Education

B.A., Colgate University

Ph.D., Brandeis University

Areas of Specialization

Modern European History --- Italian, Central European, Habsburg, Adriatic Studies

Transnational Studies --- Nationalism, Jewish Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies

Publications

Monographs:

In the Name of Italy: Nation, Family, and Patriotism in a Fascist Court (New York: Fordham University Press, 2012). https://www.fordhampress.com/9780823243396/in-the-name-of-italy/.

Making Trieste Italian, 1918-1954, Studies in History (new series), (London: RHS, 2005). https://boydellandbrewer.com/9780861932795/making-trieste-italian-1918-1954/.

Edited Collections:

Sissi’s World: The Myth and Memory of the Habsburg Empress Elizabeth (New York: Bloomsbury, 2018) [New Directions in German Studies series], edited with Heidi Schlipphacke. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/sissis-world-9781501313455/.

Jewish Intellectual Women in Europe, 1860-2000: Twelve Biographical Essays (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2012), edited with Judith Szapor, Andrea Pëto, and Marina Calloni. http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=8682&pc=9.