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Alan Lessoff University Professor of History Illinois State University Describe your current research. What about it drew your interest? I’m in the middle of two projects. The first is an exhibition and book project undertaken with the McLean County Museum of History, an exemplary regional museum in this part of Illinois. The theme is unbuilt […]
Read MoreBridget Flannery-McCoy Editor in Economics and US History Columbia University Press @bridgetfmccoy Describe your current editorial projects. What about them are you finding interesting, challenging, and rewarding? I always have projects at various stages: proposals going out for peer review, draft chapters coming in on books-in-progress, full manuscripts ready for line editing. No matter the […]
Read MoreVince Furlong Tour Coordinator and Guide, and Volunteer Restoration Exchange Omaha http://www.restorationexchange.org Describe your day job. How does it intersect with urban history? I am mostly retired and did have 17 years as a teacher in my early days – Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and the Omaha metro. You lead guided tours of Omaha. How did you […]
Read MoreJim Wunsch Professor, Historical and Educational Studies Empire State College, State University of New York (SUNY) Describe your current research. I am interested in how social and technological changes over the course of the 20th century altered the lives of children. In “The Streetlife of Children in New York City” (Streetnotes, February 2015, 51- […]
Read MoreEllen Hartman Research Landscape Architect, US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory Part-time PhD Student, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois Describe your current research. What about it drew your interest? My current research at work covers a few areas, but it’s mostly focused on military aspects of cultural resources management and […]
Read MoreChristine Henry, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Historic Preservation University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA @craehenry Describe your current research. What about it drew your interest? My current research is focused on several aspects of the history of Fredericksburg, VA including the influence of women in the preservation of local landmarks, and the role […]
Read MoreAndrew Konove Assistant Professor Department of History, University of Texas at San Antonio @AndrewKonove Describe your current research. What about it drew your interest? I just completed my first book, Black Market Capital: Urban Politics and the Shadow Economy in Mexico City, which will be published later this spring. It traces the history of Mexico […]
Read MoreMargaret O’Mara Professor of History University of Washington Describe your current research. What about it drew your interest? I’m currently working on a book about the history of the American high-tech industry—from semiconductors to social media—and its relationship to the worlds of politics and finance. My interest and intent here is, to adapt a phrase, […]
Read MoreValerie Paley, Ph.D. Vice President and Chief Historian, New-York Historical Society Director, Center for Women’s History Describe your current research. What about it drew your interest? As a public historian working at New York City’s oldest museum, I find that my day job keeps me nimble where research is concerned. Just recently, I studied up […]
Read MoreRené Luís Alvarez, PhD Lecturer in History Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago Describe your current research. What about it drew your interest? I have researched and written about the history of American urban education, focusing mainly on Chicago’s Mexican American community. While the teaching and administrative responsibilities of my current position at Arrupe […]
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