Assistant Professor of Education (1996)

Degrees: BA Earlham College 1980; MA, PhD Indiana University 1985, 1995

Teaching Experience: Assistant professor (part-time), Indiana University School of Education; visiting assistant professor, department of history, Indiana University; visiting lecturer, College of Arts & Sciences, Indiana University

Professional Experience: Associate editor 1995-96, managing editor 1985-96, History of Education Quarterly; assistant editor Indiana Magazine of History 1983-85

Teaching Specialties: History of education, Native American education, higher education

Research Interests: Missionary education, history of literacy, Native American identity, history of childhood and children

Publications: "Tribal Identity in the Moravian Missions on the Susquehanna" in Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies (Summer, 1999); "‘What will become of our young people?’: Goals for Indian Children in Moravian Missions" (History of Education Quarterly, 1998); articles in American National Biography, Historical Dictionary of Women’s Education and Encyclopedia of Indianapolis

Dissertation: "Forging Identities: Native Americans and Moravian Missionaries in Pennsylvania and Ohio, 1765-1782"

Distinctions: Garrison Fellowship with Colgate Major Grant 1999; editorial advisory board, Indiana Magazine of History 1997-present, Spencer Foundation Small Grant