The Appendix
- “The Beard That Wasn’t: Abe Lincoln’s Whiskers,” (Apr. 8, 2014).
The Atlantic
- “Lessons of the Bearded Lady,” (Dec. 5, 2015).
- “The Racially Fraught History of the American Beard,” (Jan. 20, 2014).
The Chronicle of Higher Education
- “Have I Become An Educated Rita?” as Francis Bryant (Jul. 22, 2015).
The Gainesville Sun
- “Make Gainesville a Sanctuary City,” (Jul. 6, 2018)
- “Project Recognizes Employers Paying a Living Wage,” with Holly Sprinkle (Sept. 22, 2017)
- “[Ted] Yoho Needs a History Lesson,” (Mar. 8, 2017)
The Junto
- “Democratize the Classroom!,” (Aug. 10, 2017)
- “The Decline of Barbers? Or, the Risks and Rewards of Quantitative Analysis,” (Jul. 23, 2014).
The Recipes Project
Salon
- “Dear liberal white guys: Before you offer your critique of Beyoncé’s ‘Formation,’ read this,” (Feb. 11, 2016).
- “Donald Trump, the Greatest Show on Earth: He’s the second coming of P.T. Barnum, not the next Reagan,” (Sept. 18, 2015)
- “Campus PC panic is getting ridiculous: Here’s what a “trigger warning” really looks like — and what it does for students,” (Aug. 14, 2015).
Socialist Alternative
- “Florida’s Midterm Madness,” with Ranson Thomas (Nov. 28, 2018)
Time
- “What the Fugitive Slave Act Can Teach Us About Sanctuary Cities,” (Feb. 7, 2017).
- “What the Digital Age Owes to the Inventor of Morse Code,” (Apr. 27, 2016).
- “How the Republican Party’s Founders Defeated Xenophobia,” (Apr. 6, 2016).
- “What History Can Teach President Obama About His Legacy,” (Jan. 20, 2016).
- “The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of Patent Trolling,” (Dec. 17, 2015).
- “How Community Colleges Changed the Whole Idea of Education in America,” (Oct. 20, 2015).
- “The Long, Twisted History of Your Credit Score,” (Jul. 22, 2015).
- “Why History Urges Caution on Proposed Trade Deal,” (Jun. 17, 2015).
- “A Surprising Historical Parallel for Seattle’s Minimum Wage Fight,” (Apr. 1, 2015).
U.S. Studies Online
- “From Millinery to Missionary: The Compelling Contradictions of Fanny Forester,” (Mar. 30, 2014).
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