Contact Information

Office Hours

• Tuesday: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
• Wednesday: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
• Thursday: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Education

• B.A., University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2000
• M.A., University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2002
• Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2009

Recommended Reading

• The Dharma Bums, Jack Kerouac
• The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck

Classes

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HIST 101

Title: U.S. History to 1877 Catalog Description: Survey of U.S. political, social, economic, diplomatic, and cultural development from Colonial Times through Reconstruction. When taken with HIST 102 or 217, class satisfies the United States Constitution requirement. (Formerly HIST 101, U.S. History to 1865)

HIST 102

Title: U.S. History Since 1877 Catalog Description: Survey of U.S. political, social, economic, diplomatic, and cultural development from 1877 to the present. Includes examination of Nevada Constitution and, when taken with HIST 101, satisfies the U.S. and Nevada Constitution requirement. (Formerly HIST 102, U.S. History 1865 to Present)

HIST 417C

Title: The West as National Experience Catalog Description: Historical development of the American West utilized to examine contemporary issues of resources and ownership, demographic change, and national myth-making.

HIST 441

Title: American Environmental History Catalog Description: Explores the relationships between human beings and the physical environment on the North American continent. Examines how different cultural groups have used and transformed the continent. Examines the ebb and flow of environmental consciousness from its roots in the nineteenth century to the rise of environmentalism in the twentieth century.