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|Style="Width:80%; valign:top;" |I teach U.S. history at [http://www.emich.edu/ Eastern Michigan University].  I hold a Ph.D. in the [[history of science]], [[history of technology|technology]], [[history of the environment|environment]] and [[history of medicine|medicine]] (STEM) from [http://www.cwru.edu/ Case Western Reserve University] (2001) with a sub-field in [[economics]].  I wrote a dissertation on [[Progressive Era]] engineering ideology in educational reforms.  I am also degreed in [[Philosophy]] having written a thesis on [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Friedrich Nietzsche's]] aesthetics.  My research interests include the intersections of technology and education, the ideological and intellectual history of engineering, history of U.S. railroads, interurban railroads, the U.S. Progressive Era, public history, and museums of science and technology.
|Style="Width:80%; valign:top;" |I was a lecturer in [[Michigan History|Michigan]] and [[U.S. History|U.S. history]] at [http://www.emich.edu/ Eastern Michigan University] from 1997 through 2017.  I hold a Ph.D. in the [[history of science]], [[history of technology|technology]], [[history of the environment|environment]] and [[history of medicine|medicine]] (STEM) from [http://www.cwru.edu/ Case Western Reserve University] (2001) with a sub-field in [[economics]].  I wrote a dissertation on [[Progressive Era]] engineering ideology in educational reforms.  I am also degreed in [[Philosophy]] having written a thesis on [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Friedrich Nietzsche's]] aesthetics.  My research interests include the intersections of technology and education, the history of Michigan and transportation in Michigan, the ideological and intellectual history of engineering, history of U.S. railroads, interurban railroads, the U.S. Progressive Era, public history, and museums of science and technology.


==At The Citizendium==
==At The Citizendium==
I've been a [[:Category:History Editors|editor in the history group]] since 2007.  I have served on the [[:Category:CZ Editorial Council Emeritus Members|old Editorial Council]] and helped shepherd the [[CZ:subgroups|subgroups]] policy through.  I served also on the [[CZ:Charter|Charter]] drafting committee and was elected the first Chair of the [[CZ:Management Council|Management Council]].  My term in office ended July 1, 2011.
I was an [[:Category:History Editors|editor in the history group]], and served in other various administrative roles.
 
==Wikis where I can be found==
I am the general editor of the [http://www.michtranshist.info Michigan Transportation History wiki].
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:RedJ_17 I was active on WP almost a decade ago], but still occasionally pop in to make a correction or two.
 
I was an early editor and admin on the [http://www.stswiki.org/index.php?title=User:RedJ_17 STS Wiki: the wiki for Science, Technology, and Society studies].
 
EDiT was the Digital History Textbook at [http://www.emich.edu/ Eastern Michigan University].  It ran the [http://www.mediawiki.org/ Mediawiki software], and I was the general editor between 2007 and 2011 when the University terminated the project.


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Biography

I was a lecturer in Michigan and U.S. history at Eastern Michigan University from 1997 through 2017. I hold a Ph.D. in the history of science, technology, environment and medicine (STEM) from Case Western Reserve University (2001) with a sub-field in economics. I wrote a dissertation on Progressive Era engineering ideology in educational reforms. I am also degreed in Philosophy having written a thesis on Friedrich Nietzsche's aesthetics. My research interests include the intersections of technology and education, the history of Michigan and transportation in Michigan, the ideological and intellectual history of engineering, history of U.S. railroads, interurban railroads, the U.S. Progressive Era, public history, and museums of science and technology.

At The Citizendium

I was an editor in the history group, and served in other various administrative roles.

Reflecting on the East Arm, Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan, 2007.

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A. Naturally, we [at CMoS] have very little experience with this. Is there absolutely no way to blame it on someone else? If not, you probably should keep a low profile until it blows over. Lucky for you, proofreaders automatically have a fairly low profile.

--Chicago Manual of Style--Questions and Answers, January 2012. University of Chicago Press. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/64QfmGZB6)

Q. When I entered an incorrect password for your website, I received this message: “Invalid Log In.” Shouldn’t “log in” be “login” in this case?

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