Biographical Profile
Interest Background
International Activity
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Websites
Marsh, Allison
Associate Professor
Dr. Marsh is working with the McKissick Museum on campus to develop several new exhibits. She is also working with the South Carolina Fall Line Consortium on the exhibit From the Pee Dee to the Savannah: Enduring Legacies of South Carolina's Fall Line Region, which will open at the State Museum in September 2009.
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department
- History
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
International Activity
- International Activities
- Yes
- Type of Activity
- Study abroad
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Science and Engineering (Other), Business and Entrepeneurship
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- Undergraduates and Graduates
- Interest Keywords
- history of technology, museum studies, tourism studies, public history, engineering
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Science and Engineering (Other), Business and Entrepeneurship
- Personal Focus Areas
- history of factory tours in America, history of technology
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Swarthmore College | BS, BA | Engineering, history | |
| 2008 | Johns Hopkins | PhD | History of Science, Medicine, and Technology |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 - 2008 | Curator/Museum Specialist, National Postal Museum | Smithsonian Institution |
| 2008 | Winton M. Blount Research Chair, National Postal Museum | Smithsonian Institution |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Award | IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Literary Contributions Furthering Public Understanding and the Advancement of the Engineering Profession | IEEE-USA |
| 2014 | Award | Innovative Leadership Award | Historic Columbia Foundation |
| 2016 | Award | Star Advocate Award | American Alliance of Museums |
| 2016 | Award | Garnet Apple Award | University of South Carolina |
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