Research

The School of History, Technology, and Society (HTS) is composed of historians and sociologists. Despite their wide array of interests in their respective disciplines, the HTS faculty has particular strengths in several areas: technology, science, and culture; education and the workplace; gender, race, and ethnicity; industry and economy; landscape and the environment; Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and politics, culture, and social change.

Faculty Research Areas

Technology, Science, and Culture: Amanda Damarin (industry, technology); August Giebelhaus (industry, technology); Kenneth Knoespel (science, technology); John Krige (science, technology); Willie Pearson Jr. (race, science); Sue Rosser (gender, science); John Lawrence Tone (medicine); Steven Usselman (industry, technology)

Education and the Workplace: Amanda Damarin (work); Douglas Flamming (labor); Gregory Nobles (labor); Willie Pearson Jr. (race, science, education); Jonathan Schneer (British labor)

Gender, Race, and Ethnicity: Eleanor Alexander (African American); Ronald Bayor (ethnicity, race relations, immigration); Laura Bier (Middle East, gender); Douglas Flamming (African American); Lawrence Foster (gender, family, sexuality); Carla Gerona (Early America, Atlantic World, Borderlands); Willie Pearson Jr. (race); Sue Rosser (gender)

Industry and Economy: Amanda Damarin (industry, economy); Douglas Flamming (labor, industry); August Giebelhaus (industry, economy); Steven Usselman (industry, economy)

Landscape and Environment: Kenneth Knoespel (England); Gregory Nobles (American); Jonathan Schneer

Europe, Asia, and the Middle East: Laura Bier (Middle East, Europe); Kenneth Knoespel (Europe, Scandinavia, Russia); Hanchao Lu (China, Japan); Carole E. Moore (Europe); Jonathan Schneer (Europe, Britain); John Lawrence Tone (Europe, Spain, Cuba)

Politics, Culture, and Social Change: Ronald Bayor (urban); Lawrence Foster (revolutions); Carla Gerona (Early America, Atlantic World, Borderlands); Hanchao Lu (urban, material culture); Jonathan Schneer (labor politics); John Lawrence Tone (Spain, Cuba, French Revolution); Steven Usselman (industry, politics); Bill Winders (social movements, national policies, elections)

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Historians

Eleanor Alexander
Ronald Bayor
Laura Bier
Douglas Flamming
Lawrence Foster
Carla Gerona
August Giebelhaus
Kenneth Knoespel
John Krige
Hanchao Lu
Carole E. Moore
Gregory Nobles
Jonathan Schneer
John Lawrence Tone
Steven Usselman

Sociologists

Amanda Damarin
Willie Pearson Jr.
Sue Rosser
Bill Winders