History doctoral student at ASU studying nineteenth and twentieth century cultural change, identity, religion, and exchange between white and Indian communities.  Recent projects include Omaha langue, Dakota family stress and resilience, dialectic Mormon-Indian identity, and European religion on Southwest reservations.

History M.A. student at Arizona State University studying indigenous and European interactions in borderland regions throughout North America in the early American period. Current research focuses on cultural brokers in the Southeast and identity transformation.

Enrolled member of the Salt River-Maricopa Indian Community and history doctoral student at Arizona State University; MA from Villanova University.  Studying Southwest Native American and environmental issues. Current research centers on Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

Doctoral Candidate, University of Oklahoma
Research Areas: American Indian history, identity and race formation, community studies in the early republic.
Awards:
* Kenneth L. Hoving Fellowship – University of Oklahoma (2007-2008)
* Filson Society Fellowship (2007)
* Carl J Ekberg Research Grant (2007)
* Helm Fellowship (2007) – University of Indiana - Lilly Library
* Bordin-Gillette Fellowship (2007) – University of Michigan – Bentley Library
*A. K. Christian Research Grant – University of Oklahoma Department of History (2007)
* Donnel M. Owings Award – University of Oklahoma Department of History (2007)

Assistant Professor, University of St. Thomas, Houston
Research Areas: New England Indians & whaling; Senecas; Shawnees; 18th & 19th century Native American history; ethnogeography; Native American religion; post-colonialism & state-making. Present works in progress: Native American history textbook; Crossings: Native Americans & Missions; A Seneca New Order, Culture & the State, 1783-1855; Handsome Lake: The Rise & Fall of an American Prophet; "The Ethnogeography of the Shawnee Reservation in 'Bleeding Kansas'"