Pacific Lutheran University, BA in History and German
Selected Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Hans Rosenberg Book Prize 2018, Winner, Central European History Society for best book in field.
Waterloo Centre Book Prize 2018, Finalist, University of Waterloo, Ontario for outstanding first book in German Studies.
History Article Prize 2013, Winner, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians for best article by a woman historian in all fields.
President's Service-Learning Award, California Polytechnic State University, California. 2011.
Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Honorific Fellowship, The Graduate School, Princeton University. 2004-2005.
German Chancellor Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. 2003-2004.
Fulbright Award, Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Award to Freiburg, Germany. 1998-1999
Selected Publications and Presentations
The Struggle for the Streets of Berlin: Politics, Consumption, and Urban Space, 1914-1945. Cambridge University Press, 2018. Winner of the Hans Rosenberg Book Prize.
"A Society Safe for Capitalism: Violent Crowds, Tumult Laws, and the Costs of Doing Business in Germany, 1918-1945" in Reshaping Capitalism in Weimar and Nazi Germany, eds. Moritz Foellmer and Pamela Swett. Cambridge University Press, 2022.
"City Streets and Civil Unrest," Commissioned Centenary Lecture. Published in the forum, "The Weimar Republic Reconsidered," Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, 65 (Fall 2019).
“The Fortress Shop: Consumer Culture, Violence, and Security in Weimar Berlin.” Journal of Contemporary History 49/4 (October 2014).
“The Streetscape of Economic Crisis: Politics, Commerce, and Urban Space in Interwar Berlin.” The Journal of Modern History 85/2 (June 2013). Winner of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians’ Award for Best Article in all fields.
Recent Interviews and Invited Presentations
"Controlling Crowds in the Weimar and Nazi Eras," Invited Talk for (Dangerous) Crowds inPre-Modern and Modern History Conference, Fondazione Bruno Kessler/European Union-Next Generation, Università di Trento, Italy. September 12-14, 2024.
Interviewed for article "How Hyperinflation Heralded the Fall of Germany Democracy," by Adam Bisno. Smithsonian Magazine, May 2023.
Presenter, Open Forum: Examining the Ukraine-Russia Conflict from Historical and Geopolital Perspectives, College of Liberal Arts, California Polytechnic State University. March 10, 2022.
Author Interview for New Books Network podcast about The Struggle for the Streets of Berlin. Interview with Michael O'Sullivan. August 26, 2020.
"City Streets and Civil Unrest: The Costs of Public Violence in the Weimar and Nazi Eras," Commissioned Public Lecture for German Historical Institute centenary lecture series, The Weimar Republic Reconsidered. Washington, D.C. February 22-24, 2018.
"Vandals, Looters, Protestors, and Police: Consumer Culture and Street Politics Collide in Berlin, 1914-1945," Invited Lecture. Institute for European Studies, University of California. Berkeley, CA. April 13, 2017.
Courses
HIST 100 - Introduction to the Study and Practice of History
HIST 225 - The World at War
HIST 303 - Writing Seminar: Global Consumer Culture
HIST 303 - Biography and Narrative History
HIST 334 - Nineteenth-Century Europe
HIST 336 - The Allies at War
HIST 437 - Nazi Germany
HIST 441 - Europe between the World Wars, 1914-1945
