About Me

This project is a proof of concept using the Omeka engine from the George Mason University Center for History and New Media.

I am a doctoral student in American History at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. As an American social historian, I plan to study the intersection of American food and culture with a special interest in the evolution and meaning of the restaurant experience. My proposed dissertation will focus on a particular type of restaurant history as a way of understanding the American experience, particularly as it parallels the birth of modernity. I suggest that the restaurant developed in a unique tension with American institutions and that the physical and social forms are clearly linked to larger phenomena and especially urbanity.

I look forward to hearing from you. Please send me an email