Jessica Elfenbein

Assistant Professor,
University of Baltimore Division of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies, 1995-present

Courses Taught

• American Business History
• American Cities
• American Cultural History
• American Women's History
• Early American History
• Giving: Philanthropy and Voluntarism in American Society
• History of Baltimore
• Public History

Education

• M.A., Ph.D, University of Delaware
• M.A., George Washington University
• A.B., Barnard College

Publications

" 'An Agressive Christian Enterprise': The Baltimore YMCA and the Making of Institutional Legitimacy," in Mjagkij, Nina and Spratt, Margaret, Men and Women Adrift: The YMCA and YWCA in the City, New York, New York University Press, 1996.

"Philadelphia Board of Trade, 1833-1899," in Toll, Jean Barth and Gilliam, Mildred (editors), Invisible Philadelphia: Community through Voluntary Organizations. Philadelphia: Atwater Kent Museum, 1995.

Civics, Commerce, and Community: the History of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, 1889-1989. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt Publishing Company, for The George Washington University Center for Washington Area Studies, 1989.

Conferences Organized

"People and Places in Time: Baltimore's Changing Landscapes" - September 24-25, 1999

"The Future of Baltimore's Past" - July 1997

"Making Diversity Work: 250 Years of Baltimore's History" - November 1996

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