Press
Media coverage of things I’ve written.
- November 2017: I spoke with Robin Young on NPR’s Here and Now about sexual harassment.
- September 2017: Sevan Terzian reviewed my book for History of Education Quarterly.
- August 2017: I spoke with Lisa Hix of Collectors’ Weekly about my book.
- August 2017: I was a guest writer for the newsletter In Wild Air.
- May 2017: C.H. Wixon reviewed my book for CHOICE.
- December 2016: Laura Ansley interviewed me about my book, for the Nursing Clio blog.
- December 2016: My book was reviewed for the Nursing Clio blog by Kasey Sease.
- December 2016: My book was reviewed for The New Republic by Rachel Riederer.
- October 2016: I was interviewed on the podcast The Way of Improvement Leads Home, discussing my work at Slate.
- July 29, 2016: I appeared on the radio program Ottawa Today, to discuss my piece on the “worst years ever.”
- July 26, 2016: I appeared on the NHPR program Word of Mouth, to discuss my piece about WPA slave narratives.
- March 10, 2016: Video of my March 2 visiting lecture at UMass-Amherst, “Truth, Lies, Clicks, and Shares: How History is Faring on the World Wide Web,” is up on YouTube.
- March 10, 2016: Video of the March 4 lightning talks I participated in at UMass-Amherst, “History Communication in the 21st Century,” is up on YouTube.
- March 3, 2016: I was interviewed by the Springfield Republican about the History Communicators conference and the Writer in Residence program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
- January 22, 2016: I was interviewed on the Ben Franklin’s World podcast, about my work at Slate.
- January 20, 2016: I was interviewed on the radio program Texas Standard, about my article about Native Americans and slavery.
- January 13, 2016: Electric Lit covered our project cataloging genders of writers of popular histories in 2015.
- January 11, 2016: TheGuardian.com covered our project cataloging genders of writers of popular histories in 2015.
- January 4, 2016: I wrote a Year in Review for the Medium collection of that name.
- October 20, 2015: I spoke with Caroline Wazer of History Buff, on the topic “The Future of History.”
- September 20, 2015: I appeared on the ABC Australia radio show “Future Tense,” to talk about my Aeon piece on generational labeling.
- August 27, 2015: I appeared on Slate’s “Mom and Dad Are Fighting” podcast, along with my mom, to talk about being a scholarship kid at a fancy private school.
- August 25, 2015: I appeared on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” to talk about my Slate local history project.
- August 14, 2015: Corinne Grinapol interviewed me for a piece on Fishbowl DC about the making of our History of American Slavery podcast project.
- August 2015: Eryn Loeb interviewed me for her column on women writers of non-fiction in Vela Magazine.
- June 16, 2015: I appeared on Slate’s The Gist, to discuss our History of American Slavery podcast project.
- June 3, 2015: I appeared on the Slate Culture Gabfest, to discuss my Aeon piece on generational labeling.
- September 16, 2014: I did an email interview with the website Advice to Writers.
- July 20, 2014: I appeared on Slate’s “Mom and Dad Are Fighting,” to discuss my Slate piece on pre-pregnancy contracts.
- June 10, 2014: I appeared on “American History Untucked,” to discuss work on the Vault.
- February 18, 2014: I appeared in the Appendix Journal’s series “Interview with Young Historians.”
- February 12, 2014: I appeared on the Slate Culture Gabfest, to discuss my Slate piece on historical pictures on Twitter.
- March 5, 2013: I appeared on the Chemical Heritage Foundation’s “Distillations” podcast to discuss science on the Internet.