Education

Ph.D., University of Rochester
M.A., West Virginia University
B.A., Appalachian State University

Research and Teaching Interests

Russia
Eastern Europe
Religious Nationalism

Recent Publications

Christianizing Crimea: Shaping Sacred Space in the Russian Empire and Beyond (Northern Illinois University Press, forthcoming)

Selective Remembrances: Archaeology in the Construction, Commemoration, and Consecration of National Pasts, contributing co-editor with Philip Kohl and Nachman Ben-Yehuda (University of Chicago Press, 2008).

"Casualties of Conflict: Crimean Tatars during the Crimean War," Slavic Review 67.4 (Winter 2008)