I am a writer and baseball historian whose work focuses on baseball history, particularly at the local and regional level. My research explores how the game intersects with place, culture, and community, using baseball as a lens to better understand American history and identity. My baseball writing has appeared multiple times in publications of the Society for American Baseball Research, including Baseball Research Journal, The National Pastime, and the SABR Games Project.
In addition to baseball history, I have written about rural access to justice and the lived experience of rural communities. My work has appeared in outlets ranging from The Washington Post to The Daily Yonder to The Robesonian, which serves rural Robeson County, North Carolina. My research has also been cited by organizations including the Congressional Research Service, the Legal Services Corporation, and the California Commission on Access to Justice.
Across subjects, my writing seeks to contextualize the past in order to better understand the present and the choices that shape our future.