Assistant Professor of History 121 Andrews Hall |
Education:
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- B.A., Baylor University
Courses Taught:
- HIST 212 American History through the Civil War
- HIST 213 American History since the Civil War
- HIST 351 Colonial America, 1492-1763
- HIST 353 The Early Republic, 1790-1820
- HIST 354 Nationhood and Sectional Conflict, 1820-1854
Areas of Interest:
- Political Culture and Economic Development in the Age of Jefferson, 1740-1830
- The Old South
Recent Publications:
- Progress and Popular Democracy on the Southwestern Frontier: Middle Tennessee, 1775-1825 (University of Tennessee Press, 2007)
- Assistant Editor, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 3: August 1810-June 1811 (Princeton University Press, 2006)
- Assistant Editor, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 2: November 1809-August 1810 (Princeton University Press, 2005)
- Assistant Editor, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 5: May 1812-March 1813 (Princeton University Press, forthcoming)
- "Political Culture and the Origins of a Party System in the Southern Ohio Valley: The Case of Early National Tennessee, 1796-1812," Ohio Valley History, Vol. 4 #4 (Winter 2004)
- "Land Speculation, Popular Democracy and Political Transformation on the Tennessee Frontier, 1780-1800," Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. 61 #3 (Fall 2002)
- Book reviews in the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Southern Cultures, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, and on H-Net
- Articles in the Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics (Oryx Press, 1999), Encyclopedia of the New American Nation (Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005), Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Volume 4 (forthcoming), and A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825 (American Antiquarian Society, forthcoming).
Current Projects:
- A Political Biography of Thomas Jefferson in Retirement, 1809-1826
- "The Political Sage of Monticello: Thomas Jefferson, William Duane, and the Fate of the Republican Cause, 1809-1812", journal-length article currently under review