My Work

Fixed Games, Fixed Systems is an analysis of ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson’s role in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal and how his testimony demonstrates how unfair labor practices contributed to the scandal unfolding. Furthermore, it relates the scandal with other labor struggles to emphasize the labor aspects of the scandal, specifically how the scandal was used to entrench ownership control.

This essay was written for Dr. Susan Fernsebner’s HIST 299 class at the University of Mary Washington.

Revolution or Reformation uses a variety of Colonial-era sources to demonstrate how the American Revolution was limited in its social and cultural change despite its common understanding. This interpretation provides a framework for understanding the United States in its social and cultural aspects from the Revolutionary period to the end of the Antebellum period.

This essay was written for Dr. Jason Sellers’ HIST 131 class at the University of Mary Washington.

A Local Lens on National Struggles utilizes the Fredericksburg Civil Rights trail as a tool for understanding the greater national attitudes and trends of the United States, beginning in Reconstruction and progressing through the Civil Rights era to the current day.

This essay was written for Dr. Will Mackintosh’s HIST 132 class at the University of Mary Washington.

Music and Society explores how the folk music revival of the 1960s shaped the culture of the decade, both at home in the United States as well as on the battlefield in Vietnam.

This essay was written for Dr. Kevin Caffrey’s FSEM 100V4 class at the University of Mary Washington.

Unorthodox Diplomacy explores the U.S. government’s imperial actions during the beginning of the 20th century as an aberration compared to its typical diplomacy.

This essay was written for Dr. Will Mackintosh’s HIST 132 class at the University of Mary Washington.