About

I am Associate Professor of Communication Studies at SUNY Oswego and teach in the undergraduate Broadcasting and Mass Communication program, as well as the Strategic Communication graduate program. The courses I offer include undergraduate and graduate classes such as “International Perspectives on Women,” “Integrated Media Writing/Design,” “US National Parks Through Media,” and “Communicating Science in Media.”

My current interests are the digital humanities, digital media, gender and women’s history, and history of science and technology. I served as president for the Association for Documentary Editing. I am also an instructor for eLaboratories, a digital, free resource for documentary editors to sharpen their skills. I am also the College and University Classroom editor for the peer-reviewed journal Scholarly Editing. For a list of publications, please see my CV. For links and descriptions of my digital humanities projects, please visit the Digital Projects page.

I hold a PhD in history from the University of Rochester, where I was a 2014-2016 Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Digital Humanities at the University of Rochester, as well as Project Manager for the Seward Family Digital Archive. Additional academic training includes a B.A. in History & English/Creative Writing from Binghamton University and a B.S. in Environmental Management & Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies from the Susan B. Anthony Institute at the University of Rochester.

In Spring 2027 I will publish my book manuscript on chemist Ellen Swallow Richards, the first woman to attend and teach at MIT, with University of Massachusetts Press. Preorder In Pursuit of a Useful Science: The Life of Ellen Swallow Richards at umasspress.com (using code UMASS20 to save 20%) or at Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, or anywhere books are sold