​I am employed by the people of Ohio and serve the public trust as an assistant professor who specializes in post-1870s America within the Ohio State University's Department of Educational Studies' philosophy and history of education program. In addition to my work in educational history and philosophy, I have interests in the histories of Asian and African America, childhood, consumerism, technology, masculinity, photography, and foodways. I also research private and "small" decentered cultures and social military histories.

In Autumn 2018, I will offer a course in the foundations of historical inquiry.