"Humanistic Pieties,
Historical Counterpieties," Reviews in American History 15 (September,
l987), 412-20.
"Professionalization,"
"American Historical Association," "Frederick Jackson Turner," "John Franklin
Jameson," "William E. Dodd," articles in The Historical Dictionary of
the Progressive Era, 1890-1920, ed. John D. Buenker, Edward R. Kantowicz
(New York: Greenwood Press, l988), pp. 381-2, 16, 480, 226-7, 117-8.
"Edward Bellamy: Storyteller
to the Middle Class," Annals of History, VI (Winter, 1989), 91-117
"Terminology Counts,
Termanly Stupid," Reviews in American History, 22 (March, 1994),
113-119.
"Career and Career
Change" in Robert Stebbins, M. Michael Rosenberg, Allan Turowetz, Professionals:
Key Issues (forthcoming, University of Toronto Press).
"The Icon in the Museum:
the Enola Gay and the Credibility of a Profession," (in press, University
of Tennessee Press)
"Wired Historians and
Charged Bibliographers, Search and Recovery: Book List, Card Catalogue,
Data Base," published in Crossroads: American Studies Web, Georgetown
University, 1995
By the Book’: Reference
and Information as Authority in 19th-Century America, in vol. 3, The
History of the Book in America, eds. Michael Winship and Stephen Nissenbaum
(manuscript submitted)
Selected Reviews:
Raymond Seidelman,
DISENCHANTED REALISTS; POLITICAL SCIENCE AND THE AMERICAN CRISIS, Journal
of American History 72 (March, l986), 968-9.
Arthur Powell, THE
UNCERTAIN PROFESSION, American Historical Review 86 (April, l98l), 473-474.
Bruce Sinclair, A CENTENNIAL
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, 1880-1980, Journal
of American History 68 (December, l98l), 689-90.
Thomas Haskell (ed.),
THE AUTHORITY OF EXPERTS, Journal of Social History 20 (Fall, l986), 187-9.
David O. Levine, THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE AND THE CULTURE OF ASPIRATION, l915-l940, History of Education
Quarterly 27 (Summer, l987), 275-8.
Nathan O. Hatch, THE
PROFESSIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY Journal of American History (Fall, 1989).
J. Rodney Millard,
THE MASTER SPIRIT OF THE AGE: CANADIAN ENGINEERS AND THE POLITICS OF PROFESSIONALISM
American Historical Review (December, 1990), 1658.
Thomas Bender (ed.),
THE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY: FROM MEDIEVAL ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT, History
of Education Quarterly 30 (Summer 1990), 281-283.
Clyde W. Barrow, UNIVERSITIES
AND THE CAPITALIST STATE: CORPORATE LIBERALISM AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF
AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION, 1894-1928, American Historical Review 96 (June
1991), 975-976.
Nany Smith Midgette,
TO FOSTER THE SPIRIT OF PROFESSIONALISM: SOUTHERN SCIENTISTS AND STATE ACADEMIES
OF SCIENCE, LXXVI Georgia Historical Review LXXXVI (Winter 1992), 993-995.
Paul Axelrod, MAKING
A MIDDLE CLASS: STUDENT LIFE IN ENGLISH CANADA DURING THE THIRTIES, American
Historical Review 97 (June, 1992), 964-965.
Samuel Haber, THE QUEST
FOR AUTHORITY AND HONOR IN THE AMERICAN PROFESSIONS, American Historical
Review, 98 (April, 1993) 555.
W. Bruce Leslie, GENTLEMEN
AND SCHOLARS: COLLEGE & COMMUNITY IN THE AGE OF THE UNIVERSITY, American
Historical Review, 99 (December, 1994), 1762-1773.
Bruce Kimball, THE
"TRUE PROFESSIONAL IDEAL" IN AMERICA, Journal of Interdisciplinary History,
25 (Spring, 1995), 747-750.
William P. LaPiana,
LOGIC & EXPERIENCE: THE ORIGIN OF MODERN AMERICAN LEGAL EDUCATION, History
of Education Quarterly, 35 (Summer, 1995), 193-4.
James Thorpe, HENRY
EDWARDS HUNTINGTON: A BIOGRAPHY, American Historical Review, 101 (April,
1996), 578-9.
Ronald Dore, THE DIPLOMA
DISEASE, Social Science Quarterly 58 (September, l977), 342-34.
Frederick Rudolph,
CURRICULUM, American Historical Review 84 (April, l979), 535.
Donald Scott, FROM
OFFICE TO PROFESSION, Christian Century XCV (December l3, l978), 1218.
David DeLeon, THE AMERICAN
AS ANARCHIST, Journal of American History 66 (March, l980), 897-98.
Viviana Zelizer, MORALS
AND MARKETS, Christian Century XCVII (March 26, l980), 354-55.
Frank K. Kelly, COURT
OF REASON; ROBERT HUTCHINS AND THE FUND FOR THE REPUBLIC, Journal of American
History 70 (December, l983), 730-1.
Anne C. Rose, TRANSCENDENTALISM
AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT, 1830-1850, Journal of Social History 17 (Spring, l984),
527-29.
Conference Papers:
"The Intellectual,
the Professional, and the Problem of Democracy in America," American Historical
Association, New York City, December, l968.
"Power, Ceremony, and
the Uses of Knowledge in the 19th Century Legal Profession," American Society
for Legal History, Boston, Mass., November, l977.
"The Professional as
'Fixer,'" Guest lecture at the Divinity School, University of Chicago, November,
l977.
"What is Alive and
What is Dead in General Education," American Association for Higher Education,
Chicago, Ill., March, l977.
"Social History and
American Studies," Colloquium in American Studies, Northwestern University,
Evanston, Ill. November, l978.
"Woman against Man,"
American Psychiatric Association, Chicago, Ill. May, l979.
"Professionalism in
the American University: a History," Institute for Research in History,
New York City, October, 1979.
"The Humanistic Dimension
of Technology in America," Conference: National Endowment for the Humanities,
University of Chicago, May, l979.
"Instinct, Emotions
and the New Profession of Economics," History of Economics Association,
Michigan State University, East Lansing, June, l98l.
"The Prepared Professional,"
International Design Conference, Institute for the Humanities, Aspen, Colorado,
June, l982.
"Collectivity and Creativity:
an Essay in Middle-Class Culture," Humanities Institute, University Illinois
Chicago, March, l983.
"The Liberal Arts College
and American Civilization," Kalamazoo College, Sesquicentennial lecture,
Kalamazoo, Michigan, April, l983.
"Discussing Terms:
Professionals, Professionalism, Professionalization," Organization of American
Historians, Los Angeles, California, April, l984.
"Professionalism in
American Education," Harrisburg College, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April,
l984.
"The Professionalization
of Social Work," Social Services Administration, University of Chicago,
May, l985
"The 'American' Jeremiad:
Uses and Abuses of Ideology," Midwest Faculty Seminar, February, l988
"Storyteller to the
Middle Class, Edward Bellamy and Looking Backward After One Hundred Years,"
Edward Bellamy Association, Chicopee, Mass, May, l988
"A Language Event:
The Middle Classes in American History, 1828-1919," American Antiquarian
Society, Worcester, MA, November, l988
"The Library Profession:
Who Speaks for the Unserved," American Library Association, Atlanta, GA,
August 1991
"Time for Celebration?
Time for Sadness? Seeking Common Ground on the Quincentenary," American
Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September 1992
"Frederick Jackson
Turner: Centennial Perspective, Time and Space," The City in History Conference,
Chicago, IL, November, 1993
"Historical Memory,
Working Knowledge, and the A-Bomb," The Atomic Age Opens: American Culture
Confronts the Atomic Bomb, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, July 1995
"'Wired' Historians,
'Charged' Bibliographers, Search and Recovery: Book List, Card Catalogue,
Data Base," Bibliography on the Internet: Challenges and Potential, American
Historical Association, Atlanta, January 1996.
"Sorting out the Middling
Sorts," Organization of American Historians, San Francisco, April 1996
"Lawyers, Doctors,
Accountants, and Academics: Acturial Relationship with the Academy in Historical
Perspective," Society of Actuaries, Rosemont, IL, February, 1988
"Revisiting the Chicago
School of Sociology," Social Science History Association, Chicago, IL, November
1998
"Social Darwinism,"
Glessner House Museum, Chicago, IL. January 1999
"Elusive Slum, Evasive
Immigrants: Revisting the Chicago School of Urban Sociology on Chicago?s
Near West Side, 1910-1930," American Sociology Association, Chicago, IL,
August 1999
Respondent:
"Intellectuals and
the Disciplines," Knowledge, Power, History: Interdisciplinary Approaches
to Michael Foucault, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, October,
l98l.
"The Professional Project,"
Society for the Study of Social Problems, American Sociological Association,
San Francisco, California, September, l982.
"The Symbols of Professionalism,"
The Society for Critical Exchange, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, May,
l983.
"Deciding What to Know:
the Professional Authorization of Knowledge in the Humanities," The Society
for Critical Exchange, Indiana University, Bloomington, October, l983.
"Critical Institutions:
Literary Study in the University," Society for Critical Exchange, University
of Washington, Seattle, May, l984.
"Politics, Culture,
and Religion in the Progressive Era," Mid-American Studies Association,
University of Illinois, Urbana, May, l985.
"On the Intellectual
Marginality of American Theology," Conversations: a Theological Project
in Hermeneutics and Cultural Concerns, Princeton Theological Seminary, May,
l987
"Libraries and Scholarly
Communication in the United States: The Historical Dimension," Center for
the Book: Library of Congress, Washington D.C., October, l987.
"The History of the
Book, vol III, Planning Conference," American Antiquarian Society, February
1994
"The Future of the
Professions," Midwestern Faculty Seminar, March 1993
"The History of the
Book, vol III, Planning Conference," American Antiquarian Society, February
1994
"Where in the World:
Geography Education in the U.S.," American Historical Association, Chicago,
January 1995
"Precarious Markets:
Entrepreneurs & Identity in Antebellum America," American Studies Association,
Kansas City, October 1996
"Gendered Profession,"
Organization of American Historians, Indianapolis, April 1998
Fellowships
and Major Grants:
Social Science Research
Council Fellow, l964-1965
N.E.H. University Teacher
Fellow, l972-1973
N.E.H. Fellow, University
of Chicago, Interdisciplinary Program on Technology and the Humanities,
l977-1978
N.E.H. Grant, Director,
Faculty Seminar in Anthropology and History, l979-1980
University of Illinois,
Chicago, Institute for the Humanities Fellow, l982-1983
American Council Learned
Societies, Grant for Research, l987
American Antiquarian
Society Peterson Fellow for Research, Fall 1988