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Modern Ireland, Modern Europe, Fascism, History of Rock 'n' Roll, Social Studies Education, World History

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Public History, Digital Humanities, Community Engagement, Experiential Learning, World History, European History, Material Culture

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Ancient Near East, Classical, Biblical, archaeology

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Maritime history, Labor & Working-class history, Native American history, and history of the American West

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World History, History of the Cold War, 20th Century Middle East

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History of science, technology, and medicine, especially technologies of ocean science. 

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Japanese History, Asian History, and World History; Cultural Studies; Buddhism and other Religions

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Historian of urban and environmental policy, including transportation and bicycle history, and the social and cultural history of modern America

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Latin American, Mexican, Latinx histories and history of race, gender and sexuality.  Latin Americanists study the history of nineteen different countries in the Americas, plus the Philippines, Spain, and the U.S.A.  I focus on nineteenth-century Mexico, especially the Porfiriato (1876-1911) and the U.S. Southwest. Research interests include diplomacy, transnational migration, Mexican diaspora, consumption and material culture, masculinity, Latin@s in the Midwest, the homophile movement, and LGBTQ history of the Midwest.    Service interests include development of outreach programs to increase Latino entry into higher education, graduate, and professional programs, as well as LGBTQ public history programs, and faculty promotion and retention programs.   I serve on various professional groups in my field.  I chair the U.S.-Canada Organizing Committee of the International Historians of Mexico Conference, serve on the American Historical Association's Committee on LGBTQ Status in the Profession, and on the organizing committee of REDMUGEN, the network for historians of women, gender, and sexuality in Mexico.

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Modern Middle East History

History of Childhood

Oral History

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regional and transnational history of South Asia; South Asian diaspora in the U.S.; religion and politics; material and visual culture; gender; global studies

on research leave until fall 2023

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Social Studies Education

Global Education

Teacher Education

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Modern Ireland, Modern Europe, Fascism, History of Rock 'n' Roll, Social Studies Education, World History

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World History, Migration History, How La Crosse Connects to World History, British Empire 19th-20th C., Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Historical Contextualization Skills)

Executive Director, UWL Oral History Program

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History of Identity Theft and Impersonation; Swindling; History of Identification and Surveillance Policy; White-Collar Crime; Juvenile Legal Policy