Publications:
"Seventeenth-Century English Travel Literature and the Significance of Foreign Foodways" The Journal of Food and Foodways, 14 (3-4), (2006). (refereed journal)
"A Fifteenth Century Woman's Pathway to Fame; The Querelle de la Rose and the Literary Career of Christine de Pizan," Fifteenth-Century Studies, 23, (1996).
Reviews
"Margaret R. Hunt. The Middling Sort: Commerce, Gender, and the Family in England, 1680-1780" (book review), History Reviews On-Line {link}, 4(2), (Winter 1998).
"Barry Sanders. Sudden Glory: Laughter as Subversive History" (book review), History Reviews On-Line {link}, 2(1), (Summer 1996).
Presentations
"Lousy 'Glibbs' and White 'Turbents:' Seventeenth-Century English Travelers and Perceptions of Foreign Cleanliness," Midwest Conference on British Studies, University of Cincinnati, 10/27/00.
"Food and Customs: Seventeenth-Century Travelers and National Identity," Huntington British Studies Colloquium, Huntington Library, 10/24/98.
"Gender, Society, and Culture: Seventeenth-Century English Travelers and Perceptions of Foreigners," European History Colloquium, UCLA, 5/21/98.
"Foreign Women: The Social Reflections of Seventeenth-Century Travelers," Conference of the Western Association of Women Historians, Huntington Library, Pasadena, CA, 5/16/98.
"Ethnographic and Travel Literature from the Seventeenth Century: Perceptions of foreign women," Thinking Gender Conference, UCLA Center for the Study of Women and USC Center for Feminist Research, UCLA, 2/20/98.
Projects in Progress:
“‘The Genius of the English Nation’: Early Modern Travel Literature and English National Identity,” monograph manuscript under contract to University of Delaware Press.
“1492: Diseases and the Amerindians” and “The Irish Potato Famine and Irish Immigration to the U.S.,” articles for the forthcoming “Encyclopedia of Disasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History.” Facts on File.
“The European Context of Salem Village Witchcraft,” article – still in research phase
“Irish Indentured Servants in Barbados,” article– still in research phase
Affiliations:
American Historical Association
Western Association of Women Historians