CURRICULUM VITAE
JOSEPH N. TATAREWICZ
Associate Professor, Department of History
University of Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
Direct Voice: (410) 455-2036
Department: (410) 455-2312
Fax: (410) 455-1045
Internet: Tatarewicz@umbc.edu
Education
PhD -1984 Indiana University (History and Philosophy of Science; Minor: Science Journalism)
MA -1981 Indiana University (History and Philosophy of Science)
MA -1976 Catholic University (Philosophy)
BA -1972 Towson State University (Philosophy)
Experience in Higher Education
University of Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
Assistant to Associate Professor, Department of History (September, 1997-present)
Director, Public History Track, 1998-2001
Historian in Private Practice (1992-1997)
Book manuscripts, articles, and other historical writing projects for various clients, including NASA, the Defense Special Weapons Agency, History Associates, Inc., and others
Center for the History of Electrical Engineering
Rutgers University - 39 Union Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08902-5062
Associate Director / Curator (September, 1990 - August, 1992)
Department of Space History, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560
Assistant / Associate to Full Curator (March, 1985 - August, 1990
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Contractor (1984-5)
Guggenheim Postdoctoral Fellow (1983-4)
Smithsonian Predoctoral Fellow (1982-3)
Experience in Higher Education--Concurrent Positions
Adjunct or Visiting Faculty at:
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (History, Policy Sciences Graduate Faculty, 1992-1997)
Rutgers University (History, 1990-1991)
University of Maryland, College Park (History, 1988-1990)
Indiana University (History and Philosophy of Science, 1978-1982)
Towson State University, Morgan State University, Villa Julie College (Philosophy, 1976-1977)
Space Science and Exploration Department
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Acting Department Chair (November 1986-January 1988)
Honors Received
Exploring the Solar System: the Planetary Geosciences Since Galileo. Book manuscript now being revised for publication with the Johns Hopkins University Press. Winner of the 1997 History Manuscript Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Special Act Award for service as Acting Department Chair, National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Insitution--"despite his heavy research commitments, he eliminated problems in the department, unified the staff and made it a smooth-running organization. . . Joe's dedication, hard work, and ability have never been more evident than in this difficult period." (November 9, 1987)
Research Support and/or Fellowships
1998-1999 $ 1,000 from Baltimore County Historical Trust and Granite Historical Society for Historical Resources Study of the Granite, Maryland Nike Missile Base
1996-1997 $60,000 Subcontract to History Associates, Incorporated, Rockville, Maryland, for work on a history of the Defense Special Weapons Agency.
1995-96 $30,000 NASA History Office contracts for historical background support to the Galileo arrival at Jupiter and for article on the history of the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission
1991-1995 $150,000 NASA History Office contract for book-length scholarly manuscript on the history of planetary geoscience since Galileo
1990-1991 Collaboratively helped design the fundraising program for the Center for the History of Electrical Engineering.
1987-1989 $100,000 Participated in collaborative work on a Sloan Foundation New Liberal Arts Curriculum Development project--Helped define and produce teacher training workshops for integrating history of technology and science into liberal arts curricula. Culminated in workshop held at the Smithsonian in January 1988 and publication of curriculum materials and a videodisc of images.
1986-1987 $1,000,000 Participated in definition, establishment, and operation of the Smithsonian Institution-Sloan Foundation Project to evaluate the use of video-taped documentation as an adjunct to oral history. This project is described in Terri A. Schorzman, Ed., A Practical Introduction to Videohistory: The Smithsonian Institution and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Experiment. Malabar, Fla.: Krieger, 1993.
1985-90 $50,000 Collaborative receipt of a Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Studies Fund Award for Research into the history of the Rand Corporation; consulted on reprint series, preservation of archival resources, and documentation of corporate history through oral history interviews and manuscript sources conservation. Resulted in a major joint NASM-RAND Corporation history project and efforts toward establishing a corporate archive.
1985-1990 $50,000 Participated in and Coordinated the research and preparation of a team of researchers for an extensive series of oral history interviews of former NASA Administrator James E. Webb. This effort grew into the Glennan-Webb-Seamans Project for Research in Space History. Became Co-Director of activity in 1989.
1984-1990 Exhibitions, artifact restorations--raised considerable sums of cash and in-kind support directly from aerospace corporations and from individuals.
1985 $500 American Institute of Physics Center for History of Physics Grant-in-Aid.
1984 $18,000 Guggenheim Postdoctoral Fellow, National Air and Space Museum
1982-83 $12,000 Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellow
1981 $8,000 NASA History Office Summer Intern
1980 & 1981 $1,000 Indiana University Grant-in-Aid of Research
1980 $500 Indiana Academy of Sciences Research Grant
Masters Students (Thesis, Non-Thesis Option, or Committee Member) (32 students)
Alfgren, Drew; Reception of Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics (non-thesis supervisor 2000-2001)
Barry, Tonianne; Public Memory and Place (non-thesis supervisor 2000-2001)
Barton, Cathy; Seafloor Spreading and Continental Drift (thesis committee 1999)
Benda, Veronica; Development of Linear Perspective and Scientific Illustration in the Renaissance. (non-thesis supervisor 1997)
Bramucci, Nancy; Database-driven Web Site for access to the the Maryland State Archives Collections. (non-thesis supervisor 1997-1999)
Bowling, Jeremia, The Strategic Defense Initiative (thesis supervisor, 2002-2003)
Boyle, Dorsey; The Nixon Space Policy, 1969-1974 (thesis committee, 1993)
Callahan, Holly; Organizing a Science and Technology History Archive (Space Telscope) at Johns Hopkins (thesis supervisor, 2000-2001)
Claussen, Charlie; Technology on the Chesapeake Bay: Skipjacks (thesis supervisor 2001)
Collins-Moreno, Kimberly (thesis committee, 2003)
Conroy, David; U.S.-Soviet cooperation in space: Salyut to Mir (non-thesis supervisor 1995)
Crimy, Steven; Late Roman Agricultural Technology (thesis supervisor 1998- )
Engling, Erik; Organizing the Classifed Archives of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Reactor Facility (non-thesis supervisor, 1996; after Public History Seminar, Mr. Engling developed term project into job assessing Department of Energy archival records; now doing historical policy analysis in nuclear energy)
Farrell, Nora; Remote Sensing of Historical and Archeological Resources (thesis supervisor 2001-)
Frahm, Jill; The Hello Girls of World War One (thesis committee 2000-2001)
Gephardt, Alan; Forgotten Leader: Joseph G. J. Bend and the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maryland (thesis committee 1998)
Jones, David; From Vixen to Petrel: The "Station on Baltimore" in the Industrialization of the Navy (thesis committee 1998)
Keenan, Crawford; Religious And Technological Optimism In The Thought Of Hugh Dryden, NASA Chief Scientist and Methodist Lay Preacher (thesis supervisor 1995)
Knecht, Sharon; Oblate Sisters of Providence Archives (thesis committee, 2002-2003)
Kowal, Lisa; (thesis supervisor, 2003-)
Lease, Bonnie; Weaving Technology and Commerce in the early American Industrial Revolution (thesis supervisor 2000-2001).
Mackowski, Maura; NASA and the Women Astronaut Program. (non-thesis supervisor 1995; PhD, Arizona State University, 2002)
Markert, Warren, (thesis committee, 2002)
Rubenson, Paul (Bicycle History, thesis supervisor 2001-2003)
Shackleford, David; Two Centuries on Main Stree," An Interpretive Manualfor the Ellicott City B&O Railroad Station Museum. (thesis committee 1999)
Schwartz, Karen Kopciak; (non-thesis committee)
Seiple, G. Stewart (thesis committee, 2003)
Van Ruiten, Lynn (thesis supervisor, 2002-2003)
Wallace, Harold L.; History of the NASA Wallops Flight Center, Chincoteague, Virginia (thesis supervisor 1994: now at Museum of American History, thesis published by NASA)
Waltrop, David; History of U.S. Biological Warfare Programs (thesis supervisor 1999-2000; now in Policy Sciences PhD program.)
Williams, Glenn F.; USS Constellation History (thesis committee 2000)
Whiting, Trisha; (thesis committee 1999)
Internships, Independent Study, Honors Thesis, etc. Supervised—Graduate (25 students, ca 45 internships)
General: as Director of the Public History Track I engaged in extensive initial counseling with prospective students and track members, as well as periodic advising and assistance throughout their course of study.
Alfgren, Drew (New Media Intern Summer 1999)
Baker, Mark (Intern Walters Art Gallery and Jewish Museum of Maryland Spring 2000)
Barry, Tonianne (New Media Intern Fall 1999)
Callahan, Holly (Intern, Johns Hopkins University Archives 2000)
Collins, Kim (New Media Intern Spring 1999)
Fang, Qi (New Media Intern, Spring 2000)
Farrell, Nora (Independent Study 2001)
Frahm, Jill (Intern Summer 99, New Media Intern Summer 2000)
Fry Nicholas (New Media Intern Fall 2000)
Gayle, Deborah (Intern, Jewish Museum of Maryland 2001)
Krebs, Diane (New Media Intern Fall 1998)
Lauer, Pamela (Inern Baltimore Museum of Industry 2000)
Mathsen, Michelle (Intern Lost Townes Project 1999)
Pollard, Philip (Independent Study on Albertus Magnus Faith and Science 1997)
Rubenson, Paul (Intern Museum of Industry 2002)
Seiple, Stewart (Intern Museum of Industry 2000)
Taynor, Kristen (New Media Intern, 2003-2003)
Van Ruiten, Lynn (Intern, Historical Society of Washington 1999)
Waltrop, David (Intern, Smithsonian National Museum of American History and Granite Nike Missile Base 1998-1999)
Willard, John (Intern, Armenian National Institute 1999, Granite Nike Missile Base 1999)
Williams, Glen (Intern Granite Nike Missile Base 1999)
Internships, Independent Study, Honors Thesis, etc. Supervised—Undergraduate
General: as de facto Department Internship Coordinator I engage in extensive initial counseling with students seeking internships, as well as periodic advising and assistance afterward, frequently serving as the official internship supervisor.
Ford, David (Undergraduate Honors Thesis on the Shroud of Turin 1998)
Giordani, Deborah (Interdisciplinary Studies: Civil War Historical Sites and Land Use Planning, 1999-2001)
Krause, Marybeth (Intern Colonial Archeology 2000)
Mackintosh, Barbara (Intern Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibitions Service 2000)
Morse, Charles (The Wright Brothers and Army Aviation, Educational CD-Rom, Provost Research Award, 2001)
Milani, Beth (Intern 2000)
White, Rodney (Interdisciplinary Studies: Philosophy of Nature in Late Antiquity, 2000)
PhD Students
Doel, Ronald E. "Unpacking a Myth: Interdisciplinary Research and the Growth of Solar System Astronomy, 1920-1958." Dissertation, Princeton University, 1990. (served as Doel's non-Princeton advisor and member of the committee)
Waltrop, David W. U.S. Biological Warfare Program, 1900-2000. (Policy History PhD)
Publications and other Creative Efforts
Books
Exploring the Solar System: the Planetary Geosciences Since Galileo. Book manuscript accepted for publication (contract in hand ) with the Johns Hopkins University Press. Winner of the 1997 History Manuscript Award of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Expected press date Fall 2003.
Space Technology and Planetary Astronomy. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1990.
Contributor to Robert W. Smith, et al., The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA, science, technology, and politics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989, 1993.
Book Chapters
"Writing the History of Space Science and Technology: Multiple Audiences with Divergent Goals and Standards," pp. 71-90 in Thomas Söderqvist, Ed., The Historiography of Contemporary Science and Technology. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1997.
"The Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, " Chapter 16 in Pamela E. Mack, Ed., From Engineering Science to Big Science: The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners. Washington, DC: NASA History Office, 1998.
"Space Technology and Planetary Science, 1950-1985," pp. 115-132 in Martin J. Collins and Sylvia D. Fries, Eds., A Spacefaring Nation. Perspectives on American Space History and Policy. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991.
"Harold Clayton Urey." Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Supplement II. New York: Scribners, 1990.
Contributor to Cathleen S. Lewis and Dominick Pisano, Eds., Air and Space History: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1988.
Articles
"Counting on Invention: Devices and Black Boxes in Very Big Science," Osiris (New Series) 9 (1994): 101-123 (with Robert W. Smith).
"Federal Funding and Planetary Astronomy." Social Studies of Science 16/1 (February 1986): 80-103.
"Replacing a Technology: The Large Space Telescope and CCDs." Proceedings of the IEEE 73/7 (July 1985): 1221-1235. (with Robert W. Smith).
Encyclopedia Articles
Bush, Vannevar; Manhattan Project; Office of Scientific Research and Development; Science; Technology; all in John W. Jeffries, Editor, Volume 8 (1929-1945), Encyclopedia of American History (New York: Facts on File, Inc., forthcoming)
Planetary Science Disciplinary History; Space Science Disciplinary History in Gregory Good, Ed., Sciences of the Earth: An Encyclopedia of events, people, and phenomena (New York: Garland, 1999).
Kitt Peak National Observatory; Space Science & Exploration, in Marc Rothenberg, Ed., History of Science in the United States: An Encyclopedia (New York: Garland, 2001).
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, Orbiting Geophysical Observatory, Orbiting Solar Observatory, Pioneer, Sputnik, Viking, in Microsoft Encarta 1997.
Observatories, Astronomy and Astrophysics, in Collier's Encyclopedia 1997.
Moon, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Asteroids, Planetary Satellites, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., Gamma Ray Astronomy, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Optical Astronomy from Space, Infrared Astronomy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in John Lankford, Ed., History of Astronomy: An Encyclopedia (New York: Garland, 1997)
Reviews
Book Review, North, Gerald. Advanced Amateur Astronomy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Science Books and Films. (in press)
Book Review, Wallace, Lane E. Flights of Discovery: 50 years at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. Washington, D.C.: NASA, 1996. Isis 91 (2000): 415-416.
Book Review, Madders, Kevin. A New Force at a New Frontier: Europe's Development in the Space Field in the Light of Its Main Actors, Policies, Law and Activities from Its beginnings up to the present. Cambridge University Press, 1997. Journal for the History of Astronomy. (in press)
Book Review, Philip M. Dauber and Richard A. Muller. The Three Big Bangs: Comet Crashes, Exploding Stars, and the Creation of the Universe. New York: Addison Wesley, 1996. Space Times 36/5 (September-October 1997): 26.
Book Review, Logsdon, John M. Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, Volume I, Organizational Developments; Volume II, External Relationships. NASA SP-4218, 4407. Washington, DC: GPO, 1995, 1996. Isis 88 (1997): 361-362 & Isis 91 (2000): 200-201.
Book Review, Lankford, John. American Astronomy: Community, Careers, and Power, 1895-1940. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997. Isis 91 (2000): 598-599.
Book Review, Baum, Richard and William Sheehan, In Search of Planet Vulcan: the Ghost in Newton's Clockwork Universe. New York: Plenum, 1997. Nature 338 (July 1997): 435.
Book Review, Dick, Steven J. The Biological Universe: the Twentieth Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate and the Limits of Science. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Science Magazine 275 (21 March 1997): 1748-49.
Book Review, Hoskin, Michael, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Science Books and Films 62 (1997).
Book Review, Levin, Alexsey E., and Stephen G. Brush, editors. The Origin of the Solar System: Soviet Research, 1925-1991. New York: American Institute of Physics, 1995. Earth Sciences History.
Book Review, Hansen, James R. The Spaceflight Revolution: NASA Langley Research Center From Sputnik to Apollo. Washington, DC: NASA, 1995. Journal of Military History 60/3 (July 1996): 587-588.
Book Review, Lambright, Henry. Powering Apollo: James E. Webb of NASA. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. Isis 87/2 (1996): 394-395.
Book Review, Good, Gregory, ed. The Earth, the Heavens, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington: Historical Perspectives After Ninety Years. History of Geophysics, vol. 5. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union, 1993. History: Reviews of New Books 23/2 (Spring 1995): 118.
Book Review, Thurston, Hugh. Early Astronomy. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1994 and Bartusiak, Marcia. Through a Universe Darkly: A Cosmic Tale of Ancient Ethers, Dark Matter, and the Fate of the Universe. New York: Harper-Collins Publishers, 1993. Mercury 24/1 (Jan.-Feb., 1995): 36-37.
Essay Review, Wilhelms, Don E. To a Rocky Moon: A Geologist's History of Lunar Exploration. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1993; Compton, David. Where No Man Has Gone Before. A History of Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions. (Washington, D.C.: NASA History Series, 1989); King, Bert. Moon Trip: A Personal Account of the Apollo Program and Its Science. Houston, Texas: University of Houston, 1989. Earth Sciences History 13/1 (1994): 67-69.
Book Review, Spangenburg, Ray, and Diane K. Moser. The History of Science in the Eighteenth Century. On the shoulders of giants (series). New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1993. Science Books and Films 29/8 (November 1993): 234.
Book Review, Bernstein, Jeremy. Cranks, Quarks, and the Cosmos: Writings on Science. New York: Basic Books, 1993. Science Books and Films 29/5 (June-July 1993): 135-6.
Book Review, Fleming, James Rodger. Meteorology in America, 1800-1870. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. The Public Historian 15/1 (Winter 1993): 80-82.
Book Review, Schatzman, Evry. Our Expanding Universe. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992. Science Books and Films (forthcoming--submitted July 1992).
Book Review, Bainbridge, William Sims. Goals in space: American values and the future of technology. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1991. American Journal of Sociology 98/1 (July 1992): 195-197.
Book Review, Nicolson, Iain. The Illustrated World of Space. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. Science Books and Films 27/8 (October-November 1991): 237.
Book Review, Naden, Corrine. Ronald McNair, Astronaut. New York and Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1991. Science Books and Films 27/5 (June-July 1991): 144-45.
Book Review, Howse, Derek. Nevil Maskelyne: The Seaman's Astronomer. Cambridge University Press, 1989. Science Books and Films 25/5 (May-June 1990): 251-2.
Book Review, Carter, Dale. The Final Frontier: The Rise and Fall of the American Rocket State. 280 pp., illus., apps., index. London/New York: Verso, 1988. ISIS 81/306 (March 1990): 146-7.
Book Review, Schick, Ron, and Julia Van Haften. The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography, 1962-1972. NY: Crown, 1988, in Science Books and Films 24/2 (November/December 1988): 102.
Book Review, James, Mary Ann. Elites In Conflict. The Antebellum Clash over the Dudley Observatory. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1987., in Science, Technology, & Human Values 13/1&2 (Winter & Spring, 1988): 210-214.
Film Review, Made in Space: U. S. Space Station. Science Books and Films 24/1 (September-October 1988): 59.
Book Review, J.B. Hearnshaw, One Hundred and Fifty Years of Astronomical Spectroscopy, Isis 78/4 (1987): 603-604.
Book Review, O'Neill, W.M. Early Astronomy: From Babylonia to Copernicus; Science Books and Films 22/5 (May-June 1987): 293.
Book Review, Ewen A. Whitaker, The University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Its Founding and Early Years. Isis 78/1 (1987): 96-97.
Software Review, The Daily Planet. Science Books and Films 22/2 (Nov.-Dec. 1986): 97.
Film Review, Growing Up with Rockets. Science Books and Films 22/2 (Nov.-Dec. 1986): 134-5.
Slide Set Review, Shuttle Slides. Science Books and Films 22/1 (September-October 1986): 75.
Filmstrip Review, Comet Halley: Once in a Lifetime. Science Books and Films 21/4 (May-June 1986): 323.
Filmstrip Review, Earth, Moon, Sun and Space. Science Books and Films 21/3 (January-February 1986): 182.
Film Review, Space Science: Space Shuttle--Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Science Books and Films 21/1 (September-October 1985): 55.
Filmstrip Review, Is Anyone Out There? The Quest for Extraterrestrial Life. Science Books and Films 21/1 (September-October 1985): 58.
Book Review, George E. Webb, Tree Rings and Telescopes: The Scientific Career of A.E. Douglass," Journal of American History (June, 1984): pp. 148-149.
Professional Publications - Miscellaneous
"To the Planets on a Firm Basis--Origins of the JPL Table Mountain Observatory, 1957-1965." (Abstract), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 18/4 (1986): 1055.
"The Persistence of Lowell's Legacy: Life, Mars, and the U.S. Space Program 1958-1967," (Abstract), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 17/4 (1985): 828.
"Planetary Astronomy In Support of Exploration: the 1959 Proposals," (abstract), Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 16/3 (1985): 687-688.
"'Where are the people who know what they are doing?' Space Technology and Planetary Astronomy, 1958-1975." (Abstract), National Air and Space Museum Research Report 1984, p. 205.
Ethical Intentionality: Presence and Absence in Emmanuel Levinas' Totality and Infinity. Master's Thesis, Catholic University of America School of Philosophy, 1976.
Works In Progress and Unpublished Reports
"Space-Age Electronics," Chapter Five in Power and Control (Volume Three): Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Technology 1946 to 1990. Frederik Nebeker, General Editor, in progress.
The Granite, Maryland Nike Missile Base BA-79, 1954-1974. A Report on its history and prospects for preservation. For the Granite Historical Society. 2001.
The Worthington Family Plantation of Granite-Woodstock: Its extent, character, and surviving historical and archeological resources. For the Greater Patapsco Community Association. 2001.
Taverns and Inns of Woodstock-Granite: Prospects for oral history and preservation. For the Granite Historical Society. 2002.
Professional Activities--Memberships
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American Historical Association |
American Astronomical Society (Full Member) |
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History of Science Society |
American Geophysical Union |
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Society for the History of Technology |
Society for Social Studies of Science |
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American Association of Museums |
National Council on Public History |
Professional Activities--Offices and Committees
UMBC Department of History
Information Technology Committee, (Chair 1997-2002; member 2002-present )
Graduate Committee (1997-2002)
Public History Track (Co-Director 1998-99, Director 1999-2001)
UMBC Human Context of Science and Technology Governing Committee (2000-present; Acting Director 2003)
UMBC Truman Scholars Review Committee (1997, 1998)
UMBC Science, Technology, and Society Studies (various committees 1997-present )
Society for the History of Technology Annual Meeting, Baltimore, 1998 Local Arrangements Committee
American Geophysical Union Committee on the History of Geophysics (1995- )
American Astronautical Society Eugene Emme Award Committee (1994)
History of Science Society Women in Science Prize Committee (1992-1994, Chair 1994)
National Council on Public History, Consultants' Working Group (1993- )
American Historical Association / NASA Fellowship in Aerospace History Committee (1990-92; 1996-1998)
Society for the History of Technology Robinson Prize Committee (1990-92, Chair 1992)
Society for the History of Technology Levinson Prize Committee (1998- )
Advisor to fellows and visiting researchers at Smithsonian Institution, directed dissertation and graduate study at several universities
Professional Activities--Papers Presented
“Commemorating and Teaching the History of Aviation before and during the September 11, 2001 Attacks.” Session organizer for the National Council on Public History Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, 2003.
"Alternative Literary Forms of History--conceiving, executing, and evaluating," History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 1999.
"In from the cold or out in the cold? Warriors and Nuclear Weaponeers Search for their Place in History," Society for the History of Technology Annual Meeting, Pasadena, California, October 18, 1997.
Beyond the Ionosphere: a Conference on the History of Satellite Communications, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, October 17-18, 1995, Chaired session on Satellite Communications in Europe and Canada.
"United States and Soviet Planetary Exploration -- Competition, Separate Arenas, and Cooperation 1959-1990." American Astronautical Society Annual Meeting, Crystal City, Virginia, November 15-17, 1994.
Conference on Historiography of Contemporary Science, Technology and Medicine, Goeteborg University, Sweden, September 16-17, 1994, "Writing the History of Planetary and Space Science."
Seminar, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, September 14, 1994, "History of Space Flight in the United States--An Assessment After Fifty Years."
"International Cooperation in Planetary Observations: the International Mars Committee and the origins of the International Planetary Patrol, 1954-1968." Astronomical Society of the Pacific 106th Annual Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona, June 25, 1994.
Geological Society of America and History of the Earth Sciences Society Penrose Conference, "From the Inside and the Outside: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the History of the Earth Sciences," San Diego, California, March 19-21, 1994.
International Symposium on Space History, Washington, D.C., October 15, 1993, Session Chair and Symposium co-organizer.
First Biannual History of Astronomy Workshop, Notre Dame, Indiana June 24-27, 1993, "The history of astronomy since 1940: "Space Sciences" and "Social and Institutional Context of Celestial Mechanics in the Space Age: Style in celestial mechanics, Herget vs Herrick."
University of Maryland at Baltimore County, Policy Sciences Seminar, April, 1993, "Creating a Scientific Community to Explore the Solar System: How the U.S. government mobilized a reluctant scientific community in response to political and technological imperatives."
History of Science Society Annual Meeting, December, 1992, "Large-Scale Collaborative Research: the Case of High-Energy Physics", Session Commentator.
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Colloquium, February, 1992, "The Development of Imaging Detectors for the Hubble Space Telescope."
Rutgers University, Colloquium in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, December 1990, "Telescopes on Television and Vice Versa: The Development of Imaging Detectors for the Hubble Space Telescope."
University of Amsterdam, Department of Science Dynamics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 1990, "Space Techno-Science."
Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, Irvine, California, November 1989, "Atomic Weapons, Nuclear Strategy, the Moon, Mars, and Venus: the interplay of basic and applied research at the RAND Corporation, 1946-1966." [Withdrawn due to illness].
Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, Amsterdam, Holland, November 1988, "Creating a Scientific Community to Explore the Solar System: How one government mobilized a reluctant scientific community in response to political and technological imperatives."
Society for History of Technology Annual Meeting, Wilmington, Delaware, October 1988, "NASA and its Response to Adversity," (Session Chair and Organizer).
International Astronomical Union Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, August 1988, "The Entangled Fortunes of Ground-based and Space-based Astronomy, 1958-1972," in "Issues in the History of Space Astronomy" Session.
Space Science Board 30-Year Anniversary Colloquium, June 1988, "A Historian's Perspective on the Space Science Board of the National Academy of Sciences."
University of Minnesota, January 1988, "Space Technology and Planetary Astronomy," and "Navigating this New Ocean: The Development of the Spaceflight Navigation Community, 1945-1965."
American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, December 1987, "History of Space Flight" Session Chair (Substituting for Walter McDougall).
NASM and SI Videohistory Project, December 1987, "25 Years of Planetary Exploration," lecture and Panel discussion.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Center for Study of Science in Society, Blacksburg, Virginia, October 1987, "Space Technology and Planetary Astronomy," and "Navigating this New Ocean: The Development of the Spaceflight Navigation Community, 1945-1965."
American Astronautical Society and American Institute for Astronautics and Aeronautics, Astrodynamics Division Meeting, Kalispell, Montana, August 1987, "Navigating this New Ocean: The Development of the Spaceflight Navigation Community, 1945-1965."
NASA-NASM Conference on Space History, National Air and Space Museum, June 1987, "Space Technology and Planetary Science, 1950-1975."
American Astronomical Society, Historical Astronomy Division, Pasadena, California January 1987, "To the Planets on a Firm Basis--Origins of the JPL Table Mountain Observatory, 1957-1965."
History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, October 1986, "The History of Space Science, Recent Research," (Session Organizer, Chair and Commentator).
American Astronomical Society, Historical Astronomy Division, Houston, Texas, January 1986, "The Persistence of Lowell's Legacy."
Gettysburg College Honors Seminar on Power, November 6, 1985, "Federal Funding and Planetary Astronomy."
History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana October 1985, "The Persistence of Lowell's Legacy".
American Geophysical Union, May 1985, "A Home for Planetary Science and Planetary Astronomy".
Washington History of Science Club, December 1985 ("The Persistence of Lowell's Legacy").
Colloquium, The Johns Hopkins University, History of Science Department, January 1985 (Federal Funding and Planetary Astronomy).
Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, Kona, Hawaii, October 1984 (Planetary Astronomy in Support of Exploration: the 1959 Proposals).
American Astronomical Society, Historical Astronomy Division Meeting, June 1984 (Session Moderator).
Washington Neighborhood Astronomers Meeting, March 1984 (Planetary Astronomy - Basic or Applied Research?).
National Air and Space Museum-Museum of American History Seminar on Postwar Science, February 1984, (NASA and Ground-Based Astronomy).
Cornell University Center for Radiophysics and Space Research Colloquium, December 1983 (A "Home" for Planetary Science).
Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA, November 1983 (Federal Funding and Planetary Astronomy).
National Science Foundation, Division of Policy Research and Analysis, Workshop on Federal Funding and Knowledge Growth in Subfields and Specialties of Science, May 1983 (Federal Funding and Planetary Astronomy, 1950-1975, with Thomas F. Gieryn).
University of Maryland Committee for History and Philosophy of Science, May 1983 (Space Technology and Planetary Astronomy).
Joint Atlantic Seminar in the History of the Physical Sciences, April 1983 (Work-in-Progress: Space Technology and Planetary Astronomy, 1958-1975).
National Air and Space Museum Works-in-Progress, March 1983 (Interest in the Planets, Second World War to NASA).
Indiana University History and Philosophy of Science, March 1983 (Researching in U.S. Government History).
Indiana University Joint Colloquium, Astronomy - History and Philosophy of Science Departments, March 1983 (Interest in the Planets, Second World War to NASA).
National Capital Astronomers, January 1983 (Early Twentieth-Century Planetary Astronomy).
History of Science Society Annual Meeting, October 1982 (Work-in-Progress: Space Technology and Planetary Astronomy, 1958-1975).
University and Community Service
UMBC Founders History Project—served as organizer and interviewer for video interviews of UMBC founding faculty and administrators. 2000-2003.
Granite Nike Missile Base History Project 1998-1999--contributed time pro bono to direct a project documenting a significant Cold War site in Granite Maryland. Obtained funding for project, directed interns, conducted oral history interviews and archival research. Also assisted the Granite Historical Society in other heritage and preservation programs, including participation in living history programs, conservation of local historic sites and structures, and general advice to the society
Maryland History Day 1998-1999--worked with Maryland Historical Society to select and interpret primary sources for a teacher's guide; advised students, judged entries; provided other information and advice regularly.
Egyptian Scholars Program UMBC guest lecturer March 17 1999: History of Science and Technolgy in the K-12 classroom.
Society for the History of Technology Annual Meeting Local Arrangements Committee 1998--took a leading role in making local arrangements for a meeting of 400 historians of technology. Produced a Local Arrangements Web Site, arranged, researched, and conducted tours of local sites of interest to history of technology, directed a large number of student volunteers in staffing registration and concierge functions for Society members.
Department of History Computers and Technology Committee 1997-present--managed transition to new Novell network; surveyed and assessed all technological systems in the Department and developed a modernization and sustained development plan; introduced electronic presentation and course Web Site support to instruction; introduced New Media Internships to train students in effective integration of technology into academic historical practice; developed laboratory sessions for history of science courses using fabricated demonstration and experiment apparatus as well as equipment borrowed from science departments.
Committee on Science and Technology in Human Context 1997-2000--Worked with representatives of other university departments to develop options for undergraduate and graduate study at UMBC; researched other programs, curricula, and administrative arrangements; developed syllabus for introductory course; suggested curricular and management structure as well as numerous other aspects and worked with committee toward consensus. Resulted in a Summer 1999 decision and recommendation to the Dean of Arts and Sciences for an interdepartmental undergrduate program.
Department of History Public History Track 1997-2000--Worked with other department members (principally Graduate Director Daniel Ritschel and Professor Gary Browne) to develop a track within the MA program. Surveyed other degree programs and curricula at other universities, local employment opportunities and prospective employer needs, and numerous other aspects. Wrote proposal and other preliminary documents, Track administrative documents and procedures, and promotional materials for recruiting. Together with Professor Browne served as Co-Director for the Track and then Director.
Department of History Oral History Training and Research 1999-present--Acquired professional equipment for tape recording oral history interviews; negotiated appropriate approvals with the University Institutional Review Board for Research with Human Subjects; negotiated deposit of interview products with the University Archives Special Collections. Developed training curriculum, interview processing procedures and control instruments, and other associated infrastructure in accord with American Historical Association and Oral History Association guidelines. Served as Department Human Subjects Review Board liaison and advisor.
Internal and Unpublished Reviews
Book Manuscripts for
-University of California Press
-Smithsonian Institution Press
-Johns Hopkins University Press
-Pennsylvania State University Press
-Indiana University Press
-Time-Life Books
-NASA History Office
-Rutgers University Press
-Cambridge University Press
-Institute of Physics Publishing
Grant Proposals for
-National Science Foundation (various programs)
-National Endowment for the Humanities
-National Historic Publications and Records Commission
Manuscripts for
-Osiris
-Technology and Culture
-Science, Technology, and Human Values
-IEEE Spectrum
-Isis
-Earth Sciences History
-and other journals
Film Scripts for Smithsonian World and other documentaries.
ICARUS, The Journal of Solar System Studies Editorial Board consultant on archives and preservation. (1985)
Popular Lectures and Education
Substantial interaction with the press and media covering the launch and operation of the Hubble Space Telescope, providing historical perspective and commentary. (1990)
"America's Future in Space" 3-day Smithsonian National Associates Seminar, Washington, D.C. (March 1990)
"Exploring the Heavens and the Earth--Past and Present," 3-day Smithsonian National Associates Seminar, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, (June 1988)
"Technology of Space Flight and Celestial Mechanics," Docent Training (June 1988)
"History of Space Exploration," four-day intensive seminar, Smithsonian National Associates Program, Madison, Wisconsin. (May 1987)
"Operating the Hubble Space Telescope," lectures and guided tours of the Goddard Space Flight Center and the Space Telescope Science Institute, Smithsonian Resident Associates Program. (April 1987)
Interpreter, Paul E. Garber Preservation and Restoration Facility Annual Open House. (1984-1988)
Telescope Viewing--Operated telescopes and interpreted for public viewing on numerous occasions.
Gallery Tours and lectures for special groups - More than fifty tours with commentary. (1984-1988)
"History of Observational Astronomy - The Ptolemaic and Copernican Systems." Special Planetarium Session for Johns Hopkins University Students. (September 1986)
"Noontime With the Stars," More than thirty planetarium lectures using the Zeiss Model Six system. (1984-1986)
"Observing Halley from Land, Sea, Air and Space." Planetarium Monthly Sky Lecture. (February 1986).
"History of Astronomy," Docent Training. (January 1986).
Larry King Radio Talk Show, Comet Halley. (November 1985)
"IRAS and Infrared Space Astronomy," Docent Training. (November 1985)
"IRAS The Magnificent" Radio Smithsonian Interview. (October 1985)
"History of Space Science," Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio Interviews. (June 1985)
Lunar Ramblings." Planetarium Monthly Sky Lecture. (June 1985)
"Space Astronomy: The View from Earth Orbit." National Science Week Program. (May 1985)
"Astronomy from Earth Orbit, The Hubble Space Telescope," Planetarium Monthly Sky Lecture. (November 1984)
Astronomy interpreter, Smithsonian Associates Solar Eclipse Expedition. (May 1984)
Courses Taught - Undergraduate & Graduate
University of Maryland Baltimore County
United States History Since 1877 (HIST 102 Fall 1997, Spring 1998, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Fall 2000; Spring 2001, Fall 2001, Fall 2002)
History of Science since 1700 (HIST 446/646 Spring 1997, Spring 1998, Spring 2000, Spring 2003)
History of Science, Antiquity to 1700 (HIST 445/645 Fall 1996, Fall 1997, Fall 1999, Fall 2001)
Colloqium in History of Science: U.S. Science and Technology in the Cold War and Beyond (HIST 717 Spring 1998, Spring 2003).
Colloqium in History of Science: 2001 A Space Odyssey: Spaceflight in Culture: A Century of Vision and Reality (HIST 495/717 Spring 2001).
Colloquium in Intellectual History and Historiography: The Practice of Public History (HIST 712/716 Spring 1992; Fall 1993; Fall 1994; Fall 1995; Fall 1996; Fall 1998; Fall 2000)
Practices in Public History: Oral and Video Interviewing for Historical Research (HIST 495 / 711 Fall 2002)
Machines & Movies: Images of Science & Technology in Popular Film (HIST 355A Spring 1993)
Colloquium in American History: Spaceflight and US National Policy since 1946 (HIST 495/710 Fall 1992)
Historical Research: Historiography of Space Flight (HIST 495 Spring 2000, Fall 2001)
Human Context of Science and Technology 100 (HCST 100 Fall 2001, Fall 2002). Three-week unit with members of the Joint Center for Astrophysics and Dr. Ted Foster, Asst. Dean of Engineering on exploring the universe with new technologies.
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Machines & Movies: Images of Technology in Popular Film (Spring 1991)
University of Maryland, College Park
Science and Technology in World History (undergraduate, Fall 1988)
History of Technology (undergraduate-graduate, Fall 1988)
Technology and Social Change in History (undergraduate, Summer 1990)
Indiana University, Bloomington
Introduction to Scientific Reasoning (critical analysis of logic and statistical argumentation)
(1978-1982 - regular undergraduate university classes as well as special extension course at the Terre Haute Federal Penitentiary)
Towson State University, Morgan State University, Villa Julie College, Baltimore, Maryland
Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics
(1975-1977 - regular undergraduate university classes as well as special extension course at the Social Security Administration)
Management and Administration
As Associate Director, Center for the History of Electrical Engineering, I worked closely with the Director on all matters of policy and implementation. This included refining the existing program of the center in research, education, preservation, outreach, and service. I contributed to developing the Center's fundraising plan, including instruments such as brochures and mailings, as well as strategies for researching and approaching potential donors. I participated in developing research and other proposals for submission to federal and other agencies. I worked and negotiated with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Rutgers University top management (Provost level).
In the absence of the Director I assumed full authority for daily operation of the Center (administrative and fiscal) and supervision of the staff, (including two other PhD historians, a researcher, research assistant, and staff assistant.) In addition, I assumed many of the daily administrative tasks leaving the Director free to work on policy, planning, and research. I took a leading role in accomplishing the move of the Center to the Rutgers University campus. This included moving the staff of seven, files, and library from several locations, acquiring furniture and office equipment, creating an appropriate computer network and communications systems, and establishing new administrative systems and procedures for operating the Center. The institutional arrangements required connecting multiple sources of funding with the administrative and financial systems of two institutions (Rutgers University and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) operating on different fiscal years.
As Acting Department Chair, 1986-1987, I was responsible for the overall management of the National Air and Space Museum's Space Science and Exploration Department, including more than twenty curatorial, professional, and support staff. I reorganized the department to coincide with reorganization of the entire Museum and aligned department goals and activities with new museum priorities. This required completing outstanding projects, terminating those that were not viable, establishing new working relationships with other departments, and realigning staff duties and performance plans.
I worked to raise the visibility and reputation of the department in the scholarly community through active participation in scholarly societies publication, and cooperative programs with universities.
I supervised the work of numerous interns and research assistants; includes service as principal advisor for Predoctoral and Senior Postdoctoral Fellows, graduate student advising, as well as service on dissertation committees.
Artifacts and Collections
National Air and Space Museum
As Curator, identified, located, documented, and obtained numerous significant artifacts representing the conduct of astronomy from balloons, aircraft and spacecraft. These ranged from 1-mm square infrared detectors to railroad car-size spacecraft development vehicles.
As Department Chair, reviewed and approved all loans of artifacts to other museums and accessions of new artifacts. I interpreted existing policy, and worked with other museum units to develop new policies and procedures to deal with space and resource constraints. I helped revise and renegotiate the NASA-NASM artifact transfer agreement, a major policy document that sets forth the transfer of NASA artifacts to the Smithsonian Institution when they are no longer needed by NASA.
Center for History of Electrical Engineering
Curated collection of manuscripts, photographs, artifacts, and artworks. Facilitated access to collections by visiting researchers and answered research requests from within and outside the organization. Evaluated collections, assessed existing physical and intellectual control, and established systems for managing archival and other resources. (1990-1991)
Exhibits
National Air and Space Museum
Curator or consultant to several small exhibits on the history of space technology and science. Curator for a major expansion of the Stars Gallery featuring the history of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Infrared Astronomy Satellite. Performed all research and writing of scripts; acquired artifacts, photographs, and graphics; managed restoration of spacecraft; developed film scripts. (1985-86)
Curator for the Hubble Space Telescope full-scale Structural Dynamic Test Vehicle exhibit in Space Hall. This included researching, identifying and documenting the historical importance of the artifact, negotiating donation, and coordinating logistics for transfer to NASM. I researched and wrote a manual for the two-year restoration of the artifact, and worked with restoration staff to ensure fidelity of the work. I wrote all scripts and documentation for the exhibitry, and oversaw the assembly and installation. (1985-89)
As Acting Department Chair, reviewed and approved all exhibit proposals and scripts. Worked with other museum units to coordinate department exhibit shedule with those of other curatorial departments. I participated in fundraising and administration of major gallery and exhibit development. (1986-1987)
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