Curriculum Vitae
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
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Milton E. Muelder Award—2018-2019
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MSU Department of History endowed award
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$30,000
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Fulbright Hays DDRA—2017-2018
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For twelve months of research in Oman, UK, and Tanzania
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$43,200
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Fulbright IIE US Student fellowship—2016-2017
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For nine months of research in Tanzania
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$23,000
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FLAS Scholarship for Swahili language—2015-2016
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FLAS Scholarship for Arabic language immersion in Oman—Summer 2015
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FLAS Scholarship for Swahili language immersion in East Africa—Summer 2014
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Harold Marcus Scholarship—2013-2016
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Critical Language Scholarship for Arabic language immersion in Tunisia—Summer 2012
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Phi Beta Kappa—2011
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Cum Laude (University of Vermont)—2011
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Lambda Alpha member (National Anthropology Honor Society)—2011
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Phi Alpha Theta member (National History Honor Society)—2010
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Dean’s List (University of Vermont)—2007-2011
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Vermont Scholar Fellowship—2007-2011
Publications
“Huxley, Elspeth.” The British Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2018.
“Quinine Capsule.” The British Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2018.
Review of African Appropriations: Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media, by Matthias Krings, H-Net: H-Material-Culture, 2016.
“Continuity of Religious Dissimilarity: Enslaved Muslims of the Caribbean,” The University of Vermont History Review, XXI (Fall 2010-Spring 2011), 33-48.
Teaching Fields
World History
African history
Islamic world
Gender and sexuality
Migration
Historical methods
Teaching Experience
Being a GTA involved independently running 3 separate weekly sections of a course each semester, in which I led discussions, lectured, and created active learning classroom activities. I was responsible for grading and classroom management of 75-100 students per semester.
Graduate Teaching Assistant at Michigan State University
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Europe and the World: French Revolution to Charlie Hebdo—Fall 2016, Spring 2019
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Latin America and the World—Spring 2015
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Europe and the World: Exploration to Colonialism —Fall 2014
Online teaching at Michigan State University
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Pandemics: Past, Present, and Future—Fall 2020
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Social Science of Sports: Culture and Soccer—Summer 2015, Summer 2016
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World History to 1500—Summer 2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Vermont
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Introduction to American History 1642-1865—Fall 2012
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Introduction to African History since 1865—Spring 2012
Languages
Swahili
French
Arabic
Public Engagement
I hold public engagement to be foundational to my ethics as a scholar. Most important to me is sharing my findings within my research locations, remembering that it is their history and constantly being delighted with the genuine interest that people in Zanzibar and Oman show for my research. But I also prioritize engagement with the American public, not only for the emotive reason that research in its greatest ideal should advance public knowledge but also out of gratitude for the fact that my research has been generously funded by the American taxpayer through multiple large Fulbright grants.
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Guest lecture in Swahili at Fuoni Mambosasa Primary School (in Zanzibar) on history of Zanzibar-Oman connections—July 2019
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Guest lecture on methods in African history to undergrads at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—April 2019
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Public lecture on historical connections of Oman with Zanzibar at the Center for Omani Arabic in Muscat—May 2018
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Public lecture at Limbani Secondary School (in Pemba, TZ) on methods of historical research—October 2017
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Interpreter at the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum—2010-2011
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Ran tours and engaged the public in learning about early Vermont history
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