Emily T. Hamilton

Primary:

The social and political history of mathematics education reform in the 20th century U.S.; federal involvement in U.S. education; public history of STEMM, oral history, political and cultural history Cold War-era U.S.; rhetorical strategies used in framing debates on public understanding of science and mathematics; science and society through practical applications of quantitative and statistical methods.

Social history of medicine, epi/pandemics.

Secondary:

History of the physical sciences; philosophy and pedagogy of science; development and professionalization of science journalism and its broader impact; science under National Socialism, 19^th century popular and scholarly acceptance of evolution; science and ethics.

Education

Aug 2006-December 2013

University of California Berkeley
M.A. (Fall 2008) /Ph.D., History (December 2013)

Sep 2010-April 2013

University of California Berkeley Extension
Professional Sequence in Editing, Award of Completion

Sep 2005 – Dec 2005

University of Pennsylvania
Post-Baccalaureate non-degree program, master’s level course in department of History and Sociology of Science; “Science and Crime: Historical Perspectives”

Oct 2000 – May 2004

Drew University
B.A. Physics 2004, minor in writing, Summa Cum Laude

Recent Courses

Historiography of Science, Technology, and Medicine (HIST 693S)
History of Western Science and Technology II (HIST181; GenEd)
Science, Technology, and War in 20th Century US and Europe (HIST 393ST) 
History of Health Care and Medicine in the US (HIST 264; GenEd)
Ideas that Changed History (Integrative Experience course, HIST394CI)
Food, Water Shelter (Honors course, HIST291EH)
Junior Year Writing Seminar: Food, Water, Shelter (HIST 595FW)
Historiography of Science (Independent study, HIST 696)
Frankenstein: The Making of a Myth. (California State University, East Bay)

Book manuscript, The Math Mafia: How a Persistent Group of Reformers Standardized American Education, in process, under review by Stanford University Press.

Book manuscript, editor, Historiography of Mathematics, commissioned by Springer Press, in process.

Overseeing and co-producing the The War, Disability, and Medicine Project, an online platform providing academic resources to students of the history of medicine and disability. In process; expected completion Spring 2023.

1. Review of "Physically Insignificant, Historically Noteworthy: A Study of Erich Bessel-Hagen’s “Über die Erhaltungssätze der Elektrodynamik" for The Journal of the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science. Spring 2022.
2. Invited longform essay on STEM homeschooling during the pandemic, to the journal Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (HSNS). Submission postponed due to medical leave.
3. Invited to contribute review essay to special issue on pandemics of the journal Isis. Forthcoming.
4. Emily Hamilton. “Science, Feminism, and Black Liberation: An Interview with Sam Anderson.” Science for the People 23:2, Summer 2020, 80-84.
5. Emily Hamilton. “Science, Feminism, and Black Liberation: An Interview with Sam Anderson.” Science for the People 23:1, Spring 2020, 45-50.
6. [interviewed for] Jackson Cote, “Coronavirus and the 1918 flu: University of Massachusetts Amherst Professor says similarities between 2 outbreaks are many.” The Republican (MA), MassLive.com. April 2020.
7. Review of Keith M. Parsons and Robert A. Zaballa’s Bombing the Marshall Islands: A Cold War Tragedy. Isis 110:4, December 2019, 857-858.
8. Review of Robert M. Dienesch’s Eyeing the Red Storm: Eisenhower and the First Attempt to Build a Spy Satellite. Pacific Historical Review Spring 2018 87(2), 379-380
9. Contributed annotation in Guston, David H., Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert (eds.) Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2017. (Online)
10. Review of David Kaiser and Patrick McCray’s Groovy Science: Knowledge, Innovation & American Counterculture and Christopher J. Phillips’s The New Math: A Political History. Reviews in American History. Reviews in American History Dec 2017 45(4), 665-671 3
11. Redman, Emily T.H. “I Love the Flu.” Fugitive Leaves: A blog from the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, online, February 1, 2017.
12. Redman, Emily. Review of Christopher Hollings’ Mathematics Across the Iron Curtain: A History of the Algebraic Theory of Semigroups. Isis 2015; 106(4), 980-981.
13. Redman, Emily. “To Save His Dying Sister-in-Law, Charles Lindbergh Invented a Medical Device.” Smithsonian Magazine, online, September 9, 2015.
14. Redman, Emily. “Born in the U.S.A? Reconsidering the Origins and Legacy of the Assembly Line.” Review of America’s Assembly Line by David E. Nye. Posted on Society for U.S. Intellectual History website, September 7, 2014.
15. King, C. Judson. "A Career in Chemical Engineering and University Administration, 1963-2013." Interview by Lisa Rubens and Emily Redman in 2011. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2013.
16. Herbert, James C. "Work in K-12 Education Reform: Student Competencies, Curriculum Assessment, and the Language of Reform." Interview by Emily Redman in 2012. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2012.
17. Redman, Emily T. H. “Fiat Lux, or Who Invited Thomas Edison to the Tea Party: Shedding historical light on a controversy dividing America” Common-Place 12:2, January 2012.
18. Hamilton, Emily T. Review of The Adaptive Optics Revolution: A History, by Robert W. Duffner, Enterprise and Society 11(4): 855-857, 2010.
19. Lin, Otto C.C. "Otto C.C. Lin: Promoting Education, Innovation, and Chinese Culture in the Era of Globalization Volume I: Oral History." Interview by Robin Li and Emily Hamilton in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2010.

1. May 2022
   "It's 2022: Do You Know What Your Calculus Teacher Has Been Up To This Whole Time?" Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, online.
2. November 2021
   Panelist, "Roundtable: IsisCB Pandemics Issue", History of Science Society Annual Meeting, online
3. Sep. 2019
   “Mathematics Education and the History of Policy.” American Mathematics Society, Madison, WI. [conference organizer and 2-day workshop organizer.]
4. July 2018
   “History as a Policy Tool: Re-envisioning How the Historian Might Bring Historical Thinking into Legislative Decisions.” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Utrecht, Netherlands. [panel organizer]
5. Spring 2018
   “Extracting Math from Science: A historical perspective on mathematics education reform efforts in 20th century U.S.” Presented at the West Coast meeting of the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, Pasadena, CA.
6. April 2018
   Invited Speaker. “Unintentional Consequences: Mathematics Pedagogy and the Rise of the Standards Movement in American Education.” American Mathematical Society, Eastern Section Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
7. April 2017
   “Using the Past to Make Sense of the Present: Historical Analysis in Understanding the Contemporary Mathematics Classroom and U.S. Education Policy” History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Spring Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
8. January 2017
   Panelist on “History Communication in the Classroom: Disrupting the History Undergrad and Grad Curricula.” American Historical Association, Denver, CO.
9. November 2016
   Commentator for panel, “Roundtable: An American Mathematical Community at War (1941-1945).” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. (accepted)
10. October 2016
    “Notes from the Field – HPM at ICME-13.” History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Fall Meeting, San Diego, CA.
11. July 2016
    “(Inter)nationalism and Shifting Anxieties: The History of Math Education Reform in the 20^th Century United States” 13^th International Congress on Mathematical Education. Hamburg, Germany.
12. June 2016
    “Making Math Matter: Pure and Applied Approaches to Mathematics Instruction in Early American Textbooks” Three Societies Joint Meeting (British Society for the History of Science, History of Science Society, Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science). Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
13. Nov. 2015
    Chair. Science Pedagogy and Education. History of Science Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
14. Oct. 2015
    “Value and Values: The Symbol of the Precollege Math Classroom” History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Fall Meeting, Amherst, MA.
15. Oct. 2015
    “Oral History as Policymaking Tool in Education Reform” Oral History Association Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.
16. June 2015
    Invited Speaker. “How Fish Sticks Became Food: Massachusetts Food Industry” Massachusetts History Conference, Worcester, MA.
17. April 2015
    Facilitator; “Humanities for the Sciences: Bringing Public History Approaches to the Public Understanding of STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine, and Mathematics)” National Council on Public History Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.
18. Nov. 2014
    “Measuring Worth: Constructing Narrative of Value for Precollege Mathematics Education in the United States” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
19. April 2014
    “Science, History, and the Public: Building a Public History of STEM Partnership” at the National Council on Public History Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA
20. Nov. 2013
    “Making the Grade: Quantification, Measurement, and Assessment in U.S. Precollege Mathematics Education” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
21. April 2013
    Invited panelist (“Scholarly Research and Oral Sources”) at the Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians, San Francisco, CA
22. Oct. 2012
    “The Anthropology of Reform: MACOS, math education, and the National Science Foundation” Presented at the at the West Coast meeting of the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, Berkeley, CA.
23. June 2011
    “Public Mathematics and Discrete Policy: Federal Administrations and Mathematics Education Reform in the 20th Century United States.“ Presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
    * recipient of two awards; see below section
24. Nov. 2010
    “Calculating Empire: How Mathematics Education Standards Define Nationalism in 20th Century U.S.“ Presented at the History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC.
25. October 2010
    “Extracting Math from Science: A historical perspective on mathematics education reform efforts in 20th century U.S.” Presented at the West Coast meeting of the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics, Pasadena, CA.

1. April 2023
   Invited Lecturer for Seminar Series of the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics at SUNY Oneonta. "Math Anxiety (but not that kind): Cold War Culture and Politics in the Classroom.” Invited March 2020, rescheduled due to Covid.
2. January 2023
   Invited lecture, Harvard University Department of Microbiology for “Social Issues in Biology” course. Presented via Zoom.
3. May 2022
   Invited lecture, UMass Amherst Department of Mathematics for “History of Mathematics” course.
4. March 2022
   Invited speaker, UMass Amherst Department of History Teaching Lunch series
5. January 2022
   Invited lecture, Harvard University Department of Microbiology for “SocialIssues in Biology” course. Presented via Zoom.
6. November 2021
   Invited lecture, UMass Amherst Department of History for “Theory and Method of Oral History” course.
7. November 2021
   Invited presentation for the UMass Retired Faculty Association, "It’s Never Just a Virus: Historical approaches to assessing the future of American health policy".
8. November 2021
   Invited presentation for South Amherst Thursday Club community group on history of 1918-1919 flu pandemic.
9. April 2021
   Invited lecture for the series: Diversity and Inclusion: Intersections between computing and society, UMass Amherst The College of Information and Computer Sciences Informatics Program and Office of Diversity and Inclusive Community Development. Presented via Zoom.
10. January 2021
    Invited lecture, Harvard University Department of Microbiology for “Social Issues in Biology course. Presented via Zoom.
11. October 2020
    2020 Distinguished Lecturer, Siena College Department of History. “What’s So New About the New Normal: What history can tell us about the scientific and social responses to pandemics.” Presented via Zoom.
12. May 2020
    Presentation on Western Massachusetts Science for the People Science Fair. Presented via Zoom.
13. October 2019
    Workshop organizer. “8 Paradise for All: Forging new Aspirations through Mentorship.” Mass Humanities grant in coordination with Flying Cloud Institute and WAM! Theater Company. Lenox/Pittsfield, MA.
14. October 2019
    Workshop presenter. Oral History Workshop. UMass Amherst.
15. June 2019
    Invited speaker for 100^th anniversary lecture series. Jones Library, Amherst, MA, 18 June 2019.
16. May 2018
    Invited participant, CIRMATH-Americas (Circulations des mathématiques dans et par les journaux : histoire, territoires et publics). University of Virginia, 27- 30 May 2018.
17. Spring 2018
    Invited panelist. “Andrew Wakefield and Medical Myth: The History, Science, and Misinformation Surrounding Vaccines and Autism.” Developmental Disabilities and Human Services Program, Department of Psychology and Brain Science, UMass Amherst
18. Spring 2018
    Invited lecture for UMass Amherst course, “The 1960s: A decade that changed the world.”
19. Spring 2017
    Presenter. UMass Amherst Undergraduate History Club.
20. Spring 2017
    Workshop Leader. Oral History Workshop. Clark University
21. Spring 2017
    Invited lecture for Amherst College course, “Inequality.”
22. Nov. 2016
    Workshop Leader. Oral History Workshop, Springfield, MA
23. Jan 2016
    Workshop Leader. Oral History Workshop. Brown University
24. April 2015
    Panelist. Oral History Crash Course workshop. UMass Amherst
25. Oct. 2014
    Seminar presentation. “National Math Anxiety: The Politics of Globalized Fears and the Precollege Math Classroom in Postwar America.” Five Colleges Crossroads in the Study of the Americas.
26. June 2014
    Invited workshop leader, UMass Graduate School Office of Professional Development, Graduate Dissertation Writing Retreat. UMass Amherst.
27. Spring 2012
    Instructor. Regional Oral History Office Advanced Oral History Summer Institute.
28. Nov. 2011
    Invited lecturer (“A Practical and Theoretical Romp through Oral History”) in Drew University (Madison, NJ) course, Foundation Seminar
29. Nov. 2011
    Invited lecturer at Research Colloquia for the History and Culture MA/PhD program (Calculating Empire: How mathematics education standards intersect nationalism in 20th century U.S.) Drew University (Madison, NJ)
30. Oct. 2011
    Invited lecturer for three lectures (“The Rise of Physics, I & II” and “Space Science”) in U.C. Berkeley course, History of Science in the US.
31. Nov. 2010
    Invited speaker for colloquium series, Office for History of Science and Technology, U.C. Berkeley, “Calculating Empire: How Mathematics Education Standards Define Nationalism in 20^th Century U.S.”
32. Feb. 2009
    Invited speaker for colloquium series, Office for History of Science and Technology, U.C. Berkeley, “Bringing History of Science to the K-12 Science Classroom: Pedagogy, practice, and U.C. Berkeley’s efforts to train future teachers.”
33. Dec. 2008
    Invited Guest Lecturer, U.C. Berkeley, (Dr. Crispin Barker) “Science Education: post-Sputnik to the future.”
34. Apr. 2008
    Invited Guest Lecturer, U.C. Berkeley (Dr. Susan Groppi), “The Politics of Reform: Science in the United States, 1950 to the present.

• 2022
  Participated in the successfully-funded grant application to the Northampton Arts Council, "Math At Play: The Intersection of Art and Math in our Community." Will result in community math programming in Spring 2023
• 2020
  “Universals’ Locales: The International and Global History and Sociology of Modern Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences. University of Edinburgh.
  • Highly selective two-day workshop bringing together historians of mathematics to develop research networks across institutions and research communities
  • Sponsored by the British Academy’s Rising Star Engagement Award.
• 2019
  Invited participant to private workshop at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. Joint collaboration with the CSIS Project on History and Strategy, and with analysts at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology.
  • Workshop led by NSF historian on considering the government’s role in advancing science, technology, and education by considering lessons from the early Cold War in spurring national investments in that area.
• 2019
  Mass Humanities, “8 Paradise for All: Forging New Aspirations through Mentorship – consultant.
  • Project Director, Flying Cloud Institute
  • Served as STEM profession and workshop coordinator for program supporting middle school girls interested in STEM careers.
• 2017
  National Endowment for the Humanities – consultant, “Making Humanities Matter” – Humanities Initiative: Community Colleges grant -- $60,364 9938
  • Project Director, David Dennis (Dean College);
  • A two-year faculty and curricular development project to integrate humanities and science with experiential learning in history of science courses.
• 2017
  Five Colleges, Inc. – “Oral Histories of People with Disabilities and their Families. “ -- Phase II Blended Learning Grant – $9938
  • Co-applied with Ashley Woodman (Psychology, primary applicant) and Samuel Redman (History)
• 2016
  Chemical Heritage Foundation – Invited Participant, “Digital History, Oral History, and the History of STEMM Workshop”
• 2015
  Mass Humanities -- Scholar in Residence Grant - $3000
  • co-applied as Research Director, with Kathie Gow (PI) of Hatfield History Museum; Ann Robinson, UMass History PhD served as SIR.
• 2014
  College of Physicians of Philadelphia – Wood Institute Travel Grant - $750
• 2014
  Five Colleges (Amherst, MA) Crossroads in the Study of the Americas (CISA) fellowship - $250
• 2011
  American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division – Student Presentation Award; Division-wide President’s Award to recognize outstanding student contributions.
• 2011
  American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division – Student Presentation Award; Second Place in the combined sections of History and Philosophy of Science and General and Interdisciplinary Studies
• 2010
  University of California, Berkeley – Teaching Effectiveness Award - $300
• 2009-2010
  U.S. Department of Energy – Edward Teller Fellowship - $30,000 (see ‘ Professional Experience’)
• 2008-2009
  University of California, Berkeley – Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
• 2003
  Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI), Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
  • Developed and initiated biophysics experiment on ion transport properties across membranes in physical plasmas and cell membranes.
  • Supervised a student lab assistant in the development of the experiment.
  • Developed skills with use of high-voltage, spectroscopy, oscilloscope.
• 2003
  Sigma Pi Sigma, Physics Honor Society, Inducted

Supervised Student Writing & Research Awards

• 2016 Morgan McDonough. Honors Research Grant. UMass Amherst
• 2016 Madeline Hodgman. Wood Institute Travel Grant. College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
• 2015 Joy Silvey. Louis Greenbaum History Writing Prize (Long Essay). Ideas that Changed History. UMass Amherst.
• 2014 Celeste Guhl. Friends of the Library Undergraduate Research Award. Junior Year Writing Seminar, Food, Water, Shelter. UMass Amherst

University of Massachusetts

• 2022 MSP Research Support Funds - $1000
• 2022 Flex Grant for Teaching/Faculty Development - $500
• 2021 MSP Research Support Funds - $1000
• 2021 Flex Grant for Teaching/Faculty Development - $500
• 2020 MSP Research Support Funds - $1000
• 2018 Flex Grant for Teaching/Faculty Development - $500
• 2018 Faculty Presentation Funds - $1000
• 2017 Flex Grant for Teaching/Faculty Development - $500
• 2016 Faculty Presentation Funds - $1500
• 2015 Flex Grant for Teaching/Faculty Development - $500
• 2014 Faculty Presentation Funds - $1250
• 2014 Faculty Presentation Funds - $385
• 2014 Flex Grant for Teaching/Faculty Development - $500
• 2013 Research Support Funds - $800
• 2013 Flex Grant for Teaching/Faculty Development - $500
• 2013 Faculty Presentation Funds - $865

University of California

• 2012 Graduate Division Summer Grant - $3500
• 2012 History Department Dissertation Write-up Fellowship - $20,000
• 2011 Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship - $8000
• 2010 Office for the History of Science and Technology – Graduate Student Grant - $800
• 2010 Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship - $8000
• 2008 History Department Pre-Prospectus Fellowship - $3,000
• 2007 History Dept. Summer Language Funding (German) - $950
• 2006 History Dept. First Year Out of State Fellowship - $17,500

Other

• 2016 History of Science Society – Travel Grant - $430
• 2014 History of Science Society – Travel Grant - $415
• 2013 History of Science Society – Travel Grant - $174
• 2010 History of Science Society – Travel Grant - $374

• 2022-prst
  member of the Space Age Museum Advisor Team, expert in Cold-War science and technology. (https://www.spaceagemuseum.com/)
• 2022-prst
  MSP Faculty Advocates Committee
• 2022-prst
  Ad Hoc Committee on Revising the Diversity General Education Requirement
• 2018-prst
  Co-chair of the Americas Section of the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics working group
• 2012 - prsnt
  Treasurer of the Americas Section of the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics working group
• 2020-prst.
  Member, Gen Ed Council, UMass Amherst
• 2020-prst.
  Member, All-Union Environmental Health and Safety Committee, UMass Amherst
• 2020-prst.
  Member, University Fieldwork Grant Committee, UMass Amherst
• 2020-prst.
  Founding Member, Massachusetts Society of Professors Mutual Aid Committee
• 2019-prst.
  Arts and Academics Insight Group, UMass Amherst
• 2020-2021.
  Member, Multi-Union Campaign Comittee, UMass Amherst
• April 2022
  Invited member of TechEthos workshop on new and emerging technologies anticipated to have high socio-economic impact.
• April 2021
  Organizing committee for Northampton Chamber of Commerce event, “Sidewalk Math” in partnership with the Community Classroom and Western Massachusetts Mathematics Partnership
• 2020
  Developed UMass Mutual Aid Network website
• 2020
  Member of organizing committee for Western Massachusetts Science for the People Science Fair
• 2019-2020
  Faculty advisor to UMass History Department instructor
• Fall 2019
  Graduate School Grant Committee, UMass Amherst
• Fall 2019
  Graduate Studies Committee, History Department, UMass Amherst
• 2019
  Organized 2 day conference on “History and Pedagogy of Mathematics” at the American Mathematical Society conference, Madison, WI.
• 2018-2019
  Graduate School Grant Committee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• 2018-2019
  Department Personnel Committee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Spring 2018
  Graduate Studies Committee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Spring 2018
  Ad Hoc Committee on Methods Course, History Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Spring 2017
  Organized Spring meeting of the Americas Section of the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics working group
• 2016-2017
  Graduate Studies Committee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Spring
• 2016
  Undergraduate Studies Committee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• 2015-2016
  Organizing committee; Writer in Residence 10 year anniversary
• 2015
  Organized Fall Meeting (October 2015) of the Americas Section of the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics working group
• 2014-2015
  Supervised three undergraduate honors theses
• 2014
  Organized “Integrated Lunch Counter” panel on the history of race and racism in America; UMass
• 2014-2015
  Elected member of History Department Personnel Committee
• 2014
  Invited Guest, University of Massachusetts Commonwealth Honors College Council
• Oct 2014
  Invited reviewer of National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship applications, UMass Office of Graduate Professional Development
• 2013-2014
  Organizing Committee, Science for the People Conference (April 2014), University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• 2013-2014
  Undergraduate Studies Committee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Sp. 2013
  Facilitator for Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society Working Group
• 2012-2013
  Facilitator for Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society Brownbag Colloquium series
• 2012
  Organized Fall Meeting (October 2012) of the Americas Section of the History and Pedagogy of Mathematics working group
• 2010-2013
  Member, organizational committee for Office for History of Science and Technology Working Group
• 2006-2007
  Treasurer, University of California Berkeley History Graduate Association.
• 2005
  Invited Speaker, Middle School Science Fair, Germantown Academy Science Fair.

Public History

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Public History Program, Jan 2014-prsnt

Lead organizer for development of program in Public History of STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine)

• Supervising graduate/undergraduate student research assistants
• Organizing working groups, conferences to support potential development of new academic program in the department

Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, California Feb. 2007-Jul. 2007

Exhibit Development

• Invited to assist in the development and design of an updated exhibit on Ernest O. Lawrence. Working on background research and exhibit content with members of the museum community.

Oral History

Regional Oral History Office (ROHO), Berkeley, California, 2007-2009 / 2011-2012

• Project director for a Best Practices of Oral History on the Web review
• Project development; collaboration with Tahoe Project; development of Venture Capital oral history series; development of Nobel Laureates oral history project; assistance with ongoing projects in office
• Invited to co-conduct an oral history interview with Dr. C. Judson King, chemical engineer, University of California administrator. Transcript available in online ROHO archives.
• Invited to co-conduct an oral history interview with Dr. Otto C.C. Lin, chemical engineer, industrial leader, and Taiwanese political figure. Transcript available in online ROHO archives.

Research/Writing

U.S. Department of Energy, September 2009-May 2010

Edward Teller Fellow in Science and National Security Studies 2009-2010 (U.S.D.O.E. History Division)

• Edited existing drafts of web-based histories of the Manhattan Project.
• Researched and developed web-based histories of the Manhattan Project.
• Utilized declassified written and photo sources in the Department of Energy records.

University of California Berkeley, Aug. 2009-May 2010

Office for History of Science and Technology

• Assisted data collecting and management with archived materials.

University of California Berkeley, 2006-2007

History Department

• Investigating the development of nuclear engineering graduate programs in the United States. Continued archival experience, as well as data management techniques.
• Research concerning the international standards regarding radioactive waste management.

EnteraTech Inc., Hilliard, Ohio, June 2006-Aug. 2006, June 2004-Aug. 2004

Independent Consultant – Grant Writer

• Utilized science writing and research skills in a practical application in compiling background research and writing grants with EnteraTech, a professional grant-writing organization.
• Assisted in the successful receipt of a biomedical NIH grant (2004 - $250,000) and assisted in a classified grant in 2006. Worked with a number of EnteraTech employees in collaborative efforts.

Editing

American Journal Experts, Durham, NC, March 2011-September 2011

Subject Expert Editor

• Copy-editing and style editing to bring submitted works to publishable standards .

Critical Sense, Berkeley, California, April 2008-November 2009

Member of Editorial Board – U. C. Berkeley Graduate Student Journal of Political and Cultural History

• Invited to work with the editorial board in content editing, copyediting, proofreading, and layout design.
• Copy editing, selection of submissions, development of calls for papers.

Curriculum

McGraw Hill, New York, NY, November-December 2010

Subject Matter Expert

• Reviewed and edited questions for LearnSmart, an adaptive diagnostic tool for undergraduates using history textbooks.
• Fact checking, editing questions, and assisting in helping to assess student performance

University of California Berkeley, May. 2009-August 2009

Freelance curriculum designer for CalTeach Program

• Created a semester-long set of standard curricular materials for use in subsequent semesters of teaching, for distribution and use among instructors
• Incorporated CalTeach and UTeach (U. Texas, Austin) educational standards

REBELS -- Researchers, Educators, Business Leaders, and Students (NSF-funded working group) Western Massachusetts Mathematics Partnership History of Science Society Society for the Social Studies of Science History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society, U.C. Berkeley

Available on request.

Available on request.