I am a historian of 19th and 20th century United States and Europe. I focus on Scandinavian-American relations and the transatlantic exchange of ideas.

Currently, I am an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso and a Research Affiliate at the Swedish Institute for North American Studies at Uppsala University.

I am deeply committed to fostering the digital humanities. I am a podcast producer and documentary filmmaker, and I co-created SourceLab, a digital publishing initiative at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

I graduated with my PhD in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; my MA in Media, Culture, and Communication from New York University; my MA in Broadcast Journalism from Emerson College; and my BA in Communication and Media Arts from Marymount Manhattan College.