Out of the classroom:

If I'm not teaching, writing, or researching, I try to experience life outside of the classroom.  I live in the Midwest with my family and one dippy cat. I enjoy hiking and gardening.  I also participate in living history events.  Re searching and handsewing historically accurate clothing is a particular passion of mine, as is "experimental archaeology," or answering historical questions via trial and error.  Preserving historical lifeways is only half of the living history equation; I also enjoy educating those who attend our events and helping them to experience more of the texture and personality of the past than textbooks have given them.

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The interplay of living history and public history fascinates me; it's an alternative yet fruitful way to reach many.  I explore the academic and the sartorial sides of living history on my blog, Hyaline Prosaic.