Theories and Practices of Imperialism and Statecraft
Medieval Studies
History of the Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean World
Byzantine and Islamic Studies
Classical Studies
Egyptology
Current Projects
The nature of medieval and early modern imperialism and its connection to ancient ideas and practices.
The role of Osiris, Isis, and Hermes Trismegistus in medieval Latin literature and how these three figures were associated with imperial authority and lawgiving.
The influence of Carolingian and Ottonian ideas about imperialism in Byzantium and vice versa.
Recent Publications & Presentations
“Interfaith Relations and Religious Conversion: Shi’ism in William of Tyre’s Historia,” Seventh Annual Medieval and Early Modern Studies Summer Festival, University of Kent in Kent, United Kingdom, Summer 2021 (virtual).
“Constantinople and Jerusalem: Imperial Legitimacy in Christendom During the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries,” 13th Annual Northern Illinois University History Graduate Student Association Conference, Spring 2021 (virtual).
“Freedom and Vengeance: How Late Period Egypt and the Late Classical Greek City-States Contributed to the Decline and Fall of the Persian Empire,” a work published in Samford University’s 2016-2017 SURJ academic journal and presented at the 2016 SoCon conference at Wofford College.
‘William of Tyre, the Lyon Heracles, and the Question of Byzantium’s Place in Christendom,” a work presented at the 2018 Phi Alpha Theta conference at the University of Montevallo.
Awards & Honors
National Alumni Association Fellowship at the University of Alabama (2019)
Stockham Scholarship at Samford University (2017 – 2018)
Theta Alpha Kappa National Honor Society for Religious Studies/Theology, Alpha Iota Epsilon Chapter at Samford University
Phi Alpha Theta National Honor Society for Historical Studies, Epsilon Rho Chapter at Samford University
