Research and Publications
Upcoming Publications
Upcoming book chapter on the importance of cultural programming in art museums for service personnel during the Second World War.
Upcoming book chapter on the impact of physical space on morale on First World War British aerodromes.
Upcoming article on representations of Victorian childhood, aristocracy, and morality through gothic motifs in Black Butler and Moriarty the Patriot.
Upcoming book chapter on selective empathy and emotional distance Among First World War Aviators.
Recent Publications
“‘This is the Argosy of Friends’: Friendship and Loneliness in 56 Squadron”. Contact!, Great War Aviation Society. Volume 2, Issue 3 (Autumn 2025): 30-33.
“How the Index of American Design Kickstarted Edward Loper’s Art Career”, National Gallery of Art (June 6, 2025). https://www.nga.gov/stories/articles/how-index-american-design-kickstarted-edward-lopers-art-career.
“‘Perfect Health, Mechanical Mind’: Morale, Mental Health, and Judgements of Character in the Royal Flying Corps, 1914-1918”. Contact!, Great War Aviation Society. Issue 2 (Autumn 2024): 28-32. https://greatwaraviation.org/shop/contact/contact-002-autumn-2024/.
“A Man’s World”: Masculinity and the First World War Ace in Interwar Film’. EPOCH History Magazine, 1 September 2023. https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/a-man-s-world-masculinity-and-the-first-world-war-ace-in-interwar-film
For the “Ordinary Man”: A Reflection on the Post-9/11 Perception of HBO’s Band of Brothers. EPOCH History Magazine, 1 December 2023. https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/for-the-ordinary-man-a-reflection-on-the-post-9-11-perception-of-hbo-s-band-of-brothers
Review of Greene, Rebecca Schwartz, Breaking Point: The Ironic Evolution of Psychiatry in World War II. H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews, June 2023. https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=58819
Review of Wilkins, Mark C., Aero-Neurosis Pilots of the First World War and the Psychological Legacies of Combat. First World War Studies, December 2023. https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PX2UA3AQQEWNCC79ASIX/full?target=10.1080/19475020.2023.2298150 .
Review of Adams Jr., John A., Over There in the Air: The Fightin' Texas Aggies in World War I, 1917-1918. H-War, H-Net Reviews, October 2024. https://networks.h-net.org/group/reviews/20047206/whitlock-adams-jr-over-there-air-fightin-texas-aggies-world-war-i-1917-1918
“Setting the Sun on the British Empire: British Economic Interests and the Decolonization of Hong Kong,” James Blair Historical Review: Vol. 9: Iss. 2, Article 3. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/jbhr/vol9/iss2/3
Contribution to 18 September 2018 “RAF Museum Archives” Article on archival research on James McCudden’s manuscript for Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps (1918): https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/raf-museum-archives/

