The Press has particular strengths in political, urban, and intellectual history, as well as the histories of capitalism, sexuality, and other subjects. These are embodied recently by Charisse Burden-Stelly’s Black Scare / Red Scare; Steven Conn’s The Lies of the Land; Regina Kunzel’s In the Shadow of Diagnosis; Nicholas Dagen Bloom’s The Great American Transit Disaster; and Rachel Walker’s Beauty and the Brain.

I have a special interest in ambitious trade histories, such as Andrew Kahrl’s The Black Tax; Robin Bernstein’s Freeman’s Challenge; Neil J. Young’s Coming Out Republican; and Natalia Mehlman Petrzela’s Fit Nation. Recent regional standouts include Paul Fehribach’s Midwestern Food; Neil Steinberg’s Every Goddamn Day; and Ryan Chester’s Chicago Reflected.

I joined the Press in 2013, having worked at Random House Adult Trade, Artforum/Bookforum, Princeton University Press, and the American Planning Association. I have consulted at the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and elsewhere. I hold a BA from Carleton College and a PhD in geography from the University of Minnesota.

I am fortunate to have the help of editorial associate Andrea Blatz.

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