Writing

Digital Publications

A Historian Gets Fact-Checked,” CU Faculty Voices, 2021

“Tool Users: Insulated Sleeping Bags,” Alpinist Magazine, March 2021

Sold Out!: Outdoor Rec in a Disaster Year,” The Colorado Magazine, History Colorado, February 2021

Bob Gore’s Cozy Revolution,” Distillations, December 2020

Equipment for the Family Outdoors: Margaret Hansson’s Kiddie Carrier,” History Colorado Blog, July 2020

The Military Origins of Layering,” The Atlantic, September 2019

How a $750 Down Jacket is Dividing College Campuses,” Edge Effects, December 2017

A Syllabus for Contextualizing Energy Policy Debates,” with Brian Hamilton, Edge Effects, January 2017

Review of Exceptional Mountains: A Cultural History of Pacific Northwest Volcanoes, November 2016

Marketing America’s Best Idea: From the National Parks Portfolio to #FindYourPark,” History News Network, August 2016

The Surprise that REI is Closing on Black Friday Shouldn’t Really Be a Surprise at all,” History News Network, November 2015

The Case of the Insulated Underwear: Dacron and DuPont Brand Awareness,” Hagley Library blog, March 2014

20th Century Camping with Abercrombie and Fitch,” O Say Can You See, Smithsonian National Museum of American History blog, May 2014

How to Read an Outdoor Catalog,” Edge Effects, November 2014 catalog-covers

Trail Tradition: When Hikers Shun Innovation,” Smithsonian Institution Collections blog, May 2014walking-with-spring