Experience

Hagley Museum and Library

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society

  • Jan 2013 - Present

• Associate Director, Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society

  • Apr 1994 - Dec 2012

  •Department head, initiates programs to encourage use of Hagley’s research collections in U.S. business, political, and social history; develops and organizes public conferences, and seminar series; liaisons between Hagley and University of Delaware History Department. •Chairs Research Committee that evaluates grant proposals; directs post graduate research grant program of $40,000 annually.•Creator and co-editor of book series, "Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture;" publishes volumes based on Hagley conferences; with Routledge, 1999-04, University of Pennsylvania Press since 2005.•Served as Strategic Planning Co-coordinator for Hagley, 2003-07 reporting to the Director; wrote strategic plan approved by Hagley’s trustees



Business History Conference

• United States
• Research Services

• Secretary-Treasurer

  • Mar 1999 - Present

  Principal administrator for the largest academic organization of business historians in the United States. Principal administrator for the largest academic organization of business historians in the United States.



University of Delaware

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Sep 1991 - Present

  I occasionally teach oral history and food history at the University of Delaware and advise graduate students in the History Department. I occasionally teach oral history and food history at the University of Delaware and advise graduate students in the History Department.