Behind the Scenes
2001 - Present
History Behind the Scenes, New York, New York
Founder/Principal of consultant service that utilizes 25 years of experience to enhance and to support history, living, history, historic house/site and immigration museums in the areas of Museum Administration/Management, Staff Training, Education/Interpretation, Interpretive/ Master Planning, Collections Management and Research.
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Education
B.A. History
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA, 1965
M.A. European History
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1967
Ph.D. American Studies
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1986
Doctoral Fields:
American History; American Material Culture; American Rural Life; American Studies Methodology.
Dissertation Title:
"Home Sweet Home: Industrialization's Impact on Rural Households, 1865-1925."
Using historical photographs and general store account books, this work examined changes in both consumer behavior patterns and domestic life brought on by the introduction of mass-produced goods into farm households in the Upper South after the Civil War.
Using historical photographs and general store account books, this work examined changes in both consumer behavior patterns and domestic life brought on by the introduction of mass-produced goods into farm households in the Upper South after the Civil War.