My current research and writing projects include:

• “Reading Frank Grace’s Record.” An article manuscript studying early twentieth-century lacrosse and its meanings in Canada through a rare diary kept by a prominent player during the twilight of the amateur ideal.

• The Hockey Boys: A Study in the History of Juvenile Fiction. A book-length study of juvenile fiction in the United States, 1890-1940, and the cultural construction of “Canada” in American minds through hockey stories.

• The Coolest Game: A History of Ice Hockey. A book-length thematic global history of the sport, from its Victorian beginnings to the present day (co-authored with Dr. Stephen Hardy, University of New Hampshire).

• “Canadian Students and Transnational Experiences of Education at Bridgewater Normal School, 1858-1919.” A prosopography of Canadians who came to train as teachers in New England normal schools, especially BNS.

• Hockey: A Canadian History in Documents. Edited and annotated documentary history of Canada’s national winter game, including a comprehensive introduction (under contract with The Champlain Society).

June 2017