Personal Statement:
I work on early America, the Atlantic world, and the history of capitalism. I specialize in early American political economy, with a particular interest in histories of money and currency. My current project is a transdisciplinary study of public money in British North America from the 1690s to the era of the American Revolution.
Research and Teaching Interests:
- Early America
- Atlantic World
- History of Capitalism
- History of Money
- Early Modern England
- U.S. History
Current Projects:
Revolutionary Currency: The Reinvention of Money in Early America
Selected Publications:
“The Blood That Nourishes the Body Politic: The Origins of Paper Money in Early America,” Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Vol. 17, Issue 1 (Winter 2019): 1-36.
“America’s First Economic Stimulus Package: Paper Money and the Body Politic in Colonial Pennsylvania, 1715-1730,” Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies Vol. 83, No. 4 (October 2016): 529-557.
*Received the Robert Grant Crist Prize for best article by a graduate student in Pennsylvania History
Honors and Professional Activities:
NEH Fellowship, The Huntington Library, 2019-2020
MHS-NEH Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2019-2020 (declined)
Shotwell Dissertation Fellowship, Department of History, Boston University, 2016-2017
W.B.H. Dowse Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2015-2016
Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Short-Term Fellowship, The Library Company of Philadelphia, 2015-2016