Christiane Diehl Taylor
Department of History
325 Keith
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY 40475
(859) 622-1288
[email protected]
(859) 622-1357 (fax)
201 Percheron Drive
Richmond, KY 40475
(859) 624-2003
(859) 248-5750 (cell)
EDUCATION:
-BA, English and Communications Research, University of Michigan, May 1973.
-MA, American History, University of Minnesota, February 1993.
-PhD., American History, University of Minnesota, December 1997.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
-History Department Chair, Eastern Kentucky University, July 2010-Professor, American History, Department of History, Eastern Kentucky University, August 2008-Associate Professor, American History, Department of History, Eastern Kentucky University, August 2004July 2008.
-Assistant Professor, American History, Department of History, Eastern Kentucky University, August 1998July 2004.
-Instructor, American History, Department of History, University of Minnesota, January 1996-June 1997.
-Teaching Assistant, American History, Department of History, University of Minnesota, September 1993December 1995.
POSITIONS HELD PRIOR TO ENTERING ACADEMIA:
-Owner, Marketing Support Services, October 1989-August 1991.
-Senior Associate, Strategic Marketing and Management Group, U.S. West, June 1987-September
1989.
-Marketing Director, Minnesota Orchestral Association, May 1985-May 1987.
-Marketing Services Director, Wagner Spray Tech, April 1983-April 1985.
-Marketing Research Director, Land O Lakes, October 1983-March 1985.
-Director of Marketing Research and Planning, Litton Microwave, January 1979-September 1983.
-Owner, Marketing Research Consulting, October 1977-December 1978.
-Consultant, Frank Magid Associates, November 1976-September 1977.
-Copywriter, KWWL Radio, October 1975-October 1976.
-Assistant Manager of Marketing Services, Turner Microphone, June-September 1975.
-Senior Marketing Analyst, Rockwell-Collins, June 1973-May 1975.
TEACHING
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate:
HIS 202 American Civilization to 1877
HIS 203 American Civilization since 1877
HIS 300A- Topics in American History
HIS 302A Research Topics in History
HIS 312 Independent Study in History
HIS 404 Life in Industrializing America
HIS 411 America, 1877-1920
HIS 412 U. S. in Peace and War, 1920-1945
HIS/ECO 415 American Economic History
HIS 449 Readings in History (No longer in catalog)
HIS 450 Senior Seminar in History
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HON 210 Honors Civilization I
HON 311 Honors Civilization II
Graduate
HIS/ENG 500/700 1920s America and Detective Fiction
HIS 849 Reading and Research
HIS 860 Readings in American History – Industrialization and the American Worker
HIS 865 Conceptualizing History – Emerging Theoretic Constructs, The Rise of U.S. Consumer Society.
Pushing Boundaries-New Approaches to Immigration History
NEW COURSES DEVELOPED FOR EKU
Undergraduate
ECO/HIS 415 American Economic History
HIS 404 Life in Industrializing America
Graduate
HIS 865 Conceptualizing History
TEACHING AWARDS
-Student Government Teaching Award, 2002/2003, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky.
SCHOLARSHIP
PUBLICATIONS:
Scholarly Books:
-Completing book manuscript entitled: Silent Partners: The Role of Wives in Spousal Career Achievement,
1870-1920.
Refereed Journal Articles:
-“The Worth of Wives: 1950s Corporate America „Discovers‟ Spousal Social Capital.” Essays in Economic
and Business History 26 (2008): 33-46.
-“The Silent Partner: Mary Mehagan Hill and the Great Northern Railway.” Essays in Economic and
Business History 24 (2006): 34-47.
-Co-author with George Green. “The Business of Wellness: The Health Insurance Industry‟s Response to
Public Health Campaigns, 1960-1990.” Essays in Economic and Business History 16 (1998): 137-147.
-“Extended Dissertation Summary: Business Shall Proceed in the Following Manner – Corporate Managers,
the Bureaucratization Process and the Creation of Divergent Corporate Cultures, 1880-1938.” Business and
Economic History: The Journal of the Business History Conference 27, no.1 (Fall 1998): 8-15.
- “Managerial Conflict and Resistance: The Distinct Corporate Cultures of Sun Oil and DuPont.” Business
and Economic History: The Journal of the Business History Conference 26, no.2 (Winter 1997): 584-598.
- “Charles Perrow and Business History: A Neo-Weberian Approach to Business Bureaucratization.”
Business and Economic History: The Journal of the Business History Conference 26, no. 1 (Fall 1997): 138158.
- “Profits, Passengers, and Prestige: The Glacier Park Hotel Company, 1914-1929.” Montana: The
Magazine of Western History (Summer 1997): 26-43.
Abstract of Conference Paper Appearing in Refereed Journal:
- “Abstract: Women on the Periphery: Reconceptualizing Traditional Female Roles Within Family
Enterprises.” Enterprise and Society 1, no. 4 (December 2000): 828.
Book Reviews:
-Review of The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising, by Kenneth
Roman. Enterprise and Society 12, no. 1 (March 2011): 254-257.
-Review of Industrial Genius: The Working Life of Charles Michael Schwab, by Kenneth Warren.
Enterprise and Society 9, no.1 (March 2008): 239-241.
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-Review of Capital Intentions: Female Proprietors in San Francisco, 1850-1920, by Edith Sparks. The
Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 105, No. 1 (Winter 2007): 138-140.
- Review of The Shoemakers of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1850-1880: The Family during the Transition from
Hand to Machine Labor, by William H. Mulligan, Jr. EH.Net Review (http://eh.net/bookreviews/), August
2007.
-Review of Nylon and Bombs: DuPont and the March of Modern America, by Pap A. Ndiaye. The Register
of the Kentucky Historical Society 105, no. 2 (Spring 2007):357-358.
- Review of Pull: Networking and Success Since Benjamin Franklin, by Pamela Walker Laird. Enterprise
and Society 7, no. 4 (December 2006): 812-814,
-Review of Kotex, Kleenex, Huggies: Kimberly-Clark and the Consumer Revolution in American Business,
by Thomas Heinrich and Bob Batchelor. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society103, no. 4
(Autumn 2005): 816-817.
-Review of Warriors into Workers: The Civil War and the Formation of Urban-Industrial Society, by
Russell L. Johnson. The Journal of Economic History 64, no. 4 (December 2004): 1142-1144.
-Review of Mary P. Follett: Creating Democracy, Transforming Management, by Joan C. Tonn. The
Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 102, no. 3 (Summer 2004): 528-529.
-Review of Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America, by Walter A. Friedman. The
Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 102, no. 2 (Spring 2004): 251-253.
-Review of The Mighty Bands of Maidens: A History of Potter College for Young Ladies, Bowling Green,
Kentucky, 1889-1909, by Lynn E. Niedermeier. The Filson History Quarterly (Summer 2003): 603-605.
-Review of Enterprise and Innovation in Automobile Insurance: Sam Black, Jr., and the Rise of Erie
Insurance, 1923-1961, by Samuel P. Black, Jr., and John Paul Rossi.
Enterprise and Society 4, no. 1 (March 2003): 164-166.
-Review of Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream: How One Woman Changed the Face of
Modern Business, by Jane R. Plitt. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 99 , no. 1 (Spring 2001):
31-32.
-Review of The Life and Legend of E.H. Harriman, by Maury Klein. Enterprise and Society 1, no. 4
(December 2000): 867-869.
-Review of Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit, by Lendol Calder.
EH.Net Review (http://eh.net/bookreviews/), February 2000.
ORAL PAPERS PRESENTED/INVITED LECTURES:
Scholarly Conference Papers:
-“ Too Innovative? The Adjunct Sales Staff of National Cash Register.” Ohio Valley History Conference,
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee, October 15, 2010.
-“Tho‟ Death did Us Part: Business Success and the Widow.” Economic and Business Historical Society
Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 24, 2009.
-“The Business of Art: The Painter‟s Wife,” Business History Conference Annual Meeting, Sacramento,
California, April 13, 2008.
-“From the Background to the Foreground: 1950s Corporate America „Discovers‟ the Importance of Social
Capital in the Achievement of Institutional and Managerial Success,” Business and Economic Historical
Society Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, April 26, 2007.
- “The World Turned Upside Down: The Public Face of Post-1960s Corporate Wives,” Business History
Conference Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 21, 2005.
- “The Ideal but Reluctant Helpmate: Mary Mehagan Hill As Corporate Wife,” Economic and Business
History Society Annual Conference, High Point, North Carolina, April 30, 2005.
-“Struggling with Successorship,” Ohio Valley History Conference, Austin Peay State University,
Clarksville, Tennessee, October 25, 2003.
-“The Victorian Home: A Site for Business, Not a Refuge from Business,” Popular Culture Association
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 13, 2001.
-“Women on the Periphery: Reconceptualizing Traditional Female Roles Within Family Enterprises,”
Business History Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, March 11, 2000.
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-“An Unsuitable Job for a Woman? – Female DuPont Company Dynamite Production Workers, 18801991,” Ohio Valley History Conference, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, October 23,
1998.
- Co-presenter with George Green, “The Business of Wellness: The Health Insurance Industry‟s Response to
Public Health Campaigns, 1960-1990,” Economic and Business History Society Conference, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, April 24, 1998.
-„Business Shall Proceed in the Following Manner: Corporate Managers, the Bureaucratization Process, and
the Creation of Divergent Corporate Cultures, 1880-1938,” Business History Conference, College Park,
Maryland, March 14, 1998.
-“Managerial Conflict and Resistance: The Distinct Corporate Cultures of Sun Oil and DuPont,” Business
History Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, July 5, 1997.
-“Charles Perrow and Business History,” The Future of Business History-A Conference to Consider New
Ideas and Approaches, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware, April 4, 1997.
-“Profits, Passengers, or Prestige: The Glacier Park Hotel Company, 1914-1929,” Northern Great Plains
History Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, September 28, 1994.
Panel Commentary at Scholarly Conferences:
-“Crafting an Image: Two Studies in Commodity Development.” Economic and Business Historical Society
Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 23, 2009.
-“What You Need to Know About Publishing,” moderator and discussant, Ohio Valley History Conference,
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, October 24, 2003.
-“Women on the Boundaries of Business,” moderator and discussant, Business History Conference, Miami,
Florida, April 21, 2001.
-“Kentucky Labor History,” discussant, Ohio Valley History Conference, Eastern Kentucky University,
Richmond, Kentucky, October 23, 1998.
Invited Lectures:
-“By the Sweat of the Brows,” EKU Reads-Freshmen Book-Fast Food Nation, Eastern Kentucky
University, Richmond, Kentucky, September 14, 2006.
-“Perspectives on Ireland: History, Economy, Emigration,” EKU Reads-Freshmen Book-Angela’s Ashes,
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, September 8, 2005.
-“Helpmates and Torpedoes: Big Business and the American Family,” History Department Lecture Series,
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, October 20, 2004.
-“Academic Expectations,” New Student Days, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, August
22, 2004.
-“Evolution Goes Hollywood,” Chautauqua Lecture Series, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond,
Kentucky, October 12, 2000.
-“Corporate Rule-Making and Rule-Makers,” Hagley Brown-Bag Seminars, Hagley Museum and Library,
Wilmington, Delaware, March 22 1995.
Other Professional Meetings/Presentations:
-“The Rise of Big Business,” June 4, 2007, Teaching American History Grant Program, Jefferson County
Public Schools and the University of Louisville, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, workshop
leader and presenter.
-“Who‟s In/Who‟s Out: Immigration Restriction,” February 21 and March 7, 2007, Teaching American
History Grant Program, Ohio Valley Education Consortium, Shelbyville, Kentucky, workshop leader and
presenter.
-“19th Century Immigration,” March 15, 2006, Teaching American History Grant Program, Ohio Valley
Education Consortium, Shelbyville, Kentucky, workshop leader and presenter.
-“Mexican Immigration,” December 1, 2005, Teaching American History Grant Program, Ohio Valley
Education Consortium, Shelbyville, Kentucky, workshop leader and presenter.
-“Jacksonian America,” November 3, 2005, Teaching American History Grant Program, Ohio Valley
Education Consortium, Shelbyville, Kentucky, workshop leader and presenter.
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-19th Century Immigration,” June 13, 2005, Teaching American History Grant Program, Ohio Valley
Education Consortium, Shelbyville, Kentucky, workshop leader and presenter.
-“19th Century Labor Reform,” March 16, 2005, Teaching American History Grant Program, Ohio Valley
Education Consortium, Shelbyville, Kentucky, workshop leader and presenter.
-“Antebellum Reform Movements”, December 14, 2004, Teaching American History Grant Program, Ohio
Valley Education Consortium, Shelbyville, Kentucky, workshop leader and presenter.
-Rethinking Business History, May 10-12, 1996, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware,
Invited participant and group discussion leader regarding the use of principal-agency theory.
ARTICLE/MONOGRAPH REFEREE
-Article for Enterprise and Society, June 2007, September 2008, August 2011
-Article for Essays in Economic and Business History, February 2008, August 2006
-Article for The Business History Review, July 2005
-Initial and revised book manuscript proposal for University Press of Kentucky, July and November 2004
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS:
-“Social Capital Pioneers: The National Cash Register Company and Nettie Fowler McCormick,” Eastern
Kentucky University Faculty Research and Travel Grant, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond,
Kentucky, $5,000, 2008
-Full Semester Research Sabbatical, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, Salary plus
benefits, January-April 2008.
-Subsidy for travel-related expenses for presentation of scholarly conference papers, College of Arts and
Sciences and Provost Travel Grants, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky$350,(2009), $350
(2008), $300( 2005), $300,(2001), $1,083 (2000).
-“The Image of Corporate Spouses in the „Eyes‟ of Big Business and the American Public, 1880-1945,”
Eastern Kentucky University Faculty Research and Travel Grant, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond,
Kentucky, $3,145, 2004/2005.
-“The Victorian Home: A Site for Business Not a Refuge from Business,” Eastern Kentucky University
Faculty Research and Travel Grant, Eastern Kentucky, Richmond, Kentucky, $1099, 2000.
-“Silent Partners: The Role of Women in Family Enterprises, 1830-1920,” Hill Research Grant, James J.
Hill Reference Library, St. Paul, Minnesota, $1,300, 2000.
-Dissertation Grant, Department of History, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tuition,
$10,000, and health care coverage, 1996/1997 academic year.
-“The Process of Business Bureaucratization,” Hagley Research Fellowship, Hagley Museum and Library,
Wilmington, Delaware, $2000, 1995.
SCHOLASTIC HONORS
-Finalist for Herman E. Kroos Prize for best dissertation completed in past five years in Business History,
1998, The Business History Conference
SERVICE
DEPARTMENT LEVEL
Committees
-Academic Practices 2005/2006, 2002/2003, 2002/2000
-Advisory/Sabbatical: 2007/2008, 2004/2005, 2003/2004
-Assessment: 2007/2008, 2005/2006, 2004/2005, 1999/2000 (Chair), 1998/1999
-Curriculum: 2001/2002 (Chair), 2000/2001(Chair)
-Merit Pay: 2009/2010, 2005/2006, 2004/2005 (Chair), 2003/2004 (Chair), 2001/2002 (Chair), 2000/2002,
1999/2000, 1998/1999
-Outreach: 2008/09 (Chair), 2006/2007, 2003/2004, 2002/2003
-Promotion and Tenure: 2009/10 (Chair), 2008/2009 (Chair), 2005/2006 (Chair), 2004/2005
-Social: 2008/09 (Chair), 2006/2007 (Chair). 2001/2002 (Chair)
-Travel: 2009/10, 2003/2004 (Chair), 2002/2003
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-Ad hoc Course Evaluation Form Committee: 2009/20010
Other departmental service:
-Interim Department Chair: Spring 2007
-Spring 2000-Fall 2002-Co-coordinator History MA Program
-New Faculty Mentor: Fall 2008-Spring 2010, Fall 2007, Fall 2004-Spring 2006
-Faculty Search Committees: 2008/9 (chair), 2005/2006 (3 searches), 2004 (chair)
-History Honors Society (Phi Alpha Theta) Advisor: Fall 1999-Spring 2002
-Department Newsletter Editor: Fall 2000-Spring 2002
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COLLEGE LEVEL
-College Parliamentarian:2011/20012, 2010/2011, 2010/2009. 2009/2008
-Provost Development Fund Allocation Committee: 2004/2005
-College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee: 2000/2001
UNIVERSITY LEVEL
-Chair, University Chairs Association, 2011-Provost Council, 2011-University Diversity Planning Committee, 2011-Chair Elect, University Chairs Association, 2010-2011
-Faculty Senate, Fall 2004-Spring 2008, Member of the Senate Finance Committee, Fall 2005-Fall 2006
(Chair, fall 2006)
-Women‟s Studies Steering Committee: Spring 2000- 2003
COMMUNITY LEVEL
-Workshop leader and presenter for 8 workshops (Feb. 21, Mar. 7, 2007, Mar 15, 2006, Mar. 16, June 13,
Nov. 3, Dec. 1, 2006, Dec. 14, 2004) for Ohio Valley Education Consortium.
-Workshop leader and presenter for Summer Workshop, June 4, 2007, Jefferson County Public Schools and
the University of Louisville.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Business History Conference-Finance Committee (2001-2003)
Economic History Association
Economic and Business Historical Society-Board of Trustees (2009-2012)
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