I acquire books in history and politics, with a special focus on colonial, revolutionary, and nineteenth-century American history and series centered on the American presidency and on the history and future of democracy. I also oversee a series on Early Modern German history, and my portfolio includes academic and trade books on the history and culture of Virginia. As a transnational historian by training, I am excited about manuscripts that put historical developments in broad temporal and geographic contexts.

I graduated with a B.A. in History from Shepherd College in 2004 and earned my Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2011. In 2005, I got my start in academic publishing by working on the George L. Mosse Series in the History of European Culture, Sexuality, and Ideas at the University of Wisconsin Press. For a decade, I worked in the books program of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture at William & Mary (whose titles are published by the University of North Carolina Press) before joining UVA Press in 2019.

I acquire books covering a range of subjects, from architecture/architectural history to urban design (including our Midcentury series), as well as projects surveying history, art, folklore, nature and the environment, music, and other areas of general interest throughout Virginia and the region for our new imprint, Rivanna Books. I received a BA in sociology and anthropology from Gettysburg College and an MA in anthropology from the University of Virginia, and my list reflects admittedly wide-ranging and eclectic interests. I started my career in scholarly reference at Oxford University Press, where I was a principal editor for the Buildings of the United States, a collaborative venture with the Society of Architectural Historians that has continued to this day, with the series and SAH Archipedia, the online encyclopedia of American architecture, now a principal part of UVA Press’s publishing program.