Beginning Fall 2017, I teach in Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition at Syracuse University. I completed my PhD in the Cultural Studies Graduate Group at University of California, Davis, with a Designated Emphasis in Writing, Rhetoric, and Composition Studies. I am working on creating a book manuscript based on my dissertation War Memories, Imperial Ambitions: World War II National Parks in the US Pacific World, which examines the role that WWII memory plays in securing contemporary American occupation of states and territories in the Pacific World. My research interests stem from questions about land use and historical memory in the American West and Pacific World, focusing on how cultural institutions and activities promote the interests of the state.