I am 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 decolonization. I currently serve as President of the French Colonial Historical Society.

As a historian of modern Europe, my research focuses on European overseas imperialism, decolonization, comparative empires, Belgian colonialism in the Congo, and colonial culture in Europe. My two current projects are a one-volume history of Belgian colonialism (Polity Press) and a global history of the Spanish island of Majorca.

I have held fellowships at the Wolfsonian-FIU and as a BAEF Fellow in Brussels, Belgium. I was a Chancellor’s Fellow at Indiana University-Bloomington (1999-2003). In addition, I was a participant in the 2011 National History Center’s Decolonization Seminar in Washington, D.C., as well as a co-leader of the USHMM research workshop on Nazi propaganda in August 2025. I have lived or traveled in Europe regularly since the early 1980s.