EDUCATION
University Of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Ph.D. in History, 2005.
Dissertation Title: Turning the Tables: American Restaurant Culture and the Rise of the Middle Class, 1880-1920
Primary Advisors: Dr. Donna Gabaccia, University of Minnesota;
Dr. Paula Baker, Ohio State University
Fields: United States since 1865, Cultural History, Western Europe
Ph.D. Certificate in Cultural Studies, 2005.
Master of Arts in History, 1997.
Master’s Papers: Victims of Victory: Gold Star Wives and Widow’s Rights; Sustaining Ethnicity: Pittsburgh’s Parochial Schools, 1900-1960
Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.
Bachelor of Arts in History, 1991. Summo Cum Honore en Thesi.
Undergraduate Thesis: “Whose Feet Shall You Wash?” Arab-American Immigration and Assimilation in Lawrence, Massachusetts from 1880-1945
PUBLICATIONS
Book: Turning the Tables: The American Middle Class and the Decline of the Aristocratic Restaurant, 1880-1920. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Book Review: The Early American Table by Trudy Eden. Journal of World History 21:4 (December 2010).
Article: Dining in High Chairs: American Restaurants Response to Children, 1890-1950. Food & History 7:2 (2009): 69-94.
Book Review: Putting Meat on the American Table by Roger Horowitz. Southern Quarterly 44:2 (Winter 2007): 155-157.
Encyclopedia Entry: Muslim Women, Gender and Food Culture: North America. The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures v. 3 (Brill Academic Publishers, 2006)
Article: “I Want to Eat in English:” The Middle Class, Restaurant Culture and the Language of Menus, 1880-1930. Midwestern Folklore 29:2 (Summer 2003): 28-39.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Schlesinger Library Research Grant. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Summer 2010.
Travel award to support archival research at the Schlesinger Library.
CSRW Research Grant. Committee on Services and Resources for Women, University of Southern Mississippi, 2010.
Travel award to support archival research in the field of women’s studies.
Ryan Dixon Manuscript Award Finalist. New York State Historical Association. 2009.
Runner-up in competition for best manuscript relating to New York State history.
Technology Mini-Grant. Learning Enhancement Center, University of Southern Mississippi. 2008-2009.
Technology grant to purchase technology for research seminar.
Aubrey Keith Lucas and Ella Ginn Lucas Endowment for Faculty Excellence Award. University of Southern Mississippi. 2008-2009. One of ten University recipients of financial support for research.
Quality Enhancement Program Faculty Fellowship. University of Southern Mississippi. Fall 2008.
Semester-long fellowship designed to instruct faculty in using writing and speaking components in courses. Included course exemption.
Service-Learning Fellowship. University of Southern Mississippi. Spring 2007.
Semester-long fellowship designed to instruct faculty in using a service learning approach to teaching. Included course exemption.
Cultural Studies Predoctoral Fellowship. University of Pittsburgh. 2002-2003.
One of two recipients of a year-long fellowship supporting dissertation research and writing.
Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship. University of Pittsburgh. 2001-2002.
Year-long fellowship supporting dissertation research and writing.
K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. American Association for Higher Education. Spring 2001.
National award recognizing leadership and innovation in teaching.
Samuel P. Hays Summer Research Grant, University of Pittsburgh. Summer 2000.
Travel stipend to fund dissertation research in New York City.
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