I am a Professor of History at Berry College in Georgia, specializing in modern European history, imperialism, and decolonization. I teach courses on modern Europe, Africa since 1800, and world history, as well as a course on imperialism, colonialism, and nationalism. Additionally, I currently serve as President of the French Colonial Historical Society.

I am a historian of modern Europe with a focus on Europe’s relations with the wider world, specifically European imperialism and decolonization spanning from the 1800s to the second half of the twentieth century. My research focuses on European overseas imperialism, comparative empires, Belgian colonialism in the Congo, and colonial culture in Europe with a current project in the global history of Majorca.

I have held Fellowships at the Wolfsonian FIU and in Brussels, a Chancellor’s Fellow at Indiana University, and participated in a research workshop in 2015 at the National History Center’s Decolonization Seminar in Washington D.C. I have also lived or traveled in Europe regularly since the early 1980s.