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Kean University

Courses Taught

  • Worlds of History
  • Black History I
  • Black History II

Research Interests

  • Quaker abolitionists 
  • Human rights and abolitionists
  • Free black communities
  • Slavery and freedom
  • The American Revolution
  • Enslavement in N.J.
  • Thomas Jefferson and his complicated relationship with Quakers
  • The murder of Wench Betty, an enslaved NJ woman, in 1784 (NJ Council of Humanities funded)

Teaching Philosophy

Inspire and empower students to discover their own talents for learning and leading.