About

I am sensitive to the deeply personal work of knowledge production; and I build on my own experience as the author of peer-reviewed articles and a scholarly monograph (published by Cambridge University Press in 2019).

I grew up the oldest of five children in a white, evangelical (Focus on the Family) household. Home was central Pennsylvania and, for a few years, eastern Kansas. Public school educated, K to PhD, I earned my doctorate in Latin American and Caribbean history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2014) and was an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth College. I received my BA in Spanish and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies from the University of Kansas (2005).

I now live and work in community in central North Carolina.

Outside of et al. Scholars, I serve as an expert witness for LGBTQ+ Cubans seeking asylum in the U.S.

Check out my CV for more information on my professional background and for links to PDFs of my publications.