Education

Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University

M.A., Northern Arizona University

B.A., Allegheny College

Appointments at University of Baltimore

Assistant Professor, 1980-Present

Visiting Fellow, 1979-1980

Director, History Program, 1991-1994, 1996-1997

Director, Public History, 1995-1996

Director, Interdisciplinary Studies Program, 1983-1991

Director, Honors Program, 1985-1988

Courses Taught

University of Baltimore

General History:

America: 1880-1920

Modern America

Chesapeake World (Social history of the Chesapeake Region, 1600-1800)

American Lives: Honors Seminar in American Social History (team taught)

Frontiers and Regions in American history

Early America

Exploring the Past (Historical Methods)

Seminar: Twentieth-Century America on Film

Public History:

American Political History

Honors Seminar: Power and Wealth: The Political Economy of Modern America (team taught)

Introduction to Public History

Preserving and Interpreting the History and Heritage of Railroading in the Baltimore Region: Issues and Challenges for Public Historians

Urban, Industrial, and Technology:

The Modern City

American Cities (US Urban History)

Senior Seminar: Railroads in American History

Railroads and the Preservation of America's Industrial Heritage (team taught at the B&O Railroad Museum)

Technology in American History

Business and Labor:

Social History of American Business

Business and Labor in American History

The Johns Hopkins University

American Quest for a Usable Past (minimester course)

Book Manuscript

"The Civic Awakening: Historical Consciousness and Progressive Reform in America"

Selected Articles

"History in the Roundhouse," in Maryland Humanities, Spring/Summer, 1995.

"Railroading and American Life in the Nineteenth Century," in Alejandra Miranda-Naon, ed. America's Great Road: The Impact of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the Baltimore Region, (Baltimore, 1996).

"The Civic Awakening: Social Christianity and the Usable Past," in Mid-America, LXIV, April/July 1982.

Selected Recent Conference Papers

"The Widening Context of American Railroad History: Implications for Interpreting the Museum's Collections," Docent Forum, B&O Railroad Museum, October 9, 1999.

"Lessons from the Light Rail," People and Places in Time: Baltimore's Changing Landscapes, University of Baltimore, September 1999.

Professional Membership

Organization of American Historians

National Council on Public History

Baltimore History Research Group

Frederick Jackson Turner Society

Lexington Group in Transportation History

Railway and Locomotive Historical Society

B&O Historical Society

National Railway Historical Society

Society of Industrial Archeology