Scholarly Records
Academic Credentials & Affiliations
2021-2025
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Club 6 Honors for engaged teaching as voted by students
Universsity of California, Berkeley
2022
Masters of Liberal Arts, thesis on photographer Carleton Watkins
Stanford UniversityÂ
Docent, Vikingsholm , Lake Tahoe's Scandinavian CastleÂ
2022
Sierra State ParksÂ
2017 - 2020
School Guide trained in visual learning strategies
San Francisco Musuem of Modern Art (MOMA)
Certified Image Historian
2010
Professional Photographers of America
Publications & Research
The Frontier Lens: Survey Photography of the American West (1860–1890)
Journal of Visual History, 2024
A comprehensive study on how early survey photography shaped the national perception of the Western landscape during the post-Civil War expansion, focusing on the expeditions of O'Sullivan and Watkins.
Daguerreotypes on the Dust Trail: The Itinerant Eye
California Historical Quarterly, 2022
Examining the technical and logistical challenges faced by itinerant photographers operating in remote mining camps and pioneer settlements during the height of the Gold Rush.
Shadows of Sovereignty: Re-reading Native American Portrayals
Western Art Review, 2021
A critical analysis of the power dynamics in portraiture commissioned during ethnographic expeditions, exploring the tension between scientific documentation and colonial narrative.
Glass Plates and Gold Rushes: Commercial Evolution
Oxford University Press, 2019
An award-winning monograph documenting the emergence of permanent commercial photography studios in the burgeoning urban centers of the American West.