Professional Service

• North American Conference on British Studies. Role: Co-Editor. Journal of British Studies. 07/2023 - 06/2028
• Austrian Science Fund. Role: Grant Reviewer. Grants Reviewer. 12/2021 - 02/2022
• North American Conference on British Studies. Role: Member. Council . 11/2020 - 11/2023
• University of Pennsylvania. Role: External Reviewer. Tenure File Review. 08/2020 - 08/2020
• University of Richmond. Role: External Reviewer. Tenure File Review. 08/2020 - 08/2020
• Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies . Role: Member. Conference, Local Arrangements and Program Committee. 10/2019 - 03/2022
• North American Conference on British Studies. Role: Chair. Mentorship Committee. 06/2019 - 06/2020
• North American Conference on British Studies. Role: Chair. Stansky Book Prize Committee. 04/2019 - 04/2020
• North American Conference on British Studies. Role: Member. Stansky Book Prize Committee. 04/2018 - 04/2019
• National Science Foundation. Grant Reviewer. 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2014
• Killam Research Fellowship, Canada Council for the Arts. Grant Reviewer. 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2014

Internal Service

• Undergraduate Committee. Member, 08/2022 - 05/2023. Department service.
• TFR Committee. Chair, 08/2022 - 05/2023. Department service.
• U Remember Committee. Member, 08/2021 - 05/2022. University service.
• Tenured Faculty Review Committee. Chair, 08/2019 - 08/2020. Department service.
• Ancient Mediterranean Search Committee . Chair, 08/2019 - 08/2020. Department service.
• Undergraduate Committee. Member, 08/2018 - 08/2019. Department service.
• Ad Hoc Promotion Committee, Susie Porter. Chair, 04/2018 - 10/2018. Department service.
• Ad Hoc Retention Committee, Maile Arvin. Member, 04/2018 - 10/2018. Department service.
• Ad Hoc Tenure Committee for Hugh Cagle. Chair, 04/2017 - 10/2017. Department service.
• German History Search Committee. Member, 09/2014 - 05/2015. Department service.
• Bullough Lecture in the History of Sex and Gender. Chair, 08/2014 - 07/2017. Department service.
• Academic Senate. Member, 08/2014 - 06/2016. University service.
• Teaching Committee. Member, 08/2014 - 08/2015. Department service.

Honors & Awards

• Philip C. Sturges Endowed Faculty Prize in History. Department of History, 04/2023
• Many Mouths: The Politics of Food in Britain From the Workhouse to the Welfare State was awarded a 2020 Gourmand Award (for cookbook and food writing) in the category of Food Security (United Kingdom). Gourmand Awards, 10/2020
• Distinguished Scholar Award. College of Humanities, 08/2018

In the Media

• “Parenting Refreshed,” UNICEF podcast. 02/2023.
• Covid-Calls Podcast and YouTube. 03/2022.
• “The Origins of Vaccine Hesitancy,” EPIDEMIC podcast. 03/2021. https://www.justhumanproductions.org/podcasts/epid...
• “We’ve Got the Right to Choose,” Body Politics podcast. 02/2021. https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/weve-got-rig...
• My research on the anti-vaccination movement has received renewed interest and I was interviewed for “The History of Vaccines” episode on RadioWest with Doug Fabrizio, KUER Radio/podcast. 11/2020.
• Interview for “Victorian Secrets,” Audible.com book with Stephen Fry. 10/2017.
• Science Vs. (Podcast): “The Rise of Anti-Vaxxers,” . 09/2017.
• Doomed to Repeat (Podcast): “The Anti-Vaccination Movement,” . 07/2017.
• Interviewed for “Reality TV: The New Freak Show?” Radio Health Journal. 04/2011.
• Interview on RadioWest with Doug Fabrizio, KUER Radio. 12/08/2009.
• Appearance in “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made,” Utah Now, KUED Television (Emmy-Award Winning). 11/21/2008.