Daniel Graham
Education
- Ph.D., History - The Catholic University of America
- M.A., History - The Catholic University of America
- B.A., History, B.A. Philosophy - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Areas of Expertise
The history of science, technology, and medicine; Imperial and colonial history; Environmental and urban history; The nineteenth-century world; The history of business, industry, and capitalism; Digital history; Public history and museum studies
Biography
Dr. Daniel Graham is an Assistant Professor of History. He specializes in European history; the history of science, technology, and medicine; imperial histories; and the history of capitalism.
Dr. Graham earned his Ph.D. in History at the Catholic University of America. He has taught courses on urban history, public history, the history of science and technology, World War I, museum and archival collections, the history of capitalism, a variety of courses in European history, and several courses on imperial histories encompassing the British, Russian, Habsburg, and Ottoman empires. Dr. Graham’s research focuses on the global history of science and technology, imperialism, business and industrial history, environmental history, and the intersections between these themes. His work has appeared in the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History and FWD: Museums Journal, and he has curated multiple museum exhibits related to the history of science and technology.
Previously, Dr. Graham was the Director of Education and Outreach at the College Park Aviation Museum, Lead Historian at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum, and a Research Fellow at the Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the Science History Institute.
Currently, Dr. Graham is completing a book manuscript tracing the development and institutionalization of new scientific and business practices in chemically focused industries from the late eighteenth century through the early twentieth century. This study focuses on developments and shared practices between the United States and Europe, drawing examples from the rubber manufacturing industry as a case study illustrative of larger trends across chemical industries.
Research Interests
- History of Europe in the long nineteenth century
- History of science, technology, and medicine in the context of European colonialism
- History of industrialization and industry formation
- History of chemistry and chemical engineering; the history of electricity
Awards & Honors
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Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the Science History Institute – Mistry Research Fellowship, 2022-23