Recent Research Topics: Modern Conservativism and Pat Nixon, Previous Publications: Pat Nixon: Embattled First Lady, University Press of Kansas, 2011. Wives, Mothers and the Red Menace: Conservative Women and the Crusade Against Communism, University of Colorado Press, 2008. “Winning the War / Losing the Battle: The Goldwater presidential Campaign and Its Effects on the Evolution of Modern Conservatism,” in The Conservative SixtiesDavid Farber and Jeff Roche, eds., Peter Lang, 2003. Turning Right in the Sixties: The Conservative Capture of the GOP, The University of North Carolina Press, 1995. Awards: Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching (2009) Mariel Muir Mentoring Award (2008).