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Medieval European History
Ph.D., 2010
B.A., University of California Davis M.A., Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara
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Dissertation Title- A Kind of Marriage: Marriage in Dispute in Medieval Lucca (1341-1361)
This dissertation analyzes civil marital litigation in the episcopal court of fourteenth-century Lucca and argues that litigants and their lawyers often exploited gendered legal constructs of marriage and marital relations to formulate their strategies.
Teaching Fields- Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern European and Mediterranean History
- History of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- History of Gender and Sexuality
- History of Marriage and Family to 1700
- Western Civilization
Courses Taught- Western Civilization from Ancient Greece to 1689
History, University of Northern Colorado
- History of Classical Greece and Rome
History, University of Northern Colorado
- Medieval Europe
History, University of Northern Colorado
- Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Medieval Europe
History, University of Northern Colorado
- Women in Europe to 1700
History, University of Northern Colorado
- Special Topics: History in Film
History, University of Northern Colorado
- Special Topics: The Italian Renaissance
History, University of Northern Colorado
- Special Topics: Scandal, Adultery, and Divorce in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
History, UCSB
Teaching Assistantships- Lead Teaching Assistant, History Department
2007-2008
- HIST 4A: Ancient Western Civilization, Prehistory-AD 1050
Fall 2002, Fall 2004, Fall 2006
- HIST 4AH: Ancient Western Civilization, Prehistory-AD 1050 (Honors)
Fall 2003
- HIST 4B: Medieval and Early Modern Western Civilization, 1050-1715
Winter 2003, Spring 2003, Winter 2004
- HIST 4BH: Medieval and Early Modern Western Civilization, 1050-1715 (Honors)
Winter 2005, Winter 2007, Spring 2007
- HIST 4C: Modern Western Civilization, 1715-Present
Spring 2004
Awards- CICIS Graduate Student Paper Prize
For “‘As men do with their wives’: Domestic Violence in Fourteenth-Century Lucca,” delivered at the CICIS meeting at UC Santa Cruz, 2008
- UCSB History Regent’s Dissertation Fellowship
2007
- Medieval Academy of America Helen Maud Cam Dissertation Grant
2007
- Fulbright Grant
For study in Italy, 2005-2006
- Esme Frost Award
For outstanding achievement in the study of premodern history, 2005
Conference Presentations- Powerlessness and Poverty: Gender, Social Status, and Marriage in Fourteenth-Century Lucca
March 2012, New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Sarasota, FL
- He Should Keep Her Well: Marriage Disputes and Alimenta in Late Medieval Lucca
May, 2011, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI
- In the Year of Mortality: Plague and Marriage in Fourteenth-Century Lucca
January, 2010, American Historical Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
- It Came to Her Knowledge: Marriage in Dispute in the Fourteenth-Century Diocese of Lucca
May 2007, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI
- What is the need for a Greek to become a Latin?: Negotiating Identity in the Chronicle of Leontios Makhairas
March 2003, special seminar, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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