Hey y’all, I’m Kim.

I’m a historian, writer, and textile artist.

As a native southeast North Carolina, I often find myself treading the spaces between longleaf pine trees and across sandy plains. In 2018 I received a PhD in Modern History from the University of St Andrews (UK). My work typically centers on the social and environmental history of the Atlantic world with research interests that include the history of the family in plantation societies, environmental change, deathways, and maritime communities. My publications have largely been about Scottish migration in the 18th century and loyalism in the British Atlantic World

I’ve been working in higher education for more than fifteen years and am currently a Lecturer in Atlantic World History at the University of North Carolina Wilmington where I teach undergraduate and graduate courses on early American, Caribbean, and British history. I’m also a regular contributor to our Public History graduate degree programming and run the Summer Institute in Local and Microhistory for the MA in History for Educators.

When I’m not surrounded by books, I’m continuing a multi-generational tradition of textile-based art as a quilter. Otherwise, I’m spending time with my quirky Australian Shepherd and rescue kitten or planning a camping trip!