Expertise

Specializes in Race and Gender in the colonial Atlantic, with an emphasis on the history of marginalized peoples.

Expertise: United States History; Latin American History; Gender & Women’s History; History of Race; Religious History

Research Interests

  • History of race, gender, and religion in the early Americas
  • Indigenous studies
  • History of transatlantic slavery
  • History of the African diaspora
  • Performance studies
  • Material culture history
  • Sensory history

Current Projects

  • My second book-length project is provisionally titled Speaking Objects: Indigenous Women and the Material of Dance in the Americas, 1500-1700.
Communities
History
Degrees
PhD, University of Iowa, 2008