Matthew Reeves is currently a master’s student in history at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His research interests include nineteenth-century American history, medical history, and the history of mental illness. He completed a bachelor’s degree in sociology at Central Methodist University in 2008, and worked for several years in disabilities services before returning to the academy. At UMKC, he has been a graduate teaching assistant for the history department since 2012, and received a campus-wide Graduate Teaching Assistant Superior Teaching Award in 2013.