Curriculum Vitae
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
2012–2020University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of History
Master of Arts (M.A.)
2009–2011San Francisco State University
Department of History
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
2007–2009Sonoma State University
Department of History
Employment
Assistant Professor
2023–California State University, Fresno
Department of History
Lecturer
2022–2023Scripps College
Department of History
Lecturer
2022–2023University of California, Los Angeles
Department of History
Postdoctoral Scholar
2020–2022University of California, Los Angeles
Department of History
Lecturer
2020; 2022University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of History
Fellowships, Grants & Awards
Fellowships
2020–2022Eugen and Jacqueline Weber Postdoctoral Scholar in European History Fellowship
History Department | UC Los Angeles
Fulbright Study/Research Fellowship
Institute of International Education | Sapienza Università di Roma
Grants
2022; 2024“Ad-Hoc” Trinity College Research Grant in Modern Italian History
Cesare Barbieri Endowment | Trinity College
Awards
2021SIHS Article Prize for Modern Italian History
Society for Italian Historical Studies
* An award for the best article on Italian history by an early career author. Winning article: “Bacchus among the Blackshirts: Wine Making, Consumerism and Identity in Fascist Italy, 1919-1937.”
Selected Publications
Articles
"Bacchus among the Blackshirts: Wine Making, Consumerism and Identity in Fascist Italy, 1919-1937"
Contemporary European History 29:4 (November 2020): 394-415
* Winner of the 2021 SIHS Article Prize for Modern Italian History
Chapters
"'Propaganda for Our Italy': Ruth Williams Ricci, Gendered Mobility, and Fascist Italy’s African Empire, 1935-1941"
In Andrea Germer and Jasmin Rückert, eds., Gendering Fascism: Individual Actors, Concepts, and Transnational Connections (Leiden: Brill, 2025): 309-336
"(Inter)National Spirits: On the Cultural Politics of the 'Cocktail Craze' in Fascist Italy, 1920s-1930s"
In David Inglis and Hang Kei Ho, eds., Drinks in Vogue: Exploring the Changing Worlds of Fashions and Beverages (New York: Routledge, 2024): 77-103
Digital Humanities
Where Monsters Are Born: Documenting a Fascist Revival in the Streets of Rome, 2018-2019
* Co-edited with Dr. Amy King
Pedagogy
“Authoritarian Aesthetics and Youth Appeals”
American Historical Review (April 13, 2026)
Engagement
“80 Years after Auschwitz, Elon Musk Keeps the Fascist Salute Alive”
Newsweek (January 27, 2025)
"The Centennial of an Assassination in Italy Offers a Sober Warning for Today"
TIME (June 14, 2024)
* Co-authored with Dr. Amy King
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