Scholarship
Selected Publications
The University of Chicago Press Journals (2023)
Confederate Monuments and Democratic Practice in the Classroom. Schools
In the United States of America, democratic education has evolved philosophically over 200 years from Jeffersonian ideas of educated citizenry to Deweyan principles of democracy as a “mode of associated living.” In contemporary society, Dianna Hess has written about democratic education as a process of deliberative democracy. Yet the idea of democratic education remains challenging to implement in actual classrooms. READ MORE…
Project Muse, Published by: University Press of Mississippi (2021)
“So firm a fold:” resiliency at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia during the Civil War Persistence through Peril: Episodes of College Life and Academic Endurance in the Civil War South
To date, most texts regarding higher education in the Civil War South focus on the widespread closure of academies. In contrast, Persistence through Peril: Episodes of College Life and Academic Endurance in the Civil War South brings to life several case histories of Southern colleges and universities that persisted through the perilous war years. READ MORE…
State University of New York Press, Albany, NY (2021)
Repurposing the Confederacy: Understanding issues surrounding the removal and contextualization of Lost Cause Iconography at Southern Colleges and Universities, Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions: Power, Diversity, and the Emancipatory Struggle in Higher Education
Between 2012 and 2018, more than 100 US college and university campuses erupted in protests. Many used the #BlackLivesMatter declaration as a core message, connecting struggles on their campuses with the battles against police violence and anti-Black racism taking place in neighborhoods across the country. READ MORE…
The Councilor A National Journal of the Social Studies (2020)
“Hello from the other side: Social studies faculty teaching biography in state history courses,” The Councilor: A Journal of the Social Studies. Vol.81.
This paper explores the opinions and interests of pre-service social studies students at two universities enrolled in a state history course taught by a socials studies faculty member. Findings include similar motivation for learning state history and opinions on interactive history lessons, while showcasing different interests in historic figures. READ MORE…
Sage Journals (2019)
The mint julep consensus: an analysis of late 19th century southern and northern textbooks and their impact on history curriculum.” Journal of Social Studies Research. 44(1)
In the decades after the Civil War, Southerners wrote and published their own history textbooks for secondary schools. These “mint julep textbooks,” as the Southern all-white editions were called by the 1960s, reinforced a Lost Cause narrative of the war for Southern audiences while competing with Northern versions of events. In this study, we employ both historical narrative and content analysis of six textbooks’ portrayals of John Brown, John Wilkes Booth, and Nathan Bedford Forrest. READ MORE…
Emerald Publishing (2018)
A school of their own: movements to provide industrial education in Columbus, Georgia for marginalized students on both sides of the color line. Educating a Working Society: Vocationalism in 20th Century American Schools. 59-73
The future looks promising for the field of career and technical education (CTE). The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 eases the way to create multiple pathways for high school students to get to college and careers. Philanthropic foundations are funding innovations in career preparation. READ MORE…