Writer, book coach, and historian working at the intersection of academic + creative writing.

Christina received her PhD from the Department of History at the University of Maryland, College Park, and now writes about feminism, culture, and social movements for all audiences. Her new book, Crosshatch: Martha Schofield, the Forgotten Feminist (1839–1916), a biography in essays of the nineteenth-century abolitionist and feminist Martha Schofield, is out now from Blackwater Press. She is also the author of The Women’s Rights Movement since 1945 (Bloomsbury, 2022).

Read some of her published essays here.

Order Crosshatch here.

Order The Women’s Rights Movement since 1945 here.

Christina makes her living as a book coach and editor. As an Author Accelerator–certified nonfiction coach, she loves helping her clients find their voices, hone their craft, and navigate the publishing industry. Since 2015, she has also served as editor-in-chief of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s peer-reviewed scholarly journal.

Read about her coaching and editing and learn how to hire her here.

Christina regularly speaks on the history of women and social movements. She has appeared on C-SPAN, on local NPR affiliates, and in the documentary Sisters in Freedom: The Daring Battle to End Slavery. Send Christina a message to book her for your event.