Education
Harvard University, Ph.D. in History (Dissertation: “‘To Tame the Devil in Hell’: Kansas in National Politics, 1854-1858”)
Harvard University, A.M. in History
Ohio University, M.A. in United States Diplomatic History with a minor in Soviet History (Thesis: “‘Those Quiet Advances’: Johnson’s Soviet Policy, 1963-1969”)
Contemporary History Institute (Ohio University), Certificate in Contemporary History
Pomona College, B. A. in International Relations (Thesis: “A Domestic Crisis and its Effect on Foreign Policy Initiatives: The Effect of Watergate on Détente and Rapprochement”)