Writings

Published

  • ‘Association of Ladies: Emeline Bastien, Fanny Tompkins, and Leadership in the African American Community of New York City, 1810–1885,’ New York History, Volume 104, Number 2, Winter 2023-2024 (link)
  • ‘The Free-Thinker: James McCune Smith, M.D. (1813-1865),’ Journal of Free Black Thought, 14 February 2023 (link)
  • ‘James McCune Smith and Glasgow: A Scholar’s Transatlantic Journey, 1821-1837,’ Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies, University of Glasgow, 17 October 2021 (link)
  • ‘Roots: Tracing the Family History of James McCune and Malvina Barnett Smith, 1783-1937,’ Parts 1-3, Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Vol. 37 (2020) (link)
  • ‘James McCune Smith Predicted African American Preeminence in United States Art and Culture’ in ‘A New Dawn of Freedom’ special issue for Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies, Vol. 7 No. 1 (2020) (link) (also published here)
  • ‘Roots: Tracing the Family History of James McCune and Malvina Barnett Smith’ (summary), AAHGS News: The Bi-Monthly Newsletter of the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, September/October 2020
  • ‘Paine on Basic Income and Human Rights,’ Thomas Paine National Historical Association website, 30 March 2016 (link)
  • ‘Science & Philosophy: A Beautiful Friendship,’ Philosophy Now, Issue 109, Aug./Sep. 2015 (link)

Self-published

  • The World of James McCune Smith: Substack newsletter, 2023-present (link)
  • Ordinary Philosophy: Self-published historical, philosophical, and other essays, 2013-present (link)

Unpublished

  • “The Life and Work of James McCune Smith (1813-1865),” PhD thesis 2021 (link)
  • “Frederick Douglass and His Scottish Influences” MSc thesis 2018

Conferences, Papers Delivered

  • “The American Black Press and the Founding of the Weekly Anglo-African,” British Association for American Studies Conference, 23-25 Apr. 2025, University of Hertfordshire, UK
  • ‘The Ship as Site of Pilgrimage and Exile in the Poems of Lord Byron and the Travel Journal of James McCune Smith,’ Transatlantic Studies Association 22nd Annual Conference, 8-10 Jul. 2024, Lancaster University, UK
  • ‘”Drilled under the severe training of the University of Glasgow”: New Discoveries Pertaining to Dr James McCune Smith’s Experiences in Glasgow, 1832-1837,’ Scottish Association for the Study of America 23rd Annual Conference, 5 Mar. 2022, University of Glasgow
  • ‘‘Association of Ladies’: Emeline Bastien, Fanny Tompkins, and Leadership in the African American Community of New York City, 1810-1885,’ British Association for American Studies, 8-10 Oct. 2021, Warwick, UK
  • ‘Genesis of a Medical Pioneer: James McCune Smith in Glasgow and Beyond, 1832-1837,’ American Association for the History of Medicine Annual Meeting, 13-16 May 2021, Madison, WI, USA
  • ‘Invaders: Dr. James McCune Smith and the History of Anti-Immigration Rhetoric in the United States,’ British American Nineteenth Century Historians, 11-13 Oct. 2019, Edinburgh, UK
  • ‘James McCune Smith and Tokenism in the Mainstream Abolitionist Movement,’ British Association for American Studies, 25–27 Apr. 2019, Brighton, UK
  • ‘James McCune Smith: African American Physician of Many Firsts,’ First Year PhD in History conference, 11 Apr. 2019, University of Edinburgh, UK
  • ‘James McCune Smith and John Marshall on Form and Substance in U.S. Government,’ Scottish Association for the Study of America, 2 Mar. 2019, Edinburgh, UK
  • ‘James McCune Smith Predicted African American Predominance in American Art and Culture,’ Black Atlantic Authorship and Art (1818-2018) International Symposium, 16–17 Nov. 2018, Edinburgh, UK