PhD, History, Carleton University 2014

My dissertation, “Hidden Authority, Public Display: Representations of First Nations Peoples at the Calgary Stampede, 1912-1970,” examines North American Native-Newcomer relations by considering non-Aboriginal expectations of First Nations participants at the Calgary Stampede. Doctoral Award, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2008

Comprehensive Fields: Historiography of the North American West; Canadian History; History of Women, Family and Gender.

Master of Arts, Public History, Carleton University 2005

My Thesis Examined The Commercial And Educational Uses Of History Through Acts Of Commemoration In Nova Scotia During The Early-Twentieth Century. Courses: Museums, National Identity & Public Memory; Archival Theory &Practice; Canada: Politics & Diplomacy; Intro To Public History

Bachelor of Arts Honours, History, Crandall University 2003

Including a term of study in Theatre at Oxford University, Oxford, England

Bachelor of Arts, Social Anthropology and Sociology, Dalhousie University 1999

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cultural Studies, York University 1996-1997