Office Hours
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 1:00-2:00 via Zoom
Education
BA, Mississippi State University, 2017
MA, University of Kentucky, 2020
About Me
My work revolves around the intersections of federal and local power during the Cold War, specifically conversations about site placement for federal defense and science facilities such as NASA space centers and the nuclear weapons complex. By examining local perspectives of the federal development story, I hope to shed light on the stories of the dispossessed and the costs of “progress” in the context of modern US history.
My most recent work tells the story of the displacement of local communities for the construction of National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi. I argue that the local narrative, erased from official accounts, tells a much more conflicted (and holistic) understanding of the facility’s (and NASA's) relationship with people directly affected by its presence on the ground, even in the present day.
Publications
Master's Thesis
"In the Shadows of Apollo: The Space Age Legacies of Dispossession in Hancock County, Mississippi."