Public talks
Watch videos of my talks at the Museum of the American Revolution and at Mount Vernon
The Enslaved Community at Woodlawn, April 8, 2021
“Founders in the Friend Zone,” Profs & Pints, February 10, 2021
Read the Revolution Speaker Series with Dr. Cassandra A. Good, Museum of the American Revolution, March 9, 2021
“The Women of Hamilton,” Profs & Pints, Oct. 13, 2019 & July 8, 2020 (archived version available)
Founding Friendships, Albany Institute of History and Art, October 27, 2019
Children of the Pater Patriae: George Washington’s Step-Grandchildren and the Power of Family, Tudor Place, March 26, 2019
Family Ties to Freedom: A Discussion with Descendants, Sandy Spring Museum, April 14, 2019
Founders in the Friend Zone, Profs and Pints, Bier Baron Tavern, Washington, DC, April 18, 2019
Featured Interview, Conversations at the Washington Library Podcast, January 2019
“Daughters of the Pater Patriae: The Custis Step-Granddaughters’ Relationship with George Washington,” George Washington Symposium, Fred. W Smith National Library, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, November 3, 2018
“Founders in the Friend Zone” Profs & Pints, September 16, 2018
Founding Friendships, Speaker Series, Historic Sotterley, June 20, 2018
Keynote speaker, Seward Stories, University of Rochester, April 11, 2018
Keynote speaker, Carter Society Annual Meeting, September 23, 2017
Constitution Day Keynote Speaker, Marywood University, September 15, 2016
Featured Interview, Ben Franklin’s World Podcast, August 2016
Featured Interview, New Books Network, July 2016
Featured Interview, With Good Reason, public radio program via PRX, July 2016
Founding Friendships, Monticello/Jefferson Library, June 7, 2016
Founding Friendships, Tenley-Friendship Library, DCPL, February 3, 2016
Featured Interview at Grateful American Foundation on James Monroe, January 2016, <>
Founding Friendships, Powel House, Philadelphia, December 3, 2015
“James Monroe and Foreign Policy,” CSPAN American History TV, June 26, 2015
Founding Friendships, Ford Evening Book talk, Fred. W Smith National Library, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, July 23, 2015
Founding Friendships, Arlington Central Library, June 30, 2015
Founding Friendships, Journey Through Hallowed Ground Lecture Series, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia, June 3, 2015
Founding Friendships, Books and Beyond Series, Library of Congress, March 24, 2015
Families and Friendships of the Founding Era, Virginia Festival of the Book, March 22, 2015
Female Friends of the Founders, Society of the Cincinnati, March 17, 2015
Founding Friendships, Women’s History Month Lecture, Library Company of Philadelphia, March 3, 2015
Founding Friendships, Speaker Series, Politics & Prose bookstore, February 14, 2015
Featured historian, “Andrew Jackson’s Election and Inauguration,” Mysteries at the Museum (Travel Channel), airing November 7, 2014
“The Course of True Friendship Never Did Run Smooth: James Monroe and George Washington’s Evolving Relationship,” Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington Teacher Institute, August 6, 2014
Session Organizer and Chair, James Monroe, Life and Legacy Symposium, University of Mary Washington, October 19, 2013
“Female Friends of the Founders,” Women’s History Lecture, James Monroe Museum, March 27, 2013