Behind Enemy Lines: The Untold Stories of Italy’s Female Warriors Who Sabotaged the Nazis
HMM: And you are not trained as a historian, correct?
SC: I kind of get a kick when people refer to me as a historian, but you know what, I think I’ve earned it by now.
HMM: It’s partly just the practice of doing history!
SC: My PhD is in an interdisciplinary social science called Adult Learning, and it really taught me social science research methods: what historians use, what journalists use. I’m kind of a self-taught journalist and a self-taught historian, steeped in social science research.
HMM: So let’s talk a little bit about research. Having a wide breadth of research training gives you the leeway to do the research that needs to be done with an approach that works for the story, the narrative, and the story of these women.
