EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Education
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, PhD 1990, MA 1985
Clare College, Cambridge, BA 1983
Columbia University, New York, BA 1981
Academic Employment
2000-present: Illinois State University
Associate Professor
2000-04; Professor, 04-17; University Professor, 17-present
1992-2000: Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Asst. Professor, 1992-97; Assoc. Professor, 97-00
Visiting positions: April-June 2016, Transnational American Studies Institute, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz; Sept. 2010-July 2011, Graduate School in History and Sociology, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany; Jan.-June 2006, History Department, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey; Oct. 1996-July 1997, Anglistik/Amerikanistik, Universität Kassel, Kassel, German
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: Boston, Mass., 1959
Grew up in New Bedford, Mass.