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Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Department of History
Office location and address
1540 Jefferson Park Ave
Charlottesville,
Virginia
22903
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University (2008)
B.A., Kenyon College (2001)
B.A., Kenyon College (2001)
Publications
Sponsored Awards
The Power to Destroy: A Hidden History of Race and Taxes in America
Source: U.S. Nfah - Nat'L Endowment For The Humanities
January 01, 2022 – June 30, 2022
Historic Context Study: African American Outdoor Recreation
Source: Organization Of American Historians
March 01, 2019 – November 30, 2021
AS-HIST ACLS Ryskamp Fellowship for Andrew Kahrl
Source: American Council of Learned Societies
August 01, 2014 – July 31, 2015
Courses
Credits: 1–4
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Religious Studies.
Credits: 3
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of general history.
Credits: 3
A community engagement curriculum refers to teaching, scholarship & learning that connects faculty, students, & the community in mutually beneficial collaborations. Community engagement improves students' content knowledge, critical thinking, career choice, cultural competency, leadership, & commitment to social change. These classes complement & build on existing course offerings and offer an opportunity to move beyond the classroom.
Credits: 3
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history.
Credits: 3
Studies the history of black Americans from the Civil War to the present.
Credits: 3
Course examines the relationship of race, real estate, wealth, and poverty in the 20th c. US. Readings focus on the role homeownership and residential location played in shaping educational options, job prospects, living expenses, health, quality of life, and ability to accumulate wealth; the impact of federal policies and industry practices on patterns of residential racial segregation; and struggles for integration and equal access.
Credits: 3
The Pavilion Seminars are open, by instructor permission, to 3rd and 4th year students. They are 3-credit, multidisciplinary seminars, focused on big topics and limited to max. 15 students each. For detailed descriptions of current offerings, see http://college.artsandsciences.virginia.edu/PAVS.
Credits: 1–3
Independent study under faculty supervision, for students who are preparing for intensive research on a specific topic. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 3
An intensive reading course emphasizing historiographic approaches to synthesizing post-war America.
Credits: 1–4
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of United States history.
Credits: 1–12
For master's essay and other research carried out prior to advancement to candidacy, taken under the supervision of the student's adviser.
Credits: 3
This course will survey the history and historiography of American politics and political economy from 1945 to the present. Readings and meetings will address major themes in American political history, including: liberalism and conservatism, education, housing, suburbanization and the urban crisis, racial inequality, and the culture wars.
Credits: 3
This course will survey the history and historiography of the civil rights movement in America. Readings and meetings will address major themes in the history and legacy of the Black Freedom Struggle.
Credits: 3
This course will survey scholarship in US urban history. It is intended for graduate students who intend to specialize in this sub-field and/or conduct research that engages themes in urban history and historiography, broadly conceived.
Credits: 3
This course is intended for PhD candidates to revise their master's essays for publication under the guidance of a member of the graduate faculty. It is typically taken in first semester of the second year of study.
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
Honors
2013 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award (Organization of American Historians) For best book on the civil rights struggle from the beginnings of the nation to the present
Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies
Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellowship, W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University
Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowship, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and American Council of Learned Societies
Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and American Council of Learned Societies
2007 Louis Pelzer Memorial Award (Organization of American Historians) For best essay by a candidate for a graduate degree on any topic or period in United States history