EDUCATION:
Yale University, New Haven, CT, MA and Ph.D in History, 1994
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, BA in History, 1987
EMPLOYMENT
Professor of History, University of San Diego, 1995-present; Department Chair, 2004-09
Program Director, Interdisciplinary Humanities, University of San Diego, 2008-present
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Editor, The Journal of San Diego History, 2005-present
BOOKS:
Beaufort: The Duke and His Duchess, 1657-1715 (Yale University Press, 2001)
Schaum's Quick Guide to Writing Great Essays (McGraw Hill, 1998)
RECENT ARTICLES
"Ellen Browning Scripps's La Jolla," The Journal of San Diego History 57, no. 4 (Fall 2011).
"The Scripps Family's San Diego Experiment," The Journal of San Diego History 56, nos. 1-2 (2010).
"The Bishop's School, 1909-2009,"The Journal of San Diego History 54, no. 4 (2008): 235-67.
“Love, Friendship, and Power: Queen Mary II’s Letters to Frances Apsley,” The Journal of British Studies 47, no. 3 (July 2008): 505-527.
"A National City Investor: Theron Parsons (1805-1893),"The Journal of San Diego History 54, no. 3 (2008): 184-201.
"A Letter from Carolina, 1688: French Huguenots in the New World,"William and Mary Quarterly 3rd. ser., 64 (April 2007): 377-394.
“ZLAC Rowing Club, 1892-2007,” The Journal of San Diego History 53, no. 3 (2007): 89-116.
“Two Days in San Francisco—1906” The Journal of San Diego History 51, nos. 1-2 (2005): 1-20.
RECENT PAPERS
“Rite and Ritual: The Victorian Culture of Death,” Mingei International Museum, San Diego, April 10, 2010.
"Ellen Browning Scripps: Journalist, Suffragette, Investor, and Philanthropist," Scripps College, The Genius of Women event, March 2010; also the University of San DIego, Humanities Lecture, April 2010.
"Queen Mary II: A 'British' Queen?" Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, March 2010.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Historical Association
North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS)
Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies (PCCBS)
Organization of American Historians
CLUBS
Zamorano Club, Pasadena, CA
ZLAC Rowing Club, Ltd., San Diego, CA
The Elizabethan Club and Mory's, Yale University