Kathleen Franz

Assistant Professor & Director of Public History
PhD, Brown University
Battelle 141
franz@american.edu
202-885-2386
Office Hours: Tues. 10am-1pm, Wed. 1-5pm
Curriculum Vitae

Course Syllabi

Fall 2007

HIS 680 American Popular Culture
HIS 729 Public History Seminar

Spring 2007

Fields of Interest

American Civilization, Public History, Social and Cultural History of Technology, Visual and Material Culture

Professor Franz has won many awards and fellowships, including the prestigious Brooke Hindle Prize of the Society for the History of Technology. She is the author of Tinkering: American Consumers Reinvent the Automobile. An experienced public historian, Franz has done extensive work in museums and other venues as a curator, consultant, and researcher. Her most recent exhibition, "David Macaulay: The Art of Drawing Architecture," opened at the National Building Museum on June 21, 2007.