Thomas M. Jacklin
Education
Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University
M.A., Northern Arizona University
B.A., Allegheny College
Courses Taught
University of Baltimore
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General History
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America: 1880-1920
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Modern America
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Chesapeake World (Social history of the Chesapeake
Region, 1600-1800)
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American Lives: Honors Seminar in American Social
History (team taught)
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Frontiers and Regions in American history
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Early America
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Exploring the Past (Historical Methods)
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Seminar: Twentieth-Century America on Film
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Public History
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American Political History
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Honors Seminar: Power and Wealth: The Political Economy
of Modern America (team taught)
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Introduction to Public History
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Preserving and Interpreting the History and Heritage
of Railroading in the Baltimore Region:
Issues
and Challenges for Public Historians
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Urban, Industrial, and Technology
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The Modern City
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American Cities (US Urban History)
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Senior Seminar: Railroads in American History
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Railroads and the Preservation of America's Industrial
Heritage (team taught at the B&O
Railroad
Museum)
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Technology in American History
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Business and Labor
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Social History of American Business
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Business and Labor in American History
The Johns Hopkins University
American Quest for a Usable Past (minimester course)
Appointments at University of Baltimore
Assistant Professor, 1980-Present
Visiting Fellow, 1979-1980
Director, History Program, 1991-1994, 1996-1997
Director, Public History, 1995-1996
Director, Interdisciplinary Studies Program, 1983-1991
Director, Honors Program, 1985-1988
Book Manuscript
"The Civic Awakening: Historical Consciousness and Progressive Reform in
America"
Selected Articles
"History
in the Roundhouse," in Maryland Humanities, Spring/Summer, 1995.
Railroading and American Life in the Nineteenth Century," in Alejandra
Miranda-Naon, ed.
America's Great Road:
The Impact of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the
Baltimore Region,
(Baltimore, 1996).
"The Civic Awakening: Social Christianity and the Usable Past," in Mid-America,
LXIV,
April/July 1982.
Selected Recent Conference Papers
"The Widening Context of American Railroad History: Implications for Interpreting
the Museum's
Collections," Docent Forum,
B&O Railroad Museum, October 9, 1999.
"Lessons from the Light Rail," People and Places in Time: Baltimore's
Changing Landscapes, University
of Baltimore, September
1999.
Professional Membership
Organization of American Historians
National Council on Public History
Baltimore History Research Group
Frederick Jackson Turner Society
Lexington Group in Transportation History
Railway and Locomotive Historical Society
B&O Historical Society
National Railway Historical Society
Society of Industrial Archeology
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Last Revised October 2000