Portfolio

Below is a sample of some of the professional projects I currently am working on. Want to get in contact for professional work? Email me here.

Curriculum Development

I have written and developed curriculum for Ohio History Connection, the state historical society of Ohio. All curriculum is designed to meet Ohio’s K-12 social studies, social-emotional learning, and English-Language Arts standards. Each curriculum is a fully analog, fully digital, year long curriculum designed to be flexible for teachers, accessible for students, and designed around narratives and interactives, not traditional textbooks and assessments.

Ohio as America (4th Grade) Ohio History Connection's flagship 4th-grade state curriculum, began in 2011 and developed by teachers, for teachers. It remains one of the most widely used state history curricula in Ohio, reaching tens of thousands of students annually. You can learn more and schedule a demo here today.

United Stories of America (8th Grade) An 8th-grade U.S. history curriculum built from the ground up to teach students how to interpret U.S. history from our present moment. Each lesson is a core conversation with stories, primary sources, and interactive activities that teaches U.S history from the belief that in our to understand the present, we must embrace the past so we can transform the future. It is currently in review and distribution across Ohio. You can demo the curriculum in your classroom for free by contacting us here.

Example page of the textbook portion of *United Stories of America.* Each section begins with a narrative based off the real facts of history that ties into the content of the reading.

Presentations and Consulting

I present at regional and national conferences on topics including special historical topics, K-12 education, public history methodology, community-engaged scholarship, and interpretive practice. I'm available for consulting on curriculum development, exhibit interpretation, educational program design, and tribal consultation frameworks.

If you're a school district looking to rethink how you teach history, a museum trying to figure out how to talk about something complicated, or an organization that wants to do community-engaged work and isn't sure where to start, that's the work I do. Get in touch.

Freelance Writing

I write for publications occasionally, including Echoes Magazine, IGN, and Rock Paper Shotgun (yes, you read that right) on various historical topics and the intersection of history with different mediums, including video games and film. If you’re looking for a pitch on any of those topics, take a look at some of my previous work.

Example intro page for a CSI activity in *Ohio as America,* teaching primary and secondary sources based off a new case we studied at OHC exclusively for this activity.

Screenshot from one of the animatic videos we’ve created for *Ohio as America* on the history of the Declaration of Independence.

Exhibit Interpretation

I develop interpretive content for historic sites and museums across the Midwest. Current and recent projects include:

Ohio Village — A multi-building living history reimagining of a small Ohio town in the early 20th century. First preview July 2026. Learn more here.

Ohio Expo Center — A new state history museum at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. Aimed at a general public audience, covering the entire history of Ohio, from geological formation to sports culture to the stories of everyday people who never made it into a textbook. Opens July 2026. Learn more here.

Adena Mansion — A reinterpretation of the historic home of Thomas Worthington, Ohio's sixth governor and one of the leaders of the Chillicothe Junto. Ongoing work. Learn more here.

Community Consultation

I help consult and develop content with some of Ohio's communities, including federally recognized tribal nations such as the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. This work includes an educational projects such as the video available here, as well as broader interpretive consultation across Ohio History Connection's sites and programs. The principle is straightforward: communities tell their own stories. My role is facilitation first, not authorship. That means building relationships with community representatives, ensuring sovereignty and cultural continuity are centered, and creating content that communities have reviewed, shaped, and approved. The result is educational material that treats community presence as ongoing, not past tense, and that foregrounds revitalization and agency rather than victimization in marginalized communities.