She holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Missouri. Her research areas include Progressive era California and religious history and the study of Cold War social activism. Her publications include “An Advocate for a Lost Cause: Prudence Crandall, African American Education and School Reform,” Connecticut History, Fall 2013; “Community Programming and Faith Communities: The Challenges and Impacts of Civil Rights Education Programming Through the National Endowment for the Humanities Created Equal Grant,” Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, Fall 2015; and “A Shudder Swept Through Them: An Identification of the Controversial Joshua Sykes,” Pneuma, Fall 2016.