Contact
| Dept: | HIST |
| Email: | chariton@iastate.edu |
| Office: | 612 Ross |
| Phone: | 515-294-7266 |
Bio
Major Professor: Dr. Jeff Bremer Areas of interest: American Midwest Topics of interest: Nineteenth-century United States, German and Irish immigration, race/ethnicity, religionPublications (selected):
“'Some Ceremony Peculiar to Themselves': The Continuation of a European Masonic Ceremony in Nineteenth-Century Wisconsin,” Yearbook of German-American Studies 56 (2021): 21-40. https://journals.ku.edu/ygas/article/view/20050/18019
“‘No Ill Will’: The Experience of a Black Conservative Lutheran in the Civil Rights-Era South.” Journal of the Lutheran Historical Conference (2018): 181-202.
Book reviews in the Journal of American Ethnic History, Western Folklore, and the Yearbook of German-American Studies.
Conference Presentations (selected):
"Ships in the U.S. Slave Trade, Irish Famine Relief, and Racial Identity Formation," Graduate Research Conference, Institute for Humane Studies, February 2023.
“The Founders of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Encounter American Freemasonry,” at the Lutheran Historical Conference, October 2022.
“An Irishman Among Germans: John B. Hyland and the Turnverein of Madison, Wisconsin,” American Conference for Irish Studies, April 2022.
Education:
M.A., History (Race, Ethnicity & Society) Columbus State University, 2018
B.A., History and Archaeological Studies, University of Wisconsin La Crosse, 2011