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Education
Columbia University and The London School of Economics, 2022-2024
MA/MSc, International and World History
Dual Degree Dissertation: "Always on Alert: The Live Oak Planning Group and the Defense of West Berlin, 1983-1990"
The George Washington University, 2018-2022
BA, History and International Affairs
Senior Honors Thesis: "Being the Perfect Host: The Reagan Administration and the Boycotts of the 1984 Olympics"
Publications
Student Journal Articles
“Divided Nation, Collective Objections: Perspectives on the Vietnam War from East and West Germany,” Clio’s Scroll 25, no. 2 (Fall 2022): 40-73. https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~clios/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Fall-2022-Edition-3.pdf
“Skepticism and Exposure: Television Coverage of the Vietnam War,” Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History 10, no. 2 (November 2020): 78-99. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/aujh/vol10/iss2/6/
Other Online Publications
“Beijing Meets Divided Berlin, 1973,” in “Centering Eastern Europe’s Cold War through the Wilson Center Digital Archive,” Wilson Center, 31 August 2023. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/centering-eastern-europes-cold-war-through-wilson-center-digital-archive
“Samuel Johannes Holland,” American Revolutionary Geographies Online. https://argo.diedrick.com/people/samuel-holland
Academic and Professional Experience
Archival Project Assistant, Village School, Summer 2023
Research Assistant, Columbia University Department of History, Fall 2022
K-12 History Tutor, GoPeer, 2020 - 2022
Undergraduate Research Fellow, GW Institute for Korean Studies, 2020 - 2021
International Department Intern, Interscope Records, 2019
Awards and Honors
Alliance Fellowship for Summer Archival Research, Columbia Univeristy Department of History, 2023
Jesse Fant Evans Prize, George Washington University Department of History, 2022: Awarded annually to an outstanding senior student in a contemporary history course, the Jesse Fant Evans Prize recognizes excellence in contemporary history.
Deixler/Swain Prize for Best Senior Honors Thesis, George Washington University Department of History, 2022
C. Thomas Long Award, Phi Alpha Theta Phi Chi Chapter, 2022: In recognition of exemplary commitment to the pursuit of history through outstanding scholarship and extraordinary dedication to Phi Alpha Theta.
Finalist, GW Humanities Center Research Prize, 2022
First Prize for Undergraduate Presenters in the area of History, GW Research Showcase, 2022
Sigelman Undergraduate Research Enhancement (SURE) Award, The George Washington University, 2021
Finalist Award, GW Institute for Korean Studies, 2021
Normandy Scholar, The George Washington University, 2021
Dean’s List, The George Washington University, 2020 – 2022
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America, April 2015
Presentations and invited talks
Annual Meeting of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR): Toronto, Canada, 15 June 2024
14th Annual Cold War History Research Center International Student Conference at Corvinus University: Budapest, Hungary, 22 May 2024
The Society for Military History (SMH) Annual Meeting: Arlington VA, 20 April 2024
H-Grad Lightning Talk: Zoom, 1 December 2023.
The Age of Reagan Conference: Simi Valley, CA, 4 August 2023
Annual Meeting of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR): Arlington, VA, 17 June 2023
Dual Degree MA/MSc Prospectus Conference: Columbia University, 2 May 2023
Undergraduate Thesis Symposium: The George Washington University, Department of History, 29 April 2022
Research Showcase: The George Washington University, 12 April 2022
Richard Macksey Undergraduate Humanities Symposium: Johns Hopkins University (Zoom), 9 April 2022
Phi Alpha Theta Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference: The Catholic University of America, 26 March 2022
3rd Annual GW-IU Korean Studies Undergraduate Research Exchange Conference: The George Washington University (Zoom), 21 April 2021
Languages
English: Native
German: Advanced User (C1)
Spanish: Basic User (A2)
French: Basic User (A1)
Memberships
American Historical Association
Council for European Studies
Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society
Society for Military History
The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations