M. A. in History August 2012: Lamar University, Beaumont, Tx: focus in Transnational History, including European, American, as well as Immigration History. Thesis focusing on the Italian immigrant experience in Texas and Louisiana from 1880-1925.

B. A. May 2010: Lamar University, Beaumont, Tx Major: History, Minor: Communications

Instructor, Lamar University: Lamar 1101 University Success Seminar fall 2012; History 1301/1302/2301/2321/2322 spring 2014 to present

Adjunct Instructor, Lamar Institute of Technology: History 1301/1302 fall 2023 to present

Adjunct Instructor, Lamar State College-Orange: History 1301/1302/2321 summer 2015 to present

Adjunct Instructor, Lamar State College-Port Arthur: History 1301/1302 fall 2013 to spring 2016

-“From Afrika Korps to the Gulf Shores,” published in Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record Vol. 54, March 2019.

-“Quiet Passages Lesson” part of the Nation of Immigrants teaching module project in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Humanities, July 2017.

-“Two States with One Goal: Texas and Louisiana Recruit Italians,” published in Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record  Vol. 48, November 2012-republished Vol. 50, November 2014.

-“Love in Lavender,” Center for History and Culture fellowship presentation, November 7, 2024.

-“It was like this for us’: An Analysis of the LGBTQ+ Experience in Southeast Texas,” East Texas Historical Association Conference, September 2024

-“Old Roots in New Soil: Italians in Texas Agriculture and Beyond” Italian American Studies Association Conference November 2019.

-Panel member presenting information on Latin America and Quiet Passages Programs in WWII for the Gulf Coast Reads event featuring Jan Jarboe Russell’s book The Train to Crystal City.

-“A Princess in Chains: Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Seagoville’s Most Famous Internee” at the East Texas Historical Association meeting in February 2016.

-Organized program session “Women’s Suffrage and Racial Ambiguity in Progressive Era Texas” as well as presented the paper, “Texas as a Safe Haven and the Dangers of Racial Ambiguity” for the 2014 Texas State Historical Association conference.

-“Two Deaths that Reversed Destiny: How the Murders of Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino Changed the City of Palermo,” at the Phi Alpha Theta national biennial conference, January 2012.

-ACUE Effective Instruction Course: Completed May 2020