I am committed to public history and community engagement. I currently serve on the advisory board for Peripheral Histories, a forum dedicated to promoting research on regions and themes perceived as ‘peripheral’ within the field of Soviet and East European studies.

I am passionate about education and frequently lecture or present to audiences on topics of historical interest. I have taught for the University of Illinois Chicago and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, and I served as a historical consultant for the Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. I am passionate about inclusive teaching, and my pedagogical philosophy centers the use of primary materials reflecting diverse perspectives.

My historical scholarship informs my advocacy and community engagement. I completed an honors certificate at the European Academy of Diplomacy in Warsaw, where I used my area expertise to communicate with NGOs and public audiences about contemporary migration in Eastern Europe. As co-lead of the Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund project “Creating Community for Ukrainian Refugees Through Art,” I organized educational art workshops for refugees in Poland and a resulting exhibition in Kraków and online entitled Migrating Memoryscapes, where I situated artwork created by workshop participants within historical context.