My dissertation in progress, America’s Roman Holidays: American Soldiers in World War II Italy, investigates the social and cultural collision between Italy and the United States through the perspective of American soldiers, situating these encounters within broader transnational circuits of mobility, power, and postwar cultural exchange that shaped both nations’ midcentury trajectories.

A part of his dissertation research has been published with the journal, Occupied Italy. 

CoMo Brick and Mortar is a digital public history project dedicated to uncovering and sharing the stories embedded in Columbia, Missouri’s built environment. From 2020 to 2024, the demolition of historically significant buildings by the City of Columbia and the University of Missouri, combined with the absence of collaborative, public-facing historical research projects, revealed an urgent need for accessible local history. In response, I developed this project with the assistance of CoMo Preservation and The District to document and interpret Columbia’s historic structures while creating research-based internships for graduate, undergraduate, and high school students. Through collaborative work with community partners, the project produces concise, research-driven narratives that connect everyday places to broader histories of migration, development, and community formation. The project has grown to include more than a dozen contributors and volunteers, and I currently serve as co-editor and internship coordinator.

My M.A. thesis, Migrations of Love and Circumstance, explored the experiences of Italian war brides under Allied occupation, examining the cultural and political encounters between Italian women and the U.S. military, government, and immigration system during and after World War II. Drawing on oral histories, memoirs, film, and fiction alongside state-produced sources, he traces war brides’ lives from occupation through migration and settlement in the United States.