In addition to my academic work, I enjoy writing in less formal venues, too. In my capacity as the Executive Director of the Toynbee Prize Foundation from 2014-2017, I regularly conducted in-depth interviews with other historians working in international, global, and trans-regional history to produce profile pieces that capture the contours of the field.

• “Soviet Socialism With Chinese Characteristics? Understanding the Collapse of the Soviet Economy With Christopher Miller” (Christopher Miller, Yale University)
• “Chinese Jesus: Discussing German Missionaries’ Journey ‘From Christ to Confucius’ With Albert Wu” (Albert Wu, American University of Paris)
• “The Grid and the Territory: Discussing What Comes After the Map with William Rankin” (William Rankin, Yale University)
• “Global Interior: A Conversation with Megan Black About the U.S. Interior Department in the American World Order” (Megan Black, London School of Economics)
• “A New Deal for the Nuremberg Trial? Discussing the History of Crimes Against Humanity with Elizabeth Borgwardt” (Elizabeth Borgwardt, Washington University in St. Louis)
• “The Other Intellectuals: A Conversation with Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins About Raymond Aron  and International Order” (Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, University of California-Berkeley)
• “Policing the ‘Slums of the World’: A Conversation About Exporting American Police Expertise with Stuart Schrader” (Stuart Schrader, Harvard University)
• “Who Is Responsible? An Interview with Tracy Neumann on Remaking the Rustbelt and the Transnational Fortunes of Post-Industrial America and Canada” (Tracy Neumann, Wayne State University)
• “Making the Pilgrimage to the ‘Mecca of Revolution’: A Conversation with Jeffrey James Byrne on Algerian Internationalism and the Third World” (Jeffrey James Byrne, University of British Columbia)
• “Thicker Than Water: Revisiting Global Connections on the Banks of the Suez Canal with Valeska Huber” (Valeska Huber, Freie Universität Berlin)
• “Desegregating International Relations: A Conversation with Robert Vitalis on White World Order, Black Power Politics“ (Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania)
• “Global History as Past and Future: A Conversation with Sebastian Conrad on What is Global History“ (Sebastian Conrad, Freie Universität Berlin)
• “The Emancipators: A Conversation with Amalia Ribi Forclaz on the Politics of Anti-Slavery Movements and European International History with Amalia Ribi Forclaz” (Amala Ribi Forclaz, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
• “City of Light, City of Revolution: Walking the Streets of Anti-Imperial Paris with Michael Goebel” (Michael Goebel, Freie Universität Berlin)
• “From Swadeshi to GDP: Discussing India’s Paths to Development with Corinna Unger” (Corinna Unger, European University Institute)
• “Guarding Empire, Mandating Statehood: A Conversation with Susan Pedersen on the League of Nations, Internationalism, and the End of Empire” (Susan Pedersen, Columbia University)
• “A Global History Primer: Discussing Thinking History Globally with Diego Olstein” (Diego Olstein, University of Pittsburgh)
• “Monoglot Empire: Tracing the Journey from Scientific Babel to Global English with Michael Gordin” (Michael Gordin, Princeton University)
• “From the Banality of Evil to the Ambivalence of Good: Discussing the History of Human Rights in International Politics with Jan Eckel” (Jan Eckel, Tübingen)
• “Sandalwood Commonwealth? Traveling Across a Chinese-Australian Pacific with Sophie Loy-Wilson” (Sophie Loy-Wilson, University of Sydney)
• “Wartime Ghosts and Souls in Transit: Placing Soviet History in a Global Context with Franziska Exeler” (Franziska Exeler, Freie Universität Berlin)
• “Getting to (Global) Work with Andrea Komlosy: Discussing Work: A Global History“ (Andrea Komlosy, University of Vienna)
• “Thinking Big … and Small About U.S. History in a Global Context with Daniel Immerwahr” (Daniel Immerwahr, Northwestern University)
• “Down Under, Transnational, Global: Exploring Russian and Soviet History with Philippa Hetherington” (Philippa Hetherington, University College London)
• “Of Nation-States and the United States:  An Interview with Ryan Irwin” (Ryan Irwin, University of Albany)
• “Immigrants, Railroads, America, Germany: An Interview with Julío Robert Decker” (Julio Robert Decker, TU Darmstadt)
• “Peace Without Victory: Adam Tooze on The Deluge: The Great War, America, and the Remaking of the Global Order 1916-1931“ (Adam Tooze, Columbia University)
• “The Sino-Soviet Split and the Left as Global History: An Interview with Jeremy Friedman” (Jeremy Friedman, Harvard University)
• “Empire of the Air, Empire of the Earth: American History in a Global Context with Jenifer van Vleck” (Jenifer van Vleck, Yale University)
• “Globalizing Time, Globalizing Capital:  A Conversation with Vanessa Ogle” (Vanessa Ogle, University of Pennsylvania)
• “Conquering Peace:  Exploring European History with Stella Ghervas” (Stella Ghervas, Harvard University)
• “Excavating The Last Empire: Discussing Soviet History and Global History with Serhii Plokhii” (Serhii Plokhii, Harvard University)
• “Discussing Starvation and the State: Famine, Slavery, and Power in Sudan, 1883-1956 with Steven Serels” (Steven Serels, ZMO Berlin / Harvard)