About

I currently work as the Creative Lead and a web developer/designer at the Center for History and New Media. In that capacity, I manage the design and development process on a variety of projects. Additionally, I’m the project manager for Omeka, a web publishing system for cultural institutions. I also help organize THATCamp, and develop educational and academic plugins for WordPress at ScholarPress.

I am currently a PhD student studying U.S. History at George Mason University. My dissertation explores the early history of web design, particularly the development, adoption, and implementation of Cascading Style Sheets as a presentational language for the Web. My other research interests include the history of design, the history of addiction, sensory history, the history of personal productivity, the history of technology, and social/cultural history more broadly.

I also serve as a member of the Executive Council for the American Association for History and Computing, and am the electronic resources editor for the Journal of the Association for History and Computing .