Dissertation
Visual Cultures of Air Defense in WWII Washington, DC.
My dissertation utilizes visual and material culture methodologies to establish an “visual culture of air defense” in WWII Washington, DC It bridges military history, local history, and the social and cultural history of aviation and air defense on the US home front.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
“Washington Takes Cover: Practicing for Air Raid Drills in World War II,” Washington History 37, no. 2 (2025): 55–66. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/48849759.
“’Flash, Flash!’: The Hidden Figures of DC’s WWII Antiaircraft Artillery Command,” Washington History. Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 2024), 26-38. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48770319.
Chapters/Articles in Book
“Chapter 2, The Immigrant: John Morarity (a.k.a. Moriarty)”; “Chapter 3, The Segregationist Dairy Farmer: John S. Barbour”; “Chapter 4, Family Connections: Matrilineal Roots of the School Street Community.” In Part IV of Black Communities of Fairfax: A History, by Jenee Lindner et al., 202-211. Charleston: The History Press, 2024.
Other Print Publications
“About the Eye of the Bird: 19th– Century Prints of Washington, DC” Washington History 31, no. 1 (Fall 2019): 56-65. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26868676.
“Albert H. Small, 1925-2021.” Washington History 34, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 60-67. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48662459.
“Benjamin Bernei Bergunder, Jr., 1920 – 2021.” Washington History 33, no. 2 (Fall 2021): 68-69. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48631730.
“James M. Goode, 1939 – 2019.” Washington History 32, no. 1 (Fall 2020): 84-85. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26947534.
“Vincent Reed, 1929 – 2017.” Washington History 30, no. 2 (Fall 2018): 66–67. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26863411.
“A. James Clark, 1927-2015.” Washington History 29, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 68-69. http://www.jstor.org/stable/90007379.
“St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Celebrates 150 Years.” Washington History 29, no. 2 (Fall 2017): 65–66. http://www.jstor.org/stable/90015029.
Online Publications and Blog Posts
“Establishing Black Property in Fairfax.” Black Lives Next Door: George Mason & Northern Virginia in an Age of Disparity & Opportunity. George Mason University Center for Mason Legacies, September 2022. Digital Omeka project. https://research.centerformasonslegacies.com/s/blnd/page/black-property-in-fairfax
Anne Dobberteen and Tony Guidone. “The 0.07%: Black Students at George Mason College.” Black Lives Next Door: George Mason & Northern Virginia in an Age of Disparity & Opportunity. George Mason University Center for Mason Legacies, August 2021. Digital Omeka project. https://research.centerformasonslegacies.com/s/blnd/page/the-point-seven-percent
“Forgotten early sound recordings given a voice.” O Say Can You See? Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History Blog, January 26, 2012. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/01/forgotten-early-sound-recordings-given-a-voice.html.
Reviews
Book Review, Anne Dobberteen on Grayzel, ‘The Age of the Gas Mask: How British Civilians Faced the Terror of Total War,’ H-Net (Sept. 2025), https://networks.h-net.org/group/reviews/20124003/dobberteen-grayzel-age-gas-mask-how-british-civilians-faced-terror-total-war.
“Best of the Web: Mapping Suffrage: The Push for the 19th Amendment in Washington, DC.” Digital historyreview. Washington History, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Fall 2023). https://www.jstor.org/stable/48754160.
“Best of the Web: DCHistoryQuest.” Digital history review. Washington History 29, no.1 (Spring 2017): 65. http://www.jstor.org/stable/90007376.
“Best of the Web: Washington Area Spark: Struggles from the Past for Today.” Digital history review. Washington History 29, no. 2 (Fall 2017): 80–80. http://www.jstor.org/stable/90015038.
“Best of the Web: Shorpy.” Digital history review. Washington History 28, no. (Fall2016): 15. http://www.jstor.org/stable/washhist.28.2.15.
