1991-1997: Ph.D.
(United States History, with a minor field in Gender History)
Adviser:
Professor Alice Kessler-Harris
1990: Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
First Class Honors in English
1986-1989: Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
First Class Honors in History
Associate Professor (2010-)
Senior Lecturer (2006-2009)
Lecturer (2000-2005)
School of History, Philosophy & Politics
Lecturer in United States History (1999)
J. N. G. Finley Postdoctoral Fellow (1998-1999)
Postdoctoral Fellow
(1997-1998)
Roy Rosenzweig Fellowship for Innovation in Digital History, 2010
(with Shane White, Stephen Garton & Graham White)
Digital Harlem
Bridging Support Grant, 2010
(with Shane
White & Stephen Garton)
Year of the Riot: Harlem, 1935
Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, 2009
Honourable Mention, Neil Sutherland Prize for the best article in the history of childhood and youth, Canadian Historical Association, 2008
““Boys, of course, cannot be raped”: Age, Homosexuality and the Redefinition of Sexual Violence in New York City, 1880-1955," Gender and History (2006)
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, 2008-2010
Private Eyes and Ears: Covert Surveillance in American Life, 1865-1941
Faculty of Arts Research Seed Grant, 2006
Watching: Surveillance in the United States Before the Rise of the FBI
Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, 2003-2007
(with Shane White, Stephen Garton and Graham White)
Black Metropolis: Harlem, 1915-1930
Sesqui Research and Development Grant, University of Sydney, 2002
(with Shane White, Stephen Garton and Graham White)
Everyday Life in Harlem, 1915-1930
Sesqui New Staff Grant, University of Sydney, 2002
"Make Love Not Law: Sex Crime and Sexual Revolution in the United States, 1945-1985"
Research Infrastructure Block Grant, 2001
(with Shane White, Stephen Garton and Graham White)
New York, New York
Fellow, J. Willard Hurst Legal History Institute, American Society for Legal History, 2001
Faculty of Arts Research Seed Funding Grant, University of Sydney, 2000
Crimes against Children: Sexual Violence & Legal Culture in New York City, 1880-1960
Selected Participant, Law and Society Association Summer Institute, 1997
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, American Bar Foundation, Chicago, 1996-1997
Littleton-Griswold Research Grant, American Historical Association, 1995
Research Fellowship, F.C. Wood Institute for the History of Medicine, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1995
Faculty of Arts Excellence in Teaching (Design & Practice) Award, 2008
Faculty of Arts Teaching Initiative Award, 2002
Department of History Image Bank
Teaching Improvement Fund Small Grant, 2002
To complete an article on the American History on the World Wide Web course
Arts Online Project Grant, 2001
To develop a new course: American History on the World Wide Web