Mary Ann Hellrigel - Assistant Professor
	Assistant Professor Email: mhellrig@stevens.edu Phone:  (201) 216-5402 Fax: (201) 216-8245 Office: Peirce 215
Research Interests Thomas A. Edison; Invention and Commercial Development of Electricity (light, heat, and power technology); Business History and the Commercialization of Technology; Industrial Revolutions and the Development of Industrial Societies; History of the Textile Industry

Education

Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
B.A. with Distinction in History, Rutgers College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Publications

Documentary Film
Great Projects: The Building of America - Electric Nation. New York: Great Projects Film Company, Inc., 2002. Documentary film on the history of electrification in the United States. Script consultant and on-camera historian (aired 10 July 2002).

Digital on the Web
Thomas A. Edison Papers (see http://edison/rutgers.edu/)

Print
Plitzner, Klaus, Mary Ann Hellrigel, Helmut Lackner, Gunther Luxbacher, Juliane Mikoletzky, and Gerhard Stadler, eds., Elektrizitat in der Geistesgeschichte. Bassum: Verlag fur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, 1998.

"The Quest to Be Modern: The Evolutionary Adoption of Electricity in the United States, 1880s-1920s," in Elektrizitat in der Geistesgeschichte. Edited by Klaus Plitzner, Mary Ann Hellrigel, Helmut Lackner, Gunther Luxbacher, Juliane Mikoletzky, and Gerhard Stadler. Bassum: Verlag fur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, 1998

Ann Durkin Keating. Invisible Networks: Exploring the History of Local Utilities and Public Works. Book review. The Journal of Southwest Georgia History, 10 (Fall 1995): 138-140.

Thomas A. Edison Papers A Selective Microfilm Edition: Part III 1887- 1898. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1993.

"A Social History of Presidio Area Occupants 1890 to the Present," in Santa Barbara Presidio Area 1840 to the Present. Edited by Carl V. Harris, Jarrell C. Jackman and Catherine Rudolph. Santa Barbara, California: A University of California, Santa Barbara, Public Historical Studies and Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, Presidio Research Center Publication, 1993.

Thomas A. Edison Papers A Selective Microfilm Edition: Part II 1879-1886. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1987.

"The Role of the Environment in Iroquois Religion." The Rutgers Historical Review 1 (Spring 1983): 2635.

Margaret Latimer. Two Cities: New York and Brooklyn the Year the Great Bridge Opened. Book note. The Public Historian 6, no.2 (Spring 1984): 125126.

Research Projects and Manuscripts in Preparation
"Following the Light: Thomas A. Edison and the Commercialization of Electricity.

"Industrial Olympics: Technology at Worlds Fairs, 1876-1915."

New Research Project
"Voices and Artifacts of the Industrial Revolution: A Comparison between Europe and the U.S." Researching and gathering for publication a collection of primary documents (reader for class use) concerning the early years of the Industrial Revolution (1750-1860) in Manchester, England and Lowell, Massachusetts. I am also searching for material regarding emerging industrial centers in other European nations during the nineteenth century, especially Germany, France, and Italy.

Fellowships, Grants, Awards, and Honors

Maurice Kasten Memorial Award, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2004-2005

California State University, Chico, Chico Research Foundation Summer Scholars Fellowship Program, Summer 2000

Hagley Museum and Library, Grant-in-Aid Research Fellowship, 1991, 1998-1999

Case Western Reserve University, History Department, Research and Travel Grant, 1990, 1992-1996

IEEE Fellowship in Electrical History, 1993-1994 8

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Scholars-in-Residence Fellowship, 1993

Society for the History of Technology, Travel Grant, 1993, 1996

Hagley Museum and Library, H. B. du Pont Fellowship, 1992-1993

Smithsonian Institution, Graduate Student Fellowship, 1991

Rutgers University, Merit Award, 1989

New Jersey Historical Commission, Grants in New Jersey History, 1985

University of California, Santa Barbara, Rockefeller Fellowship, 1983--1984

Phi Alpha Theta, Gamma Alpha Chapter (Rutgers College, Rutgers University), 1981

Daughters of the American Revolution Medal for Excellence in History, 1979

Principal Courses Taught

HHS 129 Topics in the History of Science and Technology: Technology and Popular Culture

HHS 130 History of Science and Technology

HHS 301 Introduction to Historical Methods

HHS 312 Technology and Society in America

HHS 323 Women and Gender in American History

HHS 414 Industrial America

HHS 465 Engineering in History

HHS 467 Science and Industry Since the Industrial Revolution

HHS 479 Technology Studies: Thomas Edison the Great American Wizard

HUM 107 Studies in History/Social Science: Modernization

HUM 498 Senior Thesis

HUM 499 Tutorial PE 220 Rugby

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