Overview

Current Work

After moving from North America I am looking forward to exploring how what I have learned in my studies of the imperial invasions of North America and in my exploration of questions of cultural change and persistence might apply in an Australian context. As well, in my position as head of school, I have found interesting opportunities to undertake research and writing in the issues that confront the place of the humanities, languages and social sciences in the tertiary education sector. Right now I am working on a couple of articles about the concept of the anthropocene and how it relates to Australian history and about re-imagining the bachelor of arts degree.  

Expertise Keywords

  • Colonial studies
  • Ethnohistory
  • Indigenous studies
  • Race and historiography

Subject Area Codes

  • Cultural Studies
  • Historical Studies

Country Affiliations

  • Canada
  • United States

Research Publications and Outputs

Recent Publications

Publications: 4 (Other: 4)

Funded Griffith Research

Engagement and Impact

Learning and Teaching

Current and Past Courses

  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061HUM)
    Supervisor, In Person, Gold Coast Campus, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061HUM)
    Supervisor, In Person, Gold Coast Campus, Summer semester (Nov/Dec), 2018.
  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061LHS)
    Supervisor, In Person, Gold Coast Campus, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061LHS)
    Supervisor, In Person, Gold Coast Campus, Summer semester (Nov/Dec), 2018.
  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061LHS)
    Supervisor, In Person, Intensive, Gold Coast Campus, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061LHS)
    Supervisor, In Person, Intensive, Gold Coast Campus, Summer semester (Nov/Dec), 2018.
  • Principles of Research (7008HUM)
    Convenor, In Person, Gold Coast Campus, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Principles of Research (7008LHS)
    Convenor, In Person, Gold Coast Campus, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Approaches to Human Security (1213LHS)
    Convenor, In Person, Gold Coast Campus, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Popular Genres (3723HUM)
    Convenor, In Person, Gold Coast Campus, Semester 1, 2018.
  • Popular Genres (3723LHS)
    Convenor, In Person, Gold Coast Campus, Semester 1, 2018.
  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061HUM)
    Supervisor, In Person, Nathan Campus, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061HUM)
    Supervisor, In Person, Nathan Campus, Summer semester (Nov/Dec), 2018.
  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061LHS)
    Supervisor, In Person, Nathan Campus, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061LHS)
    Supervisor, In Person, Nathan Campus, Summer semester (Nov/Dec), 2018.
  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061LHS)
    Supervisor, In Person, Intensive, Nathan Campus, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061LHS)
    Supervisor, In Person, Intensive, Nathan Campus, Summer semester (Nov/Dec), 2018.
  • Principles of Research (7008HUM)
    Convenor, In Person, Nathan Campus, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Principles of Research (7008LHS)
    Convenor, In Person, Nathan Campus, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Approaches to Human Security (1213LHS)
    Convenor, In Person, Nathan Campus, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Popular Genres (3723HUM)
    Convenor, In Person, Nathan Campus, Semester 1, 2018.
  • Popular Genres (3723LHS)
    Convenor, In Person, Nathan Campus, Semester 1, 2018.
  • Principles of Research (7008HUM)
    Convenor, Online, Online, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Principles of Research (7008LHS)
    Convenor, Online, Online, Semester 2, 2018.
  • Global Indigeneities (2035LHS)
    Convenor, Online, Online, Summer semester (Nov/Dec), 2018.
  • Ideas. Issues and Inquiry (1061LHS)
    Supervisor, In Person, Intensive, Nathan Campus, Summer semester (Nov/Dec), 2017.

Research by Higher Degree Supervision or Scholarship

Background

Education and Training

  • PhD Doctor Of Philosophy, University of Kentucky 1993 - 1996
  • MA Master Of Arts, Tulane University 1990 - 1992
  • BA Bachelor Of Arts With Honours, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1986 - 1990

Academic experience

  • Assistant Professor of History, Queen's University 1996 - 2001
  • Associate Professor of History, Queen's University 2002 - 2008
  • Associate DEan, Faculty of Arts and Science, Queen's University 2004 - 2011
  • Chair, Department of History, Queen's University 2011 - 2016
  • Professor of History, Queen's University 2008 - 2017

Awards and Honours

  • Article of the Year, Mississippi Historical Society 1998 - 1998
  • First Book Faculty Fellowship, Pew Program in Religionand American History, Yale University 1997 - 1998
  • Research Award, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 2000 - 2003
  • Frank Knox Undergraduate Teaching Award, Queen's University 2001 - 2001
  • Chancellor's Research Award, Queen's University 2003 - 2008

Editorial roles

  • Founding Editor, Native South--an interdisciplinary journal on the South's first peoples 2007 - 2011