
“The Housewife’s “Frustrations”: Southern Baptist Women and Betty Friedan,” American Society
of Church History, January 2016.
“Global Missions During World War II: Baptists, Imperialism, and Indigenous Peoples,” American
Society of Church History Spring Conference, April 2015
“Welcome Home: Southern Baptists, Women, and Postwar America,” Conference on Faith and
History, September 2014
“’Exploitation of Our American Young Womanhood on the Grounds of Patriotism’: Conservative Protestant Responses to Cultural Changes on the Home Front During World War II,”
Religion and Sexual Revolutions Conference, The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and
Politics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, May 2014
“W.E. Gladstone’s Relations with Women: Religious and Psychological Motivations,” Conference
on Faith and History, October 2012.
Regional Conference Presentations:
"Graphic Novels, Comic Books, and Evangelical Identity," Southwestern Commission for Religious
Studies Conference, March 2015
“Patriotic Piety Tested in the Public Square: The Ideals and Experiences of Conservative
Protestant Women on the World War II Home Front,” Missouri Valley History Conference, March 2014.
“’Every Principle of Religion, of Patriotism, and of Humanity’: Women, The Civil War, and
Independence, Texas,” Baylor at Independence Symposium, March 2013.
“Patriotic Piety: Conservative Protestant Women, the Church, and Feminine Ideals During
World War II,” Texas A&M History Conference, February 2013.
“Reflections on the Nature of the Church: W.E. Gladstone’s Transition from Evangelicalism to Tractarianism,” Baylor University 19th Century English Colloquium, November 2012.
“Patriotic Motherhood: The Ideals and Social Pressures That Defined Mothers on the Home Front During World War II,” Conference on Faith and History Undergraduate Conference, October 2010.
Teaching
Guest Lectures:
“Crossroads of Culture: Early Islam,” HIS1307: World History 1500-Present, June 2015.
“Library and Archival Subject Terms,” MST5324: Archival Collections and Museums, March 2014.
“Archival Research,” MST5324: Archival Collections and Museums, February 2014.
“Writing the Administrative Note,” MST5324: Archival Collections and Museums, February 2014.
“The Cold War,” HIS1307: World History 1500-Present, November 2011.
Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant, August 2011-Present
History Department, Baylor University, Dr. Barry Hankins, Dr. David Bebbington,
Dr. Julie deGraffenried, Dr. Andrea Turpin.
Reading Teacher, Summer 2015
Institute of Reading Development,
Taught reading and study skills to 20 classes, ages Pre-K to Adult.
Graduate Assistant Archivist, May 2012-August 2014
The Texas Collection, Baylor University
Learning Assistant, August 2011-May 2013
Student-Athlete Services, Baylor University
Provided Specialized Academic Tutoring for At-Risk Athletes
Selected Processed Archival Collections
Grace Rosanky Putnam Jones Papers, #3834, 12 Boxes, The Texas Collection, Baylor University
Eleanor McLerran DeLancey Collection, #3831, 1 Box, The Texas Collection, Baylor University.
Oscar “Doc” Norbert and Mary “Kitty” Jacques Du Congé Papers, #2282, 27 Boxes, The Texas Collection, Baylor University.
Awards and
Fellowships
2015-2016:
Lynn E. May Study Grant, Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, 2016-2017.
Baylor University Graduate School Fellowship
O’Brian History Scholarship
2014-2015
Baylor University Graduate School Travel Award, Professional Meetings
Baylor University Graduate School Fellowship
O’Brian History Scholarship
2013-2014
Baylor University Graduate School Travel Award, Professional Meetings
Baylor University Graduate School Fellowship
O’Brian History Scholarship
2012-2013
Baylor University Graduate School Travel Award, Professional Meetings
2011-2012
Baylor University Graduate School Travel Award, Professional Meetings
2007:
Academic Achievement in Education, University of Northwestern Saint Paul
2006-2009
Deans List, University of Northwestern Saint Paul
2006:
Presidential Scholarship, University of Northwestern Saint Paul