Education and Employment
Education
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, PhD 1990, MA 1985
Clare College, Cambridge, BA 1983
Columbia University, New York, BA 1981
Academic Employment
2000-present: Illinois State University
Associate Professor, 00-04; Professor, 04-17; University Professor, 17-present
1992-2000: Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Assistant Professor, 1992-97; Associate Professor, 97-00
Visiting positions: summers 2021-23, History of Architecture and Urban Planning Program, TU-Delft; April-June 2016, Transnational American Studies Institute, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz; Sept. 2010-July 2011, Graduate School in History & Sociology, Universität Bielefeld; Jan.-June 2006, History Dept., Bilkent University; Oct. 1996-July 1997, Anglistik/Amerikanistik, Universität Kassel
Personal Information
Born: Boston, Mass., 1959
Grew up in New Bedford, Mass.