I am a medieval historian specializing in Iberia and North Africa. I’m most interested in how people from different religious, linguistic, and ethnocultural backgrounds interacted with one another. I teach a variety of medieval and premodern courses focusing mostly on connectivity between Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Areas of Expertise
- Medieval history
- Mediterranean studies
- Interfaith relations
- Gender and sexuality
- Medieval coloniality
- Premodern globalities
Courses Taught
- Intro to Medieval History
- Women in Ancient and Medieval Europe
- Protest, Dissent, and Rebellion in the Middle Ages
- Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle Ages
- Traveling the Globe in the Premodern World
Accomplishments
- 2020-21 Mellon-Council for European Studies Dissertation Completion Fellowship
- 2019 Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grant, American Historical Association
Research Interests
- My current book project, Resurrecting Iberia and North Africa in Medieval Muslim and Christian Chronicles, examines Arabic, Latin, and Spanish historical chronicles from the 8th through the 14th centuries. I explore the extent to which writers across the Strait of Gibraltar viewed their history as a shared one and wrote within a common historical framework, borrowing from and engaging with each other’s work.
Education
- Ph.D., Medieval History, University of Minnesota, 2021
- M.A., Medieval History, University of Minnesota, 2017
- B.A., Spanish and History, Wichita State University, 2013