EDUCATION
PhD in History, University of California - Berkeley, 2025
Fields: North America, History of Medicine
Dissertation: Unfree Labor in the Variety Vacationland: Chain Gangs, Good Roads, and Scenic Tourism in Western North Carolina, 1870-1957
Master’s Degree in History, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris)
Field: North America
Master’s Thesis: Le contrôle social et l’institution poreuse: la stérilisation eugénique au Milledgeville State Hospital Adapted from earlier English draft, titled Damaged Goods: Eugenic Thought and Policy in Georgia, 1912-1959.
Honors Bachelor’s Degree in History and French, University of Georgia
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2022-2023 | UC Berkeley Empirical Legal Studies Fellowship, Center for the Study of Law and Society
2020 | UCHRI Graduate Student Professionalization Grant
2019 | Hal Rothman Dissertation Fellowship, American Society for Environmental History
2019 | National Science Foundation Travel Grant, American Association for Historians of Medicine
2017 | EHESS MONDA-CENA Research Grant
TEACHING
2023 | UC Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
Courses taught at UC Berkeley:
The United States, from Settlement to the Civil War
The United States, from Civil War to Present
Science and Society
Civil Rights and Social Movements in the United States
Disease, Health, and Medicine in American History
American Capitalism
Introduction to Science, Technology and Society
Selected courses taught at French universities:
French to English Translation
Listening Comprehension and Oral Expression
English for Graduate Students in History
English for Graduate Students in Digital Archiving
English for Undergraduate Economics Students
English for Masters in Insurance Policy
TOEFL and TOEIC Exam Preparation
Taught at San Quentin State Prison (Mt. Tamalpais College, formerly Prison University Project)
Interdisciplinary Reading, Writing and Research