School of Management and Labor Relations
Rutgers University
50 Labor Center Way
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8553
Curriculum Vitae
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Areas of Specialization
Histories of American capitalism, labor, race, urban, social movements, political economy, political philosophy
Education
University of Washington, Seattle
Doctor of Philosophy
2017
San Francisco State University
Master of Arts, History
2009
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts with Highest Honors
2006
Teaching Experience
Princeton University, Department of African American Studies
- African American History since Emancipation
2022
Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations
- Labor history to Reconstruction
2022
Robinson Center for Young Scholars / Seattle Central College / South Puget Sound Community Council
- Sociology Seminar
- Service Learning
- History 136: United States to 1877
- History 137: United States Since 1877
- History 214: Pacific Northwest History
- History 215: Women in U.S. History
2017 – 2022
University of Washington, Tacoma
- THIST 440: Black Labor in America
- THIST 322: American Labor Since the Civil War
- TSOC 266 and TEGL 266: Introduction to Labor Studies
- THIST 201: American History Since 1877
- THIST 200 US history to 1877, THIST 201 American History Since 1877, THIST 413: Civil Rights, Civil Liberties,
- THIST 416: Life and Thought: Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, and Angela Davis
2017 – 2022
University of Washington, Seattle
- HIST 220: Constitutional History
- POLISCI 249: Introduction to Labor Studies
- ENG 198: Interdisciplinary Writing / Social Science
- HIST 490: Histories of American Capitalism
- HIST 498: Capitalism and the City
- HIST 494: Histories of American Capitalism
- History 105: Peoples of the United States
2013 – 2022
Dissertation
Capital City: New York in Fiscal Crisis
Honors, Awards & Scholarships
Library Research Award for Undergraduates
Co-recipient with my student, Sophia Carey – University of Washington
2019
Jean Gundlach Scholarship in Labor Studies
Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington
2019
Andy Studebaker Fund Recipient
University of Washington
2014
Rondeau Evans Scholarship
University of Washington
2014
Harry Bridges Center Research Grant
University of Washington
2013
Maclyn P. Burg Graduate Student Scholarship
University of Washington
2012
John E. Sawyer Graduate Research Fellowship
University of Washington
2011 – 2012
Top Scholar Award
University of Washington
2009 – 2010
Miriam C. Bernheim University Scholarship
San Francisco State University
2008
Vincent Costantino University Scholarship
San Francisco State University
2008
History Department Graduate Fellowship
San Francisco State University
2007
Herodotus Fund Recipient
San Francisco State University
2007
Highest Honors in History
University of California, Berkeley
Runner-up Best Thesis of the Year
University of California, Berkeley
2006
Publications
The Budget is Everything: Race, Class, and Public Finance in New York City
In Progress
Intersectional Class Struggle: Theory and Practice
AK Press
2021
Strategies for Teaching Critical Reading: Understanding, Meaning-Making & Critique
Journal of Social Work Education
2021
The Labor Cost of Dual Enrollment Programs
LaborOnline, Labor and Working Class History Association
Mar 2020
Electoral Folly
CounterPunch
May 2016
Celebrating Fat Man
Inheriting Hanford
Aug 2015
Raising Iraqi Voices of Grassroots Resistance
truthout.org – Book Review of “Against All Odds: Voices of Popular Struggle in Iraq”
Jul 2015
The 1937 and 1938 San Francisco Department Store Strikes
Libcom
Dec 2015
Ghost in the Machine: Reflections on the Life and Poetry of Xu Lizhi
Ghosts in the Machine, Pacific Rim Solidarity Network
Summer 2014
California’s Agricultural Progressives and the State Commission Market Act of 1915
Ex Post Facto
Spring 2009
Band of Sisters: Class and Gender in Industrial Lowell 1820-1850
Ex Post Facto
Spring 2008
Presentations & Lectures
The Culture of Poverty and Urban Policy: New York in the 1970s
Urban History Association Conference
Detroit, MI
Oct 2020
We Insist!: Early Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter
Revolutions Per Minute Podcast
Jun 2020
Running Start, Dual Enrollment, and Teaching Labor in Higher Ed
Globalization, Diversity & Education Conference
Washington State University – Spokane, WA
Feb 2020
Teaching Running Start
Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference
Seattle, WA
Oct 2019
New York and the Origins of Austerity
Seattle Democratic Socialists of America
Nov 2017
Race, Labor & Austerity: The New York City Fiscal Crisis
Labor & Working Class History Association Conference
University of Washington – Seattle, WA
Jun 2017
Globalization and Migrant Worker Poetry in China
Bellevue College – Bellevue, WA
May 2017
Working University
Equality Initiative in Political Science, Panel Discussant
University of Washington – Seattle, WA
Feb 2017
Making Race, Making Capital: EP Thompson and the New Histories of Capitalism
Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, Workshare Paper Series
Seattle, WA
Oct 2016
The War on Poverty Becomes a War on the Poor: New York & the Turn Against Keynesianism
Urban History Association Conference
Loyola University – Chicago, IL
Oct 2016
Double Barreled: Racial Capitalism in the 1975 New York City Fiscal Crisis
Histories of American Capitalism Conference
Cornell University – Ithaca, NY
Oct 2016
Rethinking the 1975 New York City Fiscal Crisis
History Department Colloquium
University of Washington – Seattle, WA
May 2016
The International Origins of the 1975 New York City Fiscal Crisis
American Historical Association Conference
Atlanta, GA
Jan 2016
Civilization Must Be Paid For: The 1966 New York City Fiscal Crisis
Histories of American Capitalism Conference
Cornell University – Ithaca, NY
Nov 2014
Disaster City: New York in the 1975 Fiscal Crisis
Scholars Studio at Suzallo-Allen Library
University of Washington – Seattle, WA
Feb 2013
Bay Area Social Justice History Project (Website Presentation)
Graduate History Student Association Paper Symposium
San Francisco State University – San Francisco, CA
Spring 2009
The Department Store Employees Union Local 1100 and the 1937 and 1938 San Francisco Retail Strikes
Bay Area Labor History Workshop
Feb 2009
Band of Sisters: Class and Gender in Industrial Lowell 1820-1850
Graduate History Student Association Paper Symposium
San Francisco State University – San Francisco, CA
Spring 2008
Band of Sisters: Class and Gender in Industrial Lowell 1820-1850
History Student Association Paper Symposium
University of Missouri – Columbia, MO
Spring 2007
Digital History
Waterfront Workers History Project
Project Editor
Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project
Associate Editor
Professional Experience
Interim Principal & Program Director
Robinson Center for Young Scholars, Transition School
Jan – Jun 2019
Researcher & Ghostwriter
Various
2017 – Present
Board Member & Founder
Labor Studies Association, University of Washington
2015 – 2017
Community Organizer
Seattle Solidarity Network
2010 – 2015
Research Assistant
Adam Warren
2012
Anchor/Producer
Pacifica Radio News
2006 – 2009