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Professional Experience

I began my professional career in IT/MIS management, serving as the Director of IT for Ford Motor Company’s Blackwood pickup truck design, production, and delivery. I also worked as the network and servers administrator for General Motors at the Renaissance Center. In 1996, I returned to my studies and pursued graduate degrees in History, which led to a career change. I became an adjunct professor and have since taught at several institutions in lower Michigan. In 2008, I accepted a position as a Special Lecturer at Oakland University. Later, in 2019, I became the Associate Chair of the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communications (HSSC) department at Lawrence Tech. Recently, I stepped down from the chair position to focus on teaching and research. I currently hold the position of Assistant Professor of Teaching at Lawrence Tech University and also have adjunct teaching positions at CCS and Wayne State. In 2019, I became a QM-certified peer reviewer and was contracted to assist several institutions in transitioning to online instruction.

Significant Publications, Presentations and Exhibitions

Publications

“Eugenics.” The Emergence of Modern America 1900-1928: The Encyclopedia of American History, Vol 7. Edited by Elizabeth Faue, General Editor Gary Nash, New York: Facts on File.

“The Pan-American Exhibition of 1901.”  The Emergence of Modern America 1900-1928: The Encyclopedia of American History, Vol 7. Edited by Elizabeth Faue, General Editor Gary Nash, New York: Facts on File.

“Buck v. Bell.” The Emergence of Modern America 1900-1928: The Encyclopedia of American History, Vol 7. Edited by Elizabeth Faue, General Editor Gary Nash, New York: Facts on File.

The Michigan Historical Review: Vol. 33, No. 1, Spring 2007:  Review of Jeffrey D. Kleiman. Strike!: How the Furniture Workers Strike of 1911 Changed Grand Rapids.

Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, Grand Rapids Historical Commission Series on Grand Rapids History, 2006. Pp. 150. Bibliography-index. Map. Photographs. Paper. Papers Presented

“Laborers, Unions, and the Public Welfare: The Tarfville Strike of 1875 and Gilded Age America.” Delivered at History Comes Alive, Rochester, February 9, 2016.

“A Contested Past: The American Centennial and the Reshaping of American History.” Delivered at History Comes Alive, Oakland University, Rochester, MI. Feb. 20, 2008.

“The Taftville Strike of 1875 and the Struggles of Labor at the Beginning of the Gilded Age.” Delivered at the North American Labor History Conference (NALHC), Detroit, MI. Oct. 19, 2006.

“The American Centennial and the Transformation of American Patriotism.” Delivered at the Dearborn Historical Museum Lecture Series, May 2005.

Videos and Interviews

Clarkston Heritage Museum: Heritage – Stories of Michigan History, “Clarkston Broadside”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpFC8hW7HS8&feature=youtu.be 

Conference Panels

Phi Alpha Theta (P.A.T.) Regional Conference Judge: Panel 7, April 2, 2016

“English Royalty” Chair/Comments: North American Labor History Conference (NALHC) Panel

4 Oct. 17, 2008

“Workers Represented and Representing Themselves”: Adam Tompkins, Arizona State University; Steve Lehto, University of Detroit Mercy; Patrick O’Leary, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Chair/Comments: North American Labor History Conference (NALHC) Panel 2D, Oct. 20, 2006. 

“Workers Using Strikes”: Joseph Abel, Rice University; Benjamin Isitt, University of New Brunswick; Martin Kley, University of Texas, Austin.

Archives Processed

Mike Gold and Mike Folsom 1901-1990 (Bulk 1930-1967), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Special Collections Library, Labadie Collections, 15 linear feet (apx), “Correspondence”