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EMPLOYMENT

University of California, Berkeley

            Associate Professor, Department of History                                      2022-present  


EDUCATION

Ph.D. in History, with distinction, Boston College, 2012.   

Dissertation: “Nativism, Citizenship, and the Deportation of Paupers in Massachusetts, 1837-1883.”

  • Winner, Cromwell Dissertation Prize, American Society for Legal History, 2013.
  • Winner, Donald and Hélène White Prize for the Best Dissertation in the Humanities, Boston College, 2012.
  • Finalist, Allan Nevins Prize, Society of American Historians, 2013.
  • Finalist, Julien Mezey Dissertation Award, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, 2013.

M.A. in History, Boston College, 2008.

B.A. in Foreign Studies, Sophia University, Japan, 2005.

 

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

Book

Expelling the Poor: Atlantic Seaboard States and the Nineteenth-Century Origins of American Immigration Policy (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017).

  • Winner, First Book Award, Immigration and Ethnic History Society, 2018.
  • Winner, Lois P. Rudnick Book Award, New England American Studies Association, 2018.
  • Winner, Donald Murphy Prize, American Conference for Irish Studies, 2018.
  • Honorable Mention, Peggy O'Brien Book Prize, Irish Association for American Studies, 2020.
  • Special Commendation, Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2018.
  • Winner, Paul L. Murphy Award, American Society for Legal History, 2013. (Awarded to the manuscript.)
  • Reviewed in CHOICE, American Historical Review, Journal of American Ethnic History, Diplomatic History, Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Journal of American Studies, English Historical Review, Historical Journal of Massachusetts, American Nineteenth Century History, New England Quarterly, New Hibernia Review, New York Irish History, Law & History, The Irish Times, and H-Net.

 

Articles

Limits of Intolerance: Nativism and Immigration Control in Nineteenth-Century New York,” in Special Issue: Island Nations: Histories of Demographic Change in Majority Minority Societies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 47, no. 16 (2021): 3771-3787.


Exclusion on the Ground: Racism, Official Discretion, and the Quotidian Enforcement of General Immigration Law in the Pacific Northwest Borderland,” American Quarterly 69, no. 2 (June 2017): 347-370.

  • Honorable Mention, Article Prize, Law and Society Association, 2018.
  • Selected as the Featured Open-Access Article of the issue.


‘The Great Entrepot for Mendicants’: Foreign Poverty and Immigration Control in New York State to 1882,” Journal of American Ethnic History 33, no. 2 (Winter 2014): 5-32.

  • Winner, Carlton C. Qualey Memorial Article Award, Immigration and Ethnic History Society, 2015.
  • Reprinted in John J. Bukowczyk, ed., Immigrant Identity and the Politics of Citizenship (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2016), 32-59.

 

The Moment of Transition: State Officials, the Federal Government, and the Formation of American Immigration Policy,” Journal of American History 99, no. 4 (March 2013): 1092-1108.

  • Winner, James Madison Prize, Society for History in the Federal Government, 2014.
  • Winner, Louis Pelzer Memorial Award, Organization of American Historians, 2012.
  • Reviewed in LEGAL HISTORY JOTWELL, August 5, 2013.

 

Forum Contribution

Book Roundtable: Torrie Hester and the Histories of Deportation,” Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 17, no. 1 (January 2018): 175-178.

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PRIZES AND AWARDS

Outstanding Achievement Recognition, Sophia University, 2021.

Honorable Mention, Peggy O’Brien Book Prize, Irish Association for American Studies, 2020.

Outstanding Achievement Recognition, Sophia University, 2020.

First Book Award, Immigration and Ethnic History Society, 2018.

Donald Murphy Prize, American Conference for Irish Studies, 2018.

Lois P. Rudnick Book Award, New England American Studies Association, 2018.

Special Commendation, Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2018.

Honorable Mention, Article Prize, Law and Society Association, 2018.

Carlton C. Qualey Memorial Article Award, Immigration and Ethnic History Society, 2015.

James Madison Prize, Society for History in the Federal Government, 2014.

Paul L. Murphy Award, American Society for Legal History, 2013.

William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Dissertation Prize, American Society for Legal History, 2013.

Finalist, Allan Nevins Prize, Society of American Historians, 2013.

Finalist, Julien Mezey Dissertation Award, Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities, 2013.

Donald and Hélène White Prize for the Best Dissertation in the Humanities, Boston College, 2012.

Louis Pelzer Memorial Award, Organization of American Historians, 2012.

George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award, Immigration and Ethnic History Society, 2009.

 

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Research Grant in the Humanities, Mitsubishi Foundation, 2020.

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2020.

Grant for the Dissemination of Individual Research Outcome, Sophia University, 2020.

Faculty Grant for Special Research Projects, Waseda University, 2019.

Faculty Grant for Early Career Researchers, Waseda University, 2019.

Visiting Fellowship, Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies, National University of Ireland-Galway, 2019, 2016.

New Faculty Research Grant, Waseda University, 2018.

William Steward Travel Award, CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences, City University of New York, 2017 and 2018.

PSC-CUNY Research Award, City University of New York, 2017.

Faculty Travel Grant, City University of New York-City College, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, and Fall 2017.

Patricia and John Klingenstein Fellowship, New York Historical Society, 2016.

Mayers Fellowship, Huntington Library, 2016.

Hugh Davis Graham Grant, Institute for Political History, 2014.

Balch Institute Fellowship, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 2014.

Franklin Research Grant, American Philosophical Society, 2014.

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Society of Fellows in the Humanities, Columbia University, 2013.

Faculty Travel Grant, Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, Boston College, 2013.

William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Fellowship in American Legal History, American Society for Legal History, 2012.

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of History, Boston College, 2012.

University Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Boston College, 2011.

Historians’ Collaborative Program Grant, Organization of American Historians and Japanese Association for American Studies, 2009, 2010, 2012.

American Studies Association and Japanese Association for American Studies Joint Grant, 2009, 2011.

Graduate Research Stipend, Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, Boston College, 2009, 2010, 2011.

Hibernian Research Award, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame, 2010.

Adele Dalsimer Dissertation Fellowship, Irish Studies Program, Boston College, 2009.

Gilder Lehrman Fellowship, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, 2009.

John Higham Travel Grant, Organization of American Historians and Immigration and Ethnic History Society, 2009.

Littleton-Griswold Grant in U.S. Legal History, American Historical Association, 2008.

Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2008.

Research Expense Grant, Graduate Student Association, Boston College, 2007, 2008.

University Fellowship, Boston College, 2005-2010.


COURSES TAUGHT

Sophia University

Migration Studies 

North America in the World

Wealth and Poverty in North America

Language Courses (English Skills, Composition, Presentation Skills, Academic Vocabulary)         


The City University of New York-City College

Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life (graduate seminar)

History of U.S. Immigration

History of United States Immigration I, to 1870

History of United States Immigration II, from 1870 to the present

The Civil War and Reconstruction (graduate seminar)

The American Civil War in Global Perspective

New Nation, Free and Slave: The United States from 1787 to 1860

The United States: From Its Origins to 1877

 

Columbia University

American Nativism

Wealth and Poverty in America

Contemporary Civilization

 

Boston College

United States History I (from the colonial period to 1877)

United States History II (from 1877 to the present)

The Making of the Atlantic World and Global Convergence, 1400-1830

The Globalizing Atlantic World, Since 1800

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Organization of American Historians

  • Willi Paul Adams Award Committee, 2020-present.

 

Immigration and Ethnic History Society

  • George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award Committee, 2014-2017, 2019-present. (Chair, 2017 and 2020).
  • Nomination Committee, 2017-2019.
  • Executive Board, 2014-2017.

 

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

  • Marilyn Blatt Young Dissertation Completion Fellowship Committee, 2017-2020 (Chair, 2020).

 

Journal of the Civil War Era

  • Editorial Board, 2020-present.

 

Manuscript Reviewer

  • Oxford University Press; Yale University Press; University of Illinois Press; Journal of American Ethnic History; Law and History Review; Journal of the Early Republic; Journal of the Civil War Era; Journal of Policy History; Journal of American and Canadian Studies.

 

INTERVIEWS AND MEDIA APPEARANCES

Appeared in podcast The Case for Immigration and discussed the history of American immigration policy, October 27, 2019.

Appeared in podcast Uncommontary and discussed the history of American immigration policy, October 15, 2019.

Appeared in podcast Immigration Nerds and discussed the origins of the public charge clause in US immigration policy, August 29, 2019.

Appeared in podcast The Road to Now and discussed Expelling the Poor and the origins of American Immigration Policy, April 7, 2019.

Appeared in podcast New Books Network and discussed Expelling the Poor, January 23, 2019.

Interviewed by Mother Jones for an article, “An Old Anti-Irish Law Is at the Heart of Trump's Plan to Reshape Legal Immigration,” August 29, 2018.

Appeared in a podcast run by the Center for American Progress and discussed current immigration policy, February 23, 2018.

Interviewed by TIME for an article, “25 Moments That Changed America,” June 30, 2017.

Appeared in C-SPAN: American History TV and discussed nineteenth-century Irish immigration, June 25, 2017.

Appeared in Glucksman Ireland House Radio Hour and discussed Expelling the Poor, February 25, 2017.

Appeared in CUNY Radio and discussed Expelling the Poor and contemporary immigration politics, February 16, 2017.

Interviewed by The Atlantic for an article, “First, They Excluded the Irish: President Trump may block entry to foreigners who need public benefits—a proposal rooted in 19th century laws targeting a wave of impoverished immigrants,” February 2, 2017.

Appeared in the Keith Finnegan Show in Galway Bay FM (Ireland) and discussed anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States in the nineteenth century and today, March 14, 2016.

Interviewed by NBC NEWS for an article, “Digital Project Aims to Preserve Stories of Incarcerated Japanese Americans,” October 15, 2015.

Appeared in a Japanese television documentary on Charlie Chaplin and provided comments as a specialist in American immigration history, February 19, 2014.

Appeared in a Japanese television documentary on Al Capone and provided comments as a specialist in American immigration history, November 20, 2013.