Weiss, Jana
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- Article TitleJana Weiss
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- Page Description<p> Jana Weiß is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, funded by the German Research Foundation. Her postdoctoral project focuses on the history of beer in the United States prior to Prohibition and its evolution from a German cultural asset to an Americanized mass product. Her research interests also include American political and religious history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries</p><br />
- Teaser<p> Jana Weiß is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, funded by the German Research Foundation. Her postdoctoral project focuses on the history of beer in the United States prior to Prohibition and its evolution from a German cultural asset to an Americanized mass product. Her research interests also include American political and religious history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries</p><br />
- BylineJana Weiss, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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- OrganizationUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
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Welskopp, Thomas
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- Article TitleThomas Welskopp
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- Teaser<p>Thomas Welskopp is the Professor for History and Modern Societies at the University of Bielefeld.</p>
- BylineThomas Welskopp, University of Bielefeld.
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- OrganizationUniversity of Bielefeld.
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Wenger, Diane
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- Article TitleDiane Wenger
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- Page Description<p>Diane Wenger is an Associate Professor of history at Wilkes University. Her interests include local history, the material culture of early America, and the history of everyday people, in particular minorities and women. She teaches survey courses on U.S. History and upper level courses on Colonial America, the Early Nation, U.S. Women’s History, Native American History, and Material Culture. </p>
- Teaser<p>Diane Wenger is an Associate Professor of history at Wilkes University. Her interests include local history, the material culture of early America, and the history of everyday people, in particular minorities and women. She teaches survey courses on U.S. History and upper level courses on Colonial America, the Early Nation, U.S. Women’s History, Native American History, and Material Culture. </p>
- BylineDiane Wenger
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Whitaker, Jan
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- Article TitleJan Whitaker
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- Teaser<p>Jan Whitaker is an independent historian who specializes in consumer history. She is particularly interested in the intersection of commerce and everyday life. She has published multiple works on the history of department stores, tea rooms, and restaurants. </p>
- BylineJan Whitaker
- Websitehttp://www.janwhitaker.net/
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Wilbers, Christian
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- Article TitleChristian Wilbers
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- Page Description<p>Christian Wilbers is a Ph.D. Candidate in American Studies at the College of William and Mary. He is working on a disseration that deals with transnational negotiations of belonging in German Americanbetween World War I and World War II.</p>
- Teaser<p>Christian Wilbers is a Ph.D. Candidate in American Studies at the College of William and Mary. He is working on a disseration that deals with transnational negotiations of belonging in German Americanbetween World War I and World War II.</p>
- BylineChristian Wilbers, William and Mary
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- OrganizationWilliam and Mary
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Williams, Virginia
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- Article TitleVirginia Williams
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- Teaser<p>Virginia Williams is an independent writer and editor best known for her work in memoir, parenting and health, and financial services. Currently living in the English countryside, she is hard at work on a novel set in Vichy France. More information about her work can be found at <a href="http://www.virginialwilliams.com" title="" target="_blank">www.virginialwilliams.com</a>.</p>
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Willnath, Simone
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Simone Willnath received her Bachelor's Degree in German Studies and Theology from the University of Münster, holds a Master's Degree in Foreign Language Pedagogy, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in German Studies at Georgetown University. She supported the Immigrant Entrepreneurship team as a research assistant from May-August 2014 and developed several teaching tools for the project.
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Simone Willnath received her Bachelor's Degree in German Studies and Theology from the University of Münster, holds a Master's Degree in Foreign Language Pedagogy, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in German Studies at Georgetown University. She supported the Immigrant Entrepreneurship team as a research assistant from May-August 2014 and developed several teaching tools for the project.
- BylineSimone V. Willnath, German Historical Institute
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- OrganizationGerman Historical Institute
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Wilma, David
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- Article TitleDavid Wilma
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- Teaser<p>David Wilma is a freelance writer and historian based in Seattle, WA. </p>
- BylineDavid Wilma
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Wilson, Carol
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- Article TitleCarol Wilson
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- Page Description<p>Carol Wilson earned an M.A. in Public History from Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. She is currently a member of the research staff at History Associates, Incorporated.</p>
- Teaser<p>Carol Wilson earned an M.A. in Public History from Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. She is currently a member of the research staff at History Associates, Incorporated.</p>
- BylineCarol Wilson, History Associates, Incorporated
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- OrganizationHistory Associates, Incorporated
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Winkler, Claudia
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- Article TitleClaudia Winkler
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Claudia Winkler received her Bachelor’s Degree from Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of German at Georgetown University. She interned with the GHI from June through August 2011 and was primarily responsible for commissioning biographies for the Immigrant Entrepreneurship research project. She returned as a Research Associate from Dec 2013 to April 2014.
- BylineClaudia Winkler, German Historical Institute
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- OrganizationGerman Historical Institute
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Wohlers, Tony
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- Article TitleTony Wohlers
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- Short TitleTony Wohlers
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- Page Description<p>Tony Wohlers is Associate Professor of History and Government at Cameron University, where he also serves as Director of Academic Enrichment. A native of Germany, he received his Ph.D. form Northern Illinois University. His research focuses on biotechnology policies and new communication technologies at the local level in Germany and the U.S. He is chair of the Lawton Fort-Sill Community Coalition, the associate editor of <em>Oklahoma Politics</em>, and vice president of the Oklahoma Political Science Association.</p>
- Teaser<p>Tony Wohlers is Associate Professor of History and Government at Cameron University, where he also serves as Director of Academic Enrichment. A native of Germany, he received his Ph.D. form Northern Illinois University. His research focuses on biotechnology policies and new communication technologies at the local level in Germany and the U.S. He is chair of the Lawton Fort-Sill Community Coalition, the associate editor of <em>Oklahoma Politics</em>, and vice president of the Oklahoma Political Science Association.</p>
- BylineTony Wohlers, Cameron University
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- OrganizationCameron University
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Wokeck, Marianne S
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- Article TitleMarianne S. Wokeck
- Page TitleMarianne S. Wokeck
- Short TitleMarianne S. Wokeck
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Marianne S. Wokeck is Chancellor’s Professor of History at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, where she teaches early American history. She was educated in Germany and the United States (Staatsexamen [History and English], University of Hamburg; Ph.D. [History], Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Her major research interests focus on immigration and ethnicity and scholarly editing. Her book publications as author and editor include Trade in Strangers: The Beginnings of Mass Migration to North America (University Park, Pa., 1999); The Papers of William Penn, volumes 3-4 (Philadelphia, 1986, 1987); Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary, volume 1 (Philadelphia, 1991); The Works of George Santayana, volumes 5 and 7 (Boston, 2001-2011).
- BylineMarianne S. Wokeck, Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis
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- OrganizationIndiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis
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Wright, Robert
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- Article TitleRobert E. Wright
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- Page Description<p> Robert E. Wright is the Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana College in South Dakota and a board member of Historians Against Slavery. Wright (Ph.D., History, SUNY Buffalo, 1997) has authored or co-authored 15 books, including <em>Financial Founding Fathers </em>(Chicago, 2006), <em>One Nation Under Debt </em>(McGraw Hill, 2008), and <em>Corporation Nation </em>(UPenn, 2014). He also edited <em>Bailouts</em>(Columbia, 2010) and <em>Guide to U.S. Economic Policy </em>(CQ, 2014, with Tom Zeiler) and two monograph series for Pickering and Chatto and currently serves as the academic editor of the Cambridge University Press book series "Slavery Since Emancipation." </p>
- Teaser<p> Robert E. Wright is the Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana College in South Dakota and a board member of Historians Against Slavery. Wright (Ph.D., History, SUNY Buffalo, 1997) has authored or co-authored 15 books, including <em>Financial Founding Fathers </em>(Chicago, 2006), <em>One Nation Under Debt </em>(McGraw Hill, 2008), and <em>Corporation Nation </em>(UPenn, 2014). He also edited <em>Bailouts</em>(Columbia, 2010) and <em>Guide to U.S. Economic Policy </em>(CQ, 2014, with Tom Zeiler) and two monograph series for Pickering and Chatto and currently serves as the academic editor of the Cambridge University Press book series "Slavery Since Emancipation." </p>
- BylineRobert E. Wright, Augustana College
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- OrganizationAugustana College
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Yost, Jeffrey R
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- Article TitleJeffrey R. Yost
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- Teaser<p>Jeffrey R. Yost is Associate Director of the Charles Babbage Institute and a faculty member in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He has a B.A. from Macalester College, M.B.A. from University of Minnesota, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Case Western Reserve University (History of Technology and Science). He is a past Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Annals of the History of Computing and has published multiple books and dozens of scholarly articles on the business, technical, social, and cultural history of computing and software.</p>
- BylineJeffrey R. Yost, University of Minnesota
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- OrganizationUniversity of Minnesota
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Ziegler-McPherson, Christina A
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- Article TitleChristina A. Ziegler-McPherson
- Page TitleChristina A. Ziegler-McPherson
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- Page Description<p>Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson is a public historian living in Hoboken, NJ. She has a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is the author of <em>Americanization in the States: Immigrant Social Welfare Policy, Citizenship, and National Identity in the United States, 1908-1929</em> (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2009).</p>
- Teaser<p>Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson is a public historian living in Hoboken, NJ. She has a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is the author of <em>Americanization in the States: Immigrant Social Welfare Policy, Citizenship, and National Identity in the United States, 1908-1929</em> (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2009).</p>
- BylineChristina A. Ziegler-McPherson
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