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”
- Dissertation research conducted in Košice, Slovakia with funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in conjunction with the Fulbright Program (formerly Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship)
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
