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CURRICULUM VITAE
NICHOLAS W. SACCO
Contact
Email: PastExplore@gmail.com
Twitter: @NickSacco55
Blog: Exploring the Past

Education
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
M.A., History with a concentration in Public History, May 2014
Master's Thesis: "Kindling the Fires of Patriotism: The Grand Army of the Republic, Department
of Indiana, 1866-1949."
Lindenwood University, Cum Laude
B.A., History Education and Music Performance, May 2011

Professional Experience
Park Ranger. National Park Service, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. August 2018 -
Present.
Park Guide. National Park Service, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. June 2014 - July
2018.
Park Ranger. National Park Service, Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park. August -
September 2019 (Temporary).
Social Media Manager. National Park Service, Reconstruction Era National Monument. April
2017 - April 2018 (Temporary).
Park Guard. National Park Service, Gateway Arch National Park. June 2016 (Temporary).
Program Assistant. National Council on Public History. August 2013 - May 2014.
Tour Guide. Indiana State House, Capitol Tour Office. August 2012 - August 2013.
Park Guide. National Park Service, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. May 2012 - August
2012 (Seasonal), May 2010 - May 2011 (Intern).
ISS Teacher. Orchard Farm Middle/High School. August 2011 - May 2012
Archival Assistant. Missouri History Museum & Library Research Center. May 2011 - August
2011.
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Journal Articles
"I Never Was An Abolitionist: Ulysses S. Grant and Slavery, 1854-1863," The Journal of the
Civil War Era 9, Number 3 (September 2019): 410-437.
"Historic Preservation From the Grassroots: A History of Save Grant's White Haven," National
Park Service (2019). Available at <https://www.nps.gov/ulsg/learn/historyculture/the-story-of-
save-grant-s-white-haven.htm>
"Searching for Compromise: Missouri Congressman John Richard Barret's Fight to Save the
Union," The Confluence 10, Number 1 (Fall 2018/Winter 2019): 4-32.
"The Grand Army of the Republic, the Indianapolis 500, and the Struggle for Memorial Day in
Indiana, 1868-1923," Indiana Magazine of History 111, Number 4 (December 2015): 349-380.
"One Nation, One Flag, One Language: The Grand Army of the Republic and the Patriotic
Instruction Movement in Indiana," The Americanist Independent 1, Issue 6 (December 2014): 5-
44.

Conferences, Seminars, and Speaking Engagements

Invited Talk (via Zoom): From Enslaver to Civil Rights Advocate: The Political Evolution of
Ulysses S. Grant. Kenosha Public Museum. Kenosha, Wisconsin, December 3, 2020.
Podcast Interview: “The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant.” Center for Presidential History,
Southern Methodist University, October 2020.
Invited Talk (via Zoom): “Ulysses S. Grant and Slavery.” U.S. Grant Symposium. St. Louis,
Missouri, July 24, 2020.
Invited Talk (via Zoom): “Ulysses S. Grant and the 15th Amendment.” Soldiers Memorial
Military Museum. St. Louis, Missouri, June 17, 2020.
Invited Talk (via Zoom): “Ulysses S. Grant in St. Louis.” St. Charles City-County Library,
Kisker Road Branch. St. Charles, Missouri, June 8, 2020.
Invited Talk (pre-recorded video): “Ulysses S. Grant as a St. Louis Farmer.” St. Louis County
Library System. St. Louis, Missouri, June 2020.
Invited Talk (via Zoom): “Coffee and Hardtack: Ulysses S. Grant.” Kenosha Public Museum.
Kenosha, Wisconsin, May 6, 2020.
Invited Talk (via Microsoft Teams): “Rangers on Reconstruction, Presidential Sites Edition.”
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park. Beaufort, South Carolina, April 22, 2020.
Invited Talk: “The Women’s Rights Movement During the Reconstruction Era.” Ulysses S.
Grant National Historic Site. St. Louis, Missouri, March 18, 2020.
Invited Talk: "Dolly Parton, Decade Challenges, and OK Boomer: Promises and Perils of Doing
Public History on Social Media.” University of Missouri - St. Louis. St. Louis, Missouri,
March 3, 2020.
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Podcast Interview: "Ulysses S. Grant: In Memoir and Memory." Emerging Civil War. February
20, 2020. Available at <https://bit.ly/2PU7NAj> (Subscribers Only)
Invited Talk: "Ulysses S. Grant's Views on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson." Ulysses S.
Grant National Historic Site. St. Louis, Missouri, November 3, 2019.
Invited Talk: "St. Louis Before the Civil War: The Photography of Thomas Easterly." St. Louis
Oasis, Jefferson Barracks. Lemay, Missouri, October 9, 2019.
Moderator: "Roundtable Discussion on the 30th Anniversary of Save Grant's White Haven and
the Effort to Establish Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site." Ulysses S. Grant
National Historic Site. St. Louis, Missouri, October 5, 2019.
Invited Talk: "U.S. Indian Policy During the Civil War Era." St. Louis County Public Library,
Sachs Branch. Chesterfield, Missouri, September 3, 2019.
Podcast Interview (Via Skype): "Episode 64: Exploring Public History With Nick Sacco." Keith
Harris, The Rough Historian. Hollywood, California, August 18, 2019. Available at
<https://bit.ly/30Mxvdl>
Invited Talk: "The Political Evolution of Ulysses S. Grant." Abraham Lincoln Presidential
Library and Museum. Springfield, Illinois, July 25, 2019.
Invited Talk: "The History of Save Grant's White Haven." Ulysses S. Grant National Historic
Site. St. Louis, Missouri, July 13, 2019.
Invited Talk: "Julia Dent Grant in Motherhood." Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. St.
Louis, Missouri, May 12, 2019.
Invited Talk: "Warmed in the Sunlight of Love: The Marriage of Ulysses and Julia Grant." St.
Louis Oasis. Clayton, Missouri, April 23, 2019.
Working Group: "Interpreting Our Heritage in the 21st Century." National Council on Public
History Annual Meeting. Connecticut Convention Center. Hartford, Connecticut, March
23, 2019.
Invited Talk: "Life on the Homefront: Julia Dent Grant and the Civil War." Ulysses S. Grant
National Historic Site. St. Louis, Missouri, March 9, 2019.
Invited Talk (Via Skype): "Public History in St. Louis." Maryville University. St. Louis,
Missouri, February 28, 2019.
Invited Talk: "Civil Rights Legislation During the Reconstruction Era." Ulysses S. Grant
National Historic Site. St. Louis, Missouri, February 24, 2019.
Invited Talk: "Teaching the Reconstruction Era in the Middle and High School Classroom."
Hixon Middle School, Webster Groves School District. Webster Groves, Missouri,
January 15, 2019.
Invited Talk: "The Missouri-Kansas Border War and the Coming of the Civil War." St. Louis
County Public Library, Sachs Branch. Chesterfield, Missouri, October 16, 2018.
Invited Talk: "Ulysses S. Grant and Slavery." Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site. St. Louis,
Missouri, October 13, 2018.
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Moderator: "Politics of Civil War Illinois." Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Springfield, Illinois, October 5, 2018.
Invited Talk (Via Skype): "Presidential History Book Club: Ron Chernow's Grant." Rutherford
B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums at Spiegel Grove. Fremont, Ohio, September
26, 2018.
Invited Talk: "Ulysses S. Grant: Myths, Stories, and Realities." St. Louis OASIS. Clayton,
Missouri, June 20, 2018.
Panel: "Memory and Silence: Interpreting Slavery at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site."
The Primary Source: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Memory and Identity.
Fontbonne University. St. Louis, Missouri, May 19, 2018.
Invited Talk: "Book Discussion: Joan Waugh's U.S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth."
Illinois History Forum. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Springfield,
Illinois, May 10, 2018.
Panel: "Rewiring Old Power Lines: The Challenge of Entrenched Narratives." National Council
on Public History Annual Meeting. The Renaissance Hotel Las Vegas. Las Vegas,
Nevada, April 20, 2018.
Invited Talk: "Slavery in Missouri: A Brief History." St. Louis County Public Library, Sachs
Branch. Chesterfield, Missouri, February 20, 2018.
Invited Talk: "Visualizing the Reconstruction Era." Thomas Jefferson School. Sunset Hills,
Missouri, January 10, 2018.
Invited Talk: "Want to Study Public History in Grad School? Pointers From a Recent Graduate."
Lindenwood University. St. Charles, Missouri, October 3, 2017.
Invited Talk (via Skype): "Confederate Monuments and Public History." Colorado State
University. Fort Collins, Colorado, September 27, 2017. Available at
<http://bit.ly/2xOpeKb>
Invited Talk: "Farmer, General, President: The Life and Times of Ulysses S. Grant." St. Louis
County Public Library, Sachs Branch. Chesterfield, Missouri, September 19, 2017.
Moderator: "Touring Sites of Nostalgia and Violence: Historical Tourism and Memory in
Germany, Poland, Turkey, and the United States." National Council on Public History
Annual Meeting. The Westin Hotel. Indianapolis, Indiana, April 21, 2017.
Invited Talk: "The National Park Service at 100: A Brief History." Laclede Grove Senior Center.
St. Louis, Missouri, October 3, 2016.
Working Group: "Interpreting the History of Race Riots and Racialized Mass Violence in the
Context of 'Black Lives Matter'." National Council on Public History Annual Meeting.
Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace. Baltimore, Maryland, March 18, 2016.
Invited Talk: "Museums, National Parks, and Interpreting History for Diverse Publics." Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville. Edwardsville, Illinois, February 17, 2016.
Invited Talk: "Sunlight and Shadow: Women's Spaces at White Haven." The Monday Club of
Webster Groves. St. Louis, Missouri, May 4, 2015.
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Panel: "Theory and Practice: Toward a Praxis of Public History." National Council on Public
History Annual Meeting. Sheraton Nashville Downtown, Nashville, Tennessee, April 17,
2015.
Poster: "Digital Sandbox: Playing with Public Humanities." National Council on Public History
Annual Meeting. Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, California, March 20, 2014.
Paper: "'This Will Be Our History and Our Glory': Civil War Memories and the Grand Army of
the Republic, Department of Indiana." Indiana Association of Historians Conference.
Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana, March 8, 2014.
Invited Talk: "Public History: Putting History to Work in the World." Lindenwood University,
St. Charles, Missouri, February 13, 2014.
Moderator: "Putting Yourself Out There Digitally: Student Uses of Social Media and Promoting
Humanities Scholarship." IUPUI Digital Sandbox. Indiana University - Purdue
University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, August 15, 2013.
Poster: "Service Learning: Teaching History Outside the Classroom." Robert G. Bringle Civic
Engagement Showcase and Symposium. Indiana University - Purdue University
Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 23, 2013.
Panel: "Teaching the Civil War: Challenges, Opportunities, and New Strategies for the
Classroom." The Future of Civil War History: Looking Beyond the 150th. Gettysburg
College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, March 14-16, 2013.
Paper: "An Army of Liberation: The U.S. Military as an Agent of Social Reform in American
History." Indiana Association of Historians Conference. University of Indianapolis,
Indianapolis, Indiana, March 2, 2013.
Paper: "'In Justice and Not in Charity': The Grand Army of the Republic and the First National
Encampment of 1866." Ohio University Graduate Student History Conference. Ohio
University, Athens, Ohio, February 16, 2013.
Panel: "National Security's New Paradigm: Confronting the Post-9/11 Past." Guantánamo Public
Memory Project National Conference. Columbia University and New York
University, New York, New York, December 13-14, 2012.
Paper: "The case of State vs. Thomas Woods, Martin Kronk, Joseph McCalebs, and Henry Grill:
a Study of Mob Violence in Antebellum America." Lindenwood Sibley Day History
Conference. Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri, February 23, 2011.

Magazine Articles
"When Does a Rebellion Become a Civil War? Sectional Conflicts in the Naming of the
American Civil War," History is Now (Issue 8, Summer 2014): 45-50.
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Digital Articles and Blog Posts

More than 400 blog posts written on my personal blog, Exploring the Past, since January 2013.
Available at <https://pastexplore.wordpress.com/>
“Black Political Activism and the Fight for Voting Rights in Missouri.” Muster (Journal of the
Civil War Era), September 29, 2020. Available at <https://bit.ly/30o1pX7>
“Public Monuments and Ulysses S. Grant’s Contested Legacy.” Muster (Journal of the Civil War
Era), July 7, 2020. Available at <https://bit.ly/33mpAY9>
“Interpreting Slavery Through Video Games: The Story of Freedom!” Muster (Journal of the
Civil War Era), May 12, 2020. Available at <https://bit.ly/33jcf2o>
“Missouri Compromised: Anti-Slavery Protest During the Missouri Statehood Debate.” Muster
(Journal of the Civil War Era), March 10, 2020. Available at <https://bit.ly/3kZydxC>
"Breaking Down the 'Truths' of The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant." Emerging Civil
War, February 4, 2020. Available at <https://bit.ly/2Iy2FxG>
"Teaching the Reconstruction Era Through Political Cartoons." Muster (Journal of the Civil War
Era), January 14, 2020. Available at <https://bit.ly/2NubH1G>
"Are Tourists Falling Out of Love With Civil War Battlefields? Public Historians Respond."
Muster (Journal of the Civil War Era), August 20, 2019. Available at <https://bit.ly/30XeMM4>
"The Contested Memories of General Nathaniel Lyon in St. Louis." Muster (Journal of the Civil
War Era), May 28, 2019. Available at <https://bit.ly/2Mualph>
"Freeman Tilden's Interpreting Our Heritage and the Civil War Centennial." Muster (Journal of
the Civil War Era), March, 5, 2019. Available at <https://bit.ly/2WQ8MGl>
"The Mystery of William Jones, An Enslaved Man Owned by Ulysses S. Grant." Muster (Journal
of the Civil War Era), December 7, 2018. Available at <https://bit.ly/2PB0SsE>
"Congressman Charles Hays and the Civil Rights Act of 1875." Muster (Journal of the Civil War
Era), September 18, 2018. Available at <https://bit.ly/2Q1F6iD>
"Every Social Media Manager a Historian: Reflections on Interpreting History Through NPS
Social Media." Muster (Journal of the Civil War Era), June 12, 2018. Available at
<https://bit.ly/2tavyba>
"Exit Through the Gift Shop: Historical Memory and Gift Shops at Civil War Historic Sites."
Muster (Journal of the Civil War Era), March 13, 2018. Available at <http://bit.ly/2FJFO34>
"Promoting Fair Pay in Public History Employment." Society for History in the Federal
Government, Spring 2018 newsletter, no. 57.
"A Statistical Analysis of Visitation to National Park Service Civil War Sites During the
Sesquicentennial." Muster (Journal of the Civil War Era), January 9, 2018. Available at
<http://bit.ly/2D49ZAI>
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"Outrageous Inaccuracies: The Grand Army of the Republic Protests The Birth of a Nation."
Muster (Journal of the Civil War Era), November 14, 2017. Available at
<http://bit.ly/2AKAedN>
"Public Iconography, Museum Education, and Reconstruction Era History." Muster (Journal of
the Civil War Era), September 19, 2017. Available at <http://bit.ly/2xMLsMB>
"A Free Country for White Men: The Legacy of Frank Blair, Jr. and his Statue in St. Louis."
Muster (Journal of the Civil War Era), July 28, 2017. Available at <http://bit.ly/2v0obFu>
"America's Ever-Changing Commemorative Landscape: A Case Study at National Statuary
Hall." History@Work, June 20, 2017. Available at < http://bit.ly/2wffRlX >
"What Public Historians Can Learn from Fourth Graders." American Association for State and
Local History, April 26, 2017. Available at <http://bit.ly/2plDi7K>
"A Few Simple Tips for Public Historians Working with Confrontational Visitors." American
Association for State and Local History, December 6, 2016. Available at
<http://bit.ly/2gFGQgb>
"A Conflicted Message: Christian Theology and Political Action During the Civil War Era."
Muster (Journal of the Civil War Era), October 5, 2016. Available at <http://bit.ly/2dpRoRd>
"Three Takeaways from 'Interpreting Slavery: Building a Theoretical Foundation'." American
Association for State and Local History, April 26, 2016. Available at <http://bit.ly/24nmYBu>
"Saying Goodbye: The Politics of Franchise Relocation in the 'New NFL' Era." Sport in
American History, January 18, 2016. Available at <bit.ly/1WPJkHN>
"Theory, What is it Good For in Public History? Absolutely Something!" April 2015. Available
at <http://bit.ly/1E9lgF8>
"Oscar Taveras, Stan Musial, and Public Commemoration in Sports." Sport in American History,
November 10, 2014. Available at <http://bit.ly/1u441DU>
"NCPH and International Public History." History@Work, August 6, 2014. Available at
<http://bit.ly/1qXycMV>

Public History Portfolio and Publications

Manager of Facebook and Twitter social media accounts for Ulysses S. Grant National Historic
Site since May 2015.
Creator of the “U.S. Grant History Chat” interview series for Ulysses S. Grant National Historic
Site, May 2020 – present.
Organizer of Teacher Workshop on Teaching the Reconstruction Era for High School Teachers.
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, March 4, 2020.
Organizer of Annual Holiday Program at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, December 7,
2019.
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Organizer of 30th Anniversary event to commemorate the founding of Ulysses S. Grant National
Historic Site, October 5, 2019.
Committee Member for American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) working
group on the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, September 2019.
"Autism Friendly Family Night at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site." Creator and Program
Manager, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, June 25, 2019.
Co-Creator, Allison Horrocks, "Interpreting Our Heritage in the 21st Century." Working Group
at 2019 National Council on Public History Annual Meeting and Website, Spring 2019.
Available at <https://bit.ly/2NqDUFe>
"Civil War to Civil Rights Living History Week." Program Development Assistant, Ulysses S.
Grant National Historic Site, September 19-21, 2018.
"Ulysses S. Grant and 19th Century Book Publishing." Temporary Museum Exhibit, Ulysses S.
Grant National Historic Site, April 2018.
Copy Editor of National Park Service Handbook on the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King,
Jr.'s Assassination, Spring 2018. Available at <https://bit.ly/2t0xl3p>
"The Enduring Legacy of Reconstruction and American Democracy." Teacher Workshop for
Middle and High School History Teachers, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, July 12,
2017.
"Replacing Mission Statements with 'Why Should I Care?' Statements," in The Museum Blog
Book, ed. MuseumsEtc. (Boston: MuseumsEtc Publishing, 2017), 146-153.
"Teaching the Reconstruction Era with Primary Sources and Facilitated Dialogue." Teacher
Workshop for Middle and High School History Teachers, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic
Site, March 8, 2017.
"Going to the Polls: Political Cartoons and the Election of 1872." Temporary Museum Exhibit,
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Fall 2016.
"Grant or Greeley? The Election of 1872 Living History Weekend." Co-Creator and Program
Development Assistant, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, September 9-11, 2016.
Co-Authors, Devin Hunter, Elizabeth Catte, Aleia Brown, Michael J. Brown, Brooke Neely,
Julie Peterson, and Annie Anderson, "Interpreting the History of Race Riots in the Age of Black
Lives Matter." Digital History website. April 2016. Available at <http://bit.ly/2m6ncwA>
"Caring for Our Nation's Treasures: Approaching 100 Years with the National Park Service."
Temporary Museum Exhibit, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site, Fall 2015 - Summer 2016.
Co-Authors, Kelby Dolan and Claire Quimby, "Rotating Exhibitions Evaluation, Indianapolis
Museum of Art." Professional museum evaluation study, Spring 2014.
Co-Authors, Abby Curtin, Christine Crosby, and Callie McCune, "Digital Sandbox: Building a
Community of Digital Humanists," History@Work, January 10, 2014. Available at
<bit.ly/1jKllXm>
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"Investigating Deaf History: Using Primary and Digital Sources to Think Historically." Teacher
unit plan and workshop for the Indiana School for the Deaf/Indiana Deaf Museum, Fall 2013.
"Digital Sandbox: A Digital Humanities Workshop at IUPUI," Summer 2013. Available at <
http://iupuidh.wordpress.com/>
"The Public Library Commission of Indiana: Public Libraries in the Hoosier State, 1899-1925,"
Summer 2013. Available at <http://publiclibrarycommissionofindiana.wordpress.com/>
"Exploring Indianapolis: Walking Tours of Canals, Trains, & Cars at the Crossroads of
America," Spring 2013. Available at <http://indytransittour.wordpress.com/>
"Guantánamo Hits Home: How Has GTMO Affected America's Laws and Values?" Traveling
Exhibit, Guantánamo Public Memory Project, 2012-2015.
"Interrogation and Torture at Guantánamo," Guantánamo Public Memory Project, October 19,
2012. Available at <bit.ly/1lk59MS>

Book Reviews
Review of Interrupted Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant and the American Indians, by Mary Stockwell.
H-CIVWAR, June 2019. Available at <https://bit.ly/2IA1r4o>
Review of Reconstruction: A Concise History, by Allen C. Guelzo. H-SHGAPE, September
2018. Available at <https://bit.ly/2QOcI4t>
Review of The Boy Soldier: Edwin Jemison and the Story Behind the Most Remarkable Portrait
of the Civil War, by Hugh T. Harrington and Alexandra Filipowski. The Civil War Monitor, July
26, 2017. Available at <http://bit.ly/2fcbCBf>
Review of The Cinema of Hockey: Four Decades of the Game on Screen, by Iri Cermak. Sport
in American History, March 18, 2017. Available at <http://bit.ly/2ortecu>
Review of A Long and Bloody Task: The Atlanta Campaign from Dalton through Kennesaw
Mountain to the Chattahoochee River, May 5-July 18, 1864, by Stephen Davis. The Civil War
Monitor, March 8, 2017. Available at <http://bit.ly/2mpEBTh>
Review of Baseball's Power Shift: How the Players Union, the Fans, and the Media Changed
Sports Culture, by Krister Swanson. Sport in American History, May 7, 2016. Available at
<http://bit.ly/1TxAFpE>
"Public History: From Preservation to Narrative." Review of Museums, Monuments, and
National Parks: Towards a New Genealogy of Public History, by Denise D. Meringolo; Who
Owns America's Past? The Smithsonian and the Problem of History, by Robert C. Post;
Exhibiting Patriotism: Creating and Contesting Interpretations of American Historic Sites, by
Teresa Bergman. Society for U.S. Intellectual History, July 2015. Available at
<http://bit.ly/1LbpJPk> (Part 1) and <http://bit.ly/1CFbCz5> (Part 2)
Review of Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War, by Elizabeth
R. Varon. News at White Haven 9, no. 1 (Winter 2015): 2.
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Review of Things American: Art Museums and Civic Culture in the Progressive Era, by Jeffrey
Trask. Society for U.S. Intellectual History, December 30, 2014. Available at
<http://bit.ly/1x46iAx>
Review of Who Owns America's Past?: The Smithsonian and the Problem of History, by Robert
C. Post. Museums and Social Issues 9, no. 1 (April 2014): 79-82.
Review of After Slavery: Race, Labor, and Citizenship in the Reconstruction South, edited by
Bruce E. Baker and Brian Kelly. Southern Historian 35 (Spring 2014): 128-129.

Awards and Honors

2020: National Park Service Outstanding Service Award, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic
Site. October 2020.
2020: Recognized by the National Park Service Midwest Regional Office and Washington
Support Office for excellent service in web design, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
website. May 2020.
2018: National Park Service Achieving Relevance Through Interpretive Media and Technology
Award. Winner of the NPS Southeast Region for social media work conducted for
Reconstruction Era National Monument. May 2018.
2018: National Park Service Outstanding Service Award, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic
Site. January 2018.
2017: National Park Service Regional Director's Outstanding Service Award for Advancing
Sustainability, American Solar Car Challenge Team. January 2017.
2016: National Park Service Performance Award for Outstanding Service Commemorating the
150th Anniversary of the 1866 Memphis Massacre. July 2016.
2014: D. Scott Hartwig Public Historian Scholarship Award Winner ($1,050) to attend Civil War
Institute 2014 Summer Conference at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. June 20 -
June 25, 2014.
2013: IUPUI History Department Scholarship Award Winner ($500) to attend 2013 National
Trust for Historic Preservation Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. October 29 - November 2,
2013.
2013: Elected President of Graduate Student History Association at IUPUI for 2013-2014
academic year.
2010: Elected President of Lindenwood University History Club.
2009: Elected Secretary of Lindenwood University History Club.
2006: Award for Positive Peer Influence, Essence of PPI.
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Other Notable Accomplishments

2020: Appointed as an Affiliate Editor for the National Council on Public History’s
History@Work blog and currently serving as a member of the NCPH Digital Media Group. June
2020.
2020: Created virtual tour of Ulysses S. Grant’s White Haven estate that has received more than
20,000 views on Facebook. Created with David Newmann, March 18, 2020.
2020: Volunteer Judge for National History Day, Missouri Region 5, February 29.
2020: Appointed to the Editorial Board of the Emerging Civil War book series, January 2020.
2019: Appointed member of American Association for State and Local History working group
on the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
2019: Coordinator and emcee of Speed Networking program at the National Council on Public
History Annual Meeting, Hartford, Connecticut, March 21.
2018: Volunteer Judge for National History Day, Missouri Region 5, February 24.
2017: Elected to the Board of the Missouri Council on History Education. Term to last until
2020.
2017: Appointed as a regular contributor to the Journal of the Civil War Era's blog, Muster.
2017-2018: Appointed as a member of the National Council on Public History Digital Media
Group.
2017: Coordinator and emcee of Speed Networking program at the National Council on Public
History Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 21.
2016: Appointed Co-Chair for the National Council on Public History Professional Development
Committee. Term to last until 2020.
2016-2018: Digital Media Editor, National Council on Public History Twitter page.
2016-Present: Digital Media Editor, Reconstruction 150 Commemoration at H-Slavery.
2016: Interview with Mental Floss: "13 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Park Rangers." Available
at <http://bit.ly/2cpGLjp>
2016: Volunteer Representative of the National Park Service for the Junior Achievement of
Greater St. Louis 2016 Middle School Career Exploration Fair, February 2.
2015-Present: Coordinator, Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site monthly outreach program
with the St. Louis Children's Hospital.
2015: Coordinator and emcee of Speed Networking program at the National Council on Public
History Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, April 15-18.
2014: Appointed charter member for the National Council on Public History Professional
Development Committee.
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2014: Coordinator of Speed Networking, Mentoring, and Volunteer programs at the National
Council on Public History Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, March 19-22.
2014: Volunteer Judge for National History Day, Indiana Central District, March 15.
2013: Student Representative, IUPUI History Department Search Committee for Assistant
Professor of Digital History/Digital Humanities, Fall semester.
2013: Co-Creator of IUPUI Digital Sandbox Workshop: http://iupuidh.wordpress.com/.
2013: Tour Guide for "INtoxicating History," a historical bar crawl of Indianapolis organized by
Indiana Humanities, June 6.
2013: Volunteer Judge for National History Day, Indiana Central District, March 9.
2012: Wrote revised marker text for Indiana Historical Bureau "Ambrose G. Bierce" Historic
Marker, Elkhart, Indiana. Replacement date for current marker text TBD.
2009: Organized trivia-night fundraiser that raised more than $500 for Lindenwood University
History Club.
2008-2009: Timekeeper and assistant to Lindenwood History Department for production of
locally televised "Lindenwood History Bowl," St. Charles, Missouri.

Professional Affiliations
Society of Civil War Historians, 2018 - Present
Missouri Council for History Education, 2017 - Present
National Council on Public History, 2012 - Present
Southern Historical Association, 2013 - 2014
Pi Gamma Mu, 2011 - Present
St. Charles County [Missouri] Historical Society, 2010 - 2011
Alpha Lambda Delta, 2010 - Present
Phi Alpha Theta, 2007 - Present