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Christopher J. Tassava <christopher@tassava.com> Metropolitan State University dissertation project: "Launching a Thousand Ships: Entrepreneurs, War Workers, and the State in American Shipbuilding, 1940-1945" (completed, June 2003) |
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Web Page: | https://www.tassava.com |
List Affiliations: | List Editor for H-Business Emeritus Review Editor for H-Business |
Interests: | American History / Studies History of Science, Medicine, and Technology |
Bio: EDUCATION: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) Ph.D., American History (June 2003) dissertation: “Launching a Thousand Ships: Entrepreneurs, War Workers, and the State in American Shipbuilding, 1940-1945” committee: Professors Ken Alder (chair), Michael Sherry, Joel Mokyr, Nancy MacLean major field: American history specialization: history of science and technology minor field: comparative Cold War history Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) M.A., American History (June 1998) thesis: “Cloaked in the Utmost Secrecy: Secrecy and Technology at Hanford, Washington, 1941-1946” (winner, George Romani Prize for best M.A. thesis; Department of History, Northwestern University) Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) B.A., magna cum laude (June 1995) PUBLISHED ARTICLES: “Weak Seams: Controversy over Welding Theory and Practice in American Shipyards, 1938-1946,” forthcoming in _History and Technology_, vol. 19, no. 2. “Multiples of Six: The Six Companies and West Coast Industrialization, 1930-1945,” _Enterprise & Society_, vol. 4, no. 1. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Adjunct Instructor Deparment of History, Metropolitan State University (Minneapolis, MN) "U.S. Economic Life: Technology" (fall 2003) Adjunct Instructor Department of History, University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN) “The Modern U.S. in Global Perspective” (fall 2001) “Early America in Global Perspective” (spring 2002) Instructor University College, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) Developed and taught undergraduate seminar course: “The United States at War, 1941-1945” (summer 2000) Teaching Assistant Department of History, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) “History of Modern Science and Medicine” (spring 2000) “The United States since 1865” (winter 2000) “The United States since 1865” (winter 1999) “The United States to 1865” (fall 1998) MAJOR CONFERENCE PAPERS: “‘No More Vital Work’: Quality Control in World War II Shipbuilding” “Reinventing the Factory,” Hagley Fellows Conference (Wilmington, DE; March 2003) “Standing Up, Falling Down: American Merchant Shipbuilding, 1936-1958” Society for the History of Technology annual conference (Toronto, ON; October 2002) (co-organizer of “Global Shipbuilding in War and Reconstruction” panel) “Twin Ports Shipbuilding at War, 1941-1945” Northern Great Plains History Conference (Minneapolis, MN; October 2002) “Weak Seams: Welding and Technical Uncertainty in American Shipbuilding, 1938-1946” Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of the Physical Sciences (Atlanta, GA; September 2002) “Metal and Machinery: Merchant Shipbuilding Procurement by the U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II” Policy History Conference (St. Louis, MO; May 2002) “Multiples of Six: The Six Companies and West Coast Industrialization, 1930-1945” Business History Conference (Wilmington, DE; April 2002) “War Work in Flux: Male and Female Welders in Bay Area Shipyards, 1940-1946” Society for the History of Technology annual conference (San Jose, CA; October 2001) “Crossing the Bridge of Ships: Bay Area Shipbuilders in the Postwar World” “Engineering Postwar Industry: 1940s-1970s” conference, Hagley Museum and Library (Wilmington, DE; July 2001) |