Curriculum Vitae
Education
2010
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, Ph.D., American History
Teaching Fields: U.S. Women and Gender, California and the American West, U.S. Immigration since 1880
Dissertation: “Without Regard to Race or Creed: The Daughters of Charity and the Development of Social Welfare in Los Angeles, 1856-1927.”
2001
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, M.A. American History
Research interests: Nationalism, Immigration, and Education
1999
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, B.A. Honors History,
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with University Honors, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, Golden Key National Honor Society
Books and Edited Collections
2023
Voices of an Era Series. Bloomsbury
2013
DePaul University Vincentian Studies Institute
Articles
2020
U.S. Catholic Historian, volume 38, number 4 (Fall 2020): 71-94.
2013
U.S. Catholic Historian, volume 31, number 2 (Spring 2013): 51-74.
2012
Southern California Quarterly volume 93, number 4 (Winter 2011-2012): 373-406.
2011
Vincentian Heritage Journal, volume 30, number 2 (2011): 9-26.
Recent Presentations
February 2024
Humanities Forum, Claremont Graduate University
Co-presenter with Rosanne Welch, Ph.D.
January 2024
The Relevance of Region: Diverse Catholic Communities in the Western United States Since Vatican II
American Catholic History Association, San Francisco, CA
Roundtable Organizer and Member
October 2023
More than Missions and Pioneers: A Roundtable on Lived Religion in the 20th-century U.S. West
Western History Association, Los Angeles, CA
Roundtable Organizer and Member
March 2023
Funding Social Change: Gender and Philanthropy in the Twentieth Century
Organization of American Historians, Los Angeles, CA
Roundtable Organizer and Member
January 2023
The Plusses and Minuses of Public and Private Collaborations: The Daughters of Charity Foundation, Meals on Wheels, and Affordable Housing in California, 1990-2010
LA History and Metro Studies Group, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West and Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA
Pre-circulated Paper
October 2022
Persistence and Perseverance: Challenging Social Inequities during the late Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
Oral History Association, Los Angeles, CA
Roundtable Organizer and Member
June 2022
Dignity and Disaster Relief: Seton Institute and the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004
Conference on the History of Women Religious, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Awards
2014
Arrington-Prucha Prize, Western History Association
Best article published on the history of religion in the West in 2013
Awarded for “Daughters of Charity as Cultural Intermediaries: Women, Religion, and Race in Early Twentieth-Century Los Angeles.” U.S. Catholic Historian, volume 31, number 2 (Spring 2013): 51-74.
Academic Positions
2019-2024
Visiting Scholar, Department of Religion, School of Arts and Humanities
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2012- 2023
Research Scholar (Affiliate), Center for the Study of Women
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Fall 2010
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History
Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA
History of the American West
Spring 2010
Visiting History Instructor, Department of History
Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA
Modern America: U.S. History since 1865
January-December 2007
Instructor, Department of History and Politics
Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
Modern European Women’s History, 1500 to the present. Modern U.S. Women’s History, 1848-present
July 2002-December 2007
Instructor, Division of Social Sciences
Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA
U.S. Women’s History, U.S. History to 1865, U.S. History since 1865, U.S. History (one semester survey), Western Civilization II, Mexicans in the United States.
Within the framework of the one-semester US History survey, I developed courses along the following themes: “Liberty, Media, and American Culture” (Fall 2002); “American Diasporas: Migration and Immigration in the United States” (Spring 2007).
September 2006-June 2008
Instructor, Division of Social Sciences
Glendale College, Glendale, CA
US Women’s History.
As part of this course, I introduced students to historical research and oral history methodology.
Fall 1999, September 2000-April 2001.
Graduate Student Instructor, History Department
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
U.S. History to 1865, U.S. History since 1865, History of the University of Michigan
Selected Service Activities
March 2024
Voices of American Women’s History: Advocacy and Activism
Simi Valley Library Women’s History Event, Simi Valley, CA
2014-2023
Research Scholar (Affiliate) Seminar Coordinator
UCLA Center for the Study of Women, Los Angeles, CA
Arranged quarterly seminars for scholars to present their work in progress
2017-2020
Mormon History Association Student Awards Selection Committee
December 2007-December 2008
Editorial Board, The Journal of Ventura County History
2003-2004
Women’s Center Advisory Committee, Moorpark College
Volunteer recruitment and training. Publicity for center events
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