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Jennifer Alexander (Ph.D., 1996) won the Society for the History of Technology's Edelstein Prize for the best book in the field in 2010, for The Mantra of Efficiency: From the Waterwheel to Social Control (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008). Alexander teaches in the History Department at the University of Minnesota. Richard Bellon (Ph.D., 2000) was awarded the Price/Webster Prize of the History of Science Society at the annual meeting in late November. The award is for the best recent essay published in the Society's journal. Bellon's essay, "Inspiration in the Harness of Daily Labor: Darwin, Botany, and the Triumph of Evolution, 1859-1868" appeared in the September 2011 issue of Isis. Kate Brown (Ph.D., 2000) recently published Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters (Oxford University Press, 2013). Brown is currently an Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Jeffrey A. Brune (Ph.D., 2007) is the co-editor of the recently published Disability and Passing: Blurring the Lines of Identity (Temple University Press, 2012). Brune teaches at Gallaudet University. Hsiao-wen Cheng (Ph.D., 2012) accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently revis- ing her dissertation, "Traveling Stories and Untold Desires: Female Sexuality in Medieval China," for publication as a book. William D. Frank (Ph.D., 2011) recently published Everyone to Skis! Skiing in Russia and the Rise of Soviet Biathlon (Northern Illinois University Press, 2013). Jason Hawke (Ph.D., 2000) was just promoted to the rank of tenured Associate Professor in the History Department at Roanoke College. Jessie Kindig (Ph.D., 2014) has accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor in History at Indiana University, Bloomington, and assistant editor at the Journal of American History. Jessica Lee (Ph.D., 2010) is Senior Policy Analyst and Associate Fellow at The Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. She was lead author in December 2013 on a paper titled "Using Ballot Measures to Drive Economic Investment in States and Metropolitan Areas." She is currently working on two projects, one on improving K-12 STEM education in Nevada, and the other with Bruce Katz on Progressive Era urban reform and thinking through what progres - sivism should look like today. Sarah Lindsley (Ph.D., 2011) was a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 2011 to 2013. In 2013 she joined the agency in a permanent position as a Supervisory Equal Opportunity Specialist in the Region X Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in Seattle. Marty Manor Mullins (Ph.D., 2013) completed her Ph.D. in East Central European history in December 2013 and then taught as an Adjunct Professor at Tulane University in New Orleans during the spring semester 2014. Shawn Ross (Ph.D., 2001) has been in the History Department at the University of New South Wales since 2005. He has just received two additional years of funding ($750,000) from the Australian Research Council's (ARC) Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Program for his on-going major archaeological proj- ect using a digital format. Robert Self (Ph.D., 1998) returned to UW in February to discuss his new book All in the Family: The Realignment of American Democracy since the 1960 (Hill and Wang, 2012), as part of our History Colloquium series. Self is Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of History at Brown University. Amanda Swain (Ph.D., 2013), a specialist in East European his- tory, accepted a position as Associate Director of the School of Humanities, at the University of California, Irvine. Prior to taking that position, she had been serving as the Director of the History Writing Center. If you are alumni of the Department of History's undergraduate or graduate programs, we want to hear from you. Please send updates to histmain@uw.edu. Alumni News In 2013-14, the Department of History welcomed three new staff members to its administrative team. Jon Olivera, Undergraduate Advisor, is also a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History. He has taught many history courses at UW and loves his new role as a full-time academic advisor, mainly because of the relations he is able to build with undergraduates. In his free time, Jon is working on finishing his dissertation on indigenous workers in the U.S. colonial Philippines. Stephen Scheier, Senior Computer Specialist, grew up in Helena, Montana. He earned an undergraduate degree in English and Film Studies from the University of Montana in 2011. An avid film buff, Steve helped produce a home-grown Montanan film, Crimson Winter 2011, which has been released to iTunes, DirectTV and Dish network. Stephanie Ha, Fiscal Specialist and Payroll Coordinator, gradu - ated from Hartwick College in 2012, where she was a collegiate swimmer. She worked at the University of Washington for one year in the Speech and Hearing Sciences Department before join- ing the History Department. She speaks Chinese as her second language, enjoys traveling the world, and is an avid food and fashion blogger. New Staff Members Join Department Department of History PAGE 11 history matters history matters

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