I am a historian and historic preservationist with particular interest in race, religion, and social change in the United States. I was born in eastern South Carolina, and although I've lived and worked around the world, I feel fortunate to be back in this region at Francis Marion University.

My sensibility as a scholar—attention to histories of race and religion, to the natural and built environments, and to individual and community capacity-building—is reflected in my introductory or upper-level courses, student advising and mentoring, and internship supervision.