Education

• MA, Mississippi State University, 2022
• BA, Mississippi State University, 2020
• AS, Coastal Alabama Community College, 2018,

Research Interests

• Late 19^th and 20^th Century U.S. History
• Southern Cultural History
• Southern Ghostlore and Folklore
• History of Death in America
• History and Memory Studies

Current Projects

• I am currently researching the use of Southern ghostlore in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries to illustrate its use as a form of social control through its deliberate portrayals of death/dying and historical events.

Awards & Honors

• National Alumni Association Fellowship, University of Alabama, 2022-2023
• 2^nd Place Prize for Research Presentation in the Arts and Sciences/Education/Business Category, Graduate Research Symposium, Mississippi State University, Fall 2021
• James W. Garner Graduate History Scholarship, Mississippi State University, 2020-2022
• Martha Swain Outstanding Scholar Award, Mississippi State University History Department, 2020
• Stephen D. Lee Scholar, Mississippi State University, 2020
• Dennis J. Mitchell Undergraduate Excellence Award, Mississippi State University Meridian Division of Arts and Sciences, 2020