About
My passions include teaching and Slovakia–a strange combination that has afforded me experience teaching at the secondary level in Slovakia and has led me to complete my PhD in Central European History in order to publish and teach at the university level.
Specializations: Central European History (1740-present), 20th c. Soviet History, Comparative Urban History (American and European), Central European Politics
Dissertation title (2013): “Slovakia’s Second City in Times of Turbulence: Košice and its Hungarians, Eastern Rite Catholics and Steelworkers in 1948, 1968, and 1989” Education
Ph.D. History, University of Washington, Seattle, 2013
Dissertation title: “Slovakia’s Second City in Times of Turbulence: Košice and its Hungarians, Eastern Rite Catholics and Steelworkers in 1948, 1968, and 1989”
M.A. History, University of Richmond, Virginia, 2005
B.S., University of Central Florida, Orlando, 1999
Magna Cum Laude Memberships
Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies
John Jay Institute, Research Associate
Czechoslovak Studies Association
Slovak Studies Association: Member at Large, 2015-present
Spoločenstvo Ladislava Hanusa (Ladislav Hanus Fellowship), 2004-present, Bratislava, Slovakia
Slovak academic fraternity of university students and young professionals
