Papers
I have written on a wide range of topics related to history and libraries. The list of published articles is followed by many of my conference presentations over the years. Published papers are not repeated. At several of my jobs, I have also been responsible for writing researched blog entries on historical topics.
Multi-Generational Stories of Urban Renewal - Preliminary Interviews for Map-based Storytelling
Myeong Lee, Tammy Dam, Bezawit Challa, and Priscilla Robinson
Diversity, Divergence, Dialogue. iConference 2021 Proceedings, LNCS. 319-326. Berlin, 2021
Reading as Spiritual Journey St. Bridget of Sweden
Soul Travel - Spiritual Journeys in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Ed. Jennifer Hillman & Elizabeth Tingle. Oxford, 2019. Chap. 1
Footnotes and Dictators
Lincoln Humanities Journal 5 (2017)
Two Brass Mites of the Widow - Saint Bridget of Sweden and the Terrors of Hell
The Hermeneutics of Hell - Visions and Representations of the Devil in World Literature. Ed. Gregor Thuswaldner & Daniel Russ. London, 2017. Chap. 2
German Readers and the Formation of the Henkel Press in Virginia
Yearbook of German-American Studies 51 (2016) 135-146
Pulp in the Ivory Tower - One University Library’s Development of a Pulp Magazine Collection from Scratch
Brian Flota and Julia Merkel
College & Research Libraries News 77, no. 8 (2016) 374-77
Drinking in the Streets - The Street as a Public Space for the Sale and Consumption of Alcohol
Die Strasse - zur Funktion und Perzeption öffentlichen Raums im späten Mittelalter. Ed. Gerhard Jaritz. Vienna. Austrian Academy of Science, 2001. 197-204
The Power of Aura and How to Possess It, or, The Race for Incunabula in America’s First Golden Age
International Conference on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 2026
The Politics of Peabody, or, Unearthing the Reasons for Collecting and Donating Old Books
C19 - The Society of Nineteenth Century Americanists Conference, Cincinnati, March 2026
Early American Medievalists and the Tales They Told
Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, February 2026
Finding Memory in Files and Memoirs
Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Philadelphia, March 2025.
Code Shift - Popular Culture in Special Collections
Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, February 2025
Collection as Conclusion and Beginning - Jorge Luis Borges
Cultural Studies Conference, George Mason University, June 2023
Archives as Branding The D23 Fan Club Use of the Disney Archives
November 2021, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, Las Vegas, January 2021
Special Collections & the Libraries Destroyed in Sarajevo - What Librarians Think
Student Organizing Committee Student Panel, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, April 2021
Poverty, Privacy, Race & Renewal - Questions of Access and Illustration of the Housing Authority Records of Asheville, North Carolina
Africa and African-American Diaspora Conference, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, February 2021
Scattered Leaves - Comparing the Availability and Searchability of the Wilson and Roosevelt Papers
Digital Archives in the Commonwealth Summit, Richmond, Virginia, December 2019
Four Presidents - Libraries & Power
Association of Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, September 2019
Archival Fantasies
Southwest Popular/American Culture Annual Conference, Albuquerque, February 2019
Understanding the US Presidential Archives Online
Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 2018
Brewers’ Beast - Traditional Symbols for Marketing US Beer
PCA/ACA Annual Pop Culture Conference, San Diego, April 2017
Experience the World Without Buying the World - Teaching the History of Island Exploration Literature on a Budget
Islands - College English Association 48th Annual Conference, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, April 2017
Selling Visions - The Revelationes of St. Bridget of Sweden, 1303-1373
On Nearness, Order & Things - Collecting and Material Cultures from 1400 to Today Conference, Northrup Frye Centre Conference, Toronto, April 2016
Reading Old Books - The 17th Century Life of St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373)
New College Biennial Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Studies, March 2016
Post-Racial Paratext in the Works of Junot Diaz and Salvador Plascencia
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association International Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, July 2015
Reading Bridget's Visions in the Vernacular during the Sixteenth Century
Renaissance Print Culture - An Aldine Quincentennial Symposium at the Newberry Library Conference, Chicago, February 2015
Turning Visions into Revelationes The Book of St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373)
Medieval & Renaissance Forum at UNH-Plymouth, April 2014
Deadly Storytime - A History of Violence in Children’s Literature, 1830-1950
Violence Empowerment or Self-Destruction Conference James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, April 2014
Recording the Visions of St. Bridget of Sweden (1303- 1373)
Mid-Atlantic Renaissance and Reformation Seminar Conference, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia, February 2014
Teaching the History of Medicine at Washington University in the Early 20th Century
Southern Association of the History of Medicine and Science Annual Meeting Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, March 2010
After the Deluge - Long-Term Responses to Library Disasters with Some Lessons for the Future
American Library Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, California, June 2008
The Earliest Beers
Medieval Association of the Pacific Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, March 2003
Beer Brewers and Beer Drinkers in Northern Europe during the Late Middle Ages
Borderlines IV - Visions of the Medieval World Conference, Dublin, Ireland, March 2000
