About Me
Welcome to my faculty website. I love history! This will come across
in our classroom experiences. I have included below a short
biography of my background and interests.
Education: I completed my graduate studies at UC Riverside in
19C European history (Britain) with a secondary emphasis in early US
and colonial history.
Research interests:
Urban studies including colonial and provincial women’s medicine,
legal history (crime and punishment), & a history of public health
practices in early America.
I am presently working on a book—Untidy Neighbors: Early American
Investment in Comfort and Health—encompassing a time after Queen
Anne's War (from 1704) with a revival in trade and commerce until
the American Revolution (1776). The population of Philadelphia by
mid-18C was over 25,000. Court documents reflect neighbors regularly
suing each other for not repairing private water drains. Yes until
the 19C, US city residents kept water drains on their street in
front of their home in good repair or could be fined for not doing
so. As you might imagine, neighbors arrived at a variety of
solutions in keeping their street side water drains in compliance.
This study makes for an interesting read in regards to public health
practices and colonial neighborhood relations.
Teaching Interests:
Courses in Early Western/World Civilization and US history.
Favorites:
Watching the History Channel; sewing clothing and authentic
historical costumes for events and parties (pictured here with my
husband in our Fall 2007 colonial costumes); reading at the beach!
Personal:
I am recently married and, as always, very happy!
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