Professional Summary
Dr. Jason Krupar earned his Ph.D. in American Social Policy History from Case Western Reserve University in 2000. He taught for eight years at the OMI College of Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, before joining the History Department faculty in Spring, 2010. He specializes in history of technology and science policy, history of engineering, history of the Manhattan Project, and Cold War technology/science policy. He co-authored a book chapter in Nuclear Legacies: Communication, Controversy, and the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex that examined several case studies of grass-roots attempts to preserve the memory of the nation’s nuclear arsenal. This book received the 2008 Christine L. Oravac Book Award sponsored by the Environmental Communication Division of the National Communication Association. He authored a book chapter that appeared in, The Atomic Bomb and American Society: New Perspectives, published by University of Tennessee Press in Spring 2009. He has had articles published in Public History and Technology and Culture. He has reviewed manuscripts for several professional journals, university presses, and written book reviews for multiple journals. His current research project involves investigating the creation of the Atomic River Valley.
Education
Ph.D., American Social Policy History: Case Western Reserve University 2000 (with cognitive fields in technology policy, science policy, U.S. social policy/politics, and organizational cultural/leadership )
M.A., United States History : Case Western Reserve University 1996
B.A. History: University of Colorado, Denver 1993,
Research and Practice Interests
Cold War Science and Technology history, History of the Atomic Bomb, History of Civil War Technologies and Science, American Social Policy History, History of Technology and Engineering.
Positions and Work Experience
03-2010 -To Present Associate Professor of History, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati,
2008 -03-2010 Associate Professor of History, Department of Humanities Media and Cultural Studies , OMI College of Applied Science, University of Cincinnati,
2002 -2008 Assistant Professor of History, Department of Humanities, Media and Cultural Studies , OMI College of Applied Science, University of Cincinnati,
2001 -2002 Interdisciplinary Lecturer, Taught a split schedule between the Departments of History and Political Science. , Metropolitan State College of Denver , Denver, Colorado
2000 -2001 Adjunct Professor , Taught for the Departments of History and Political Science , Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, Colorado
01-2001 -03-2001 Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, taught during Winter Quarter 2001. , University of Denver , Denver, Colorado
08-2001 -12-2001 Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder , Boulder, Colorado
08-2012 -08-2015 Director of Undergraduate Studies, , Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati ,
Research Support
Investigators:Jason N. Krupar 08-2011 -08-2011 Charles P. Taft Research Center Taft Research Travel Grant, "Jim Crowing the Bomb: The Search for Racial Justice in the Early U.S. Atomic Arsenal." Role:PI $1,711.84 Completed Type:Grant Level:Local
Investigators:Jason N. Krupar 03-2012 -03-2012 Charles P. Taft Research Center "Jim Crowing the Bomb: The Search for Racial Justice in the Early U.S. Atomic Arsenal" Role:PI $1,592.85 Completed Type:Grant Level:Local
Investigators:Jason N. Krupar 07-2005 -07-2005 Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Grant Role:Primary $700.00 Completed Type:Grant
Investigators:Jason N. Krupar 07-2005 -08-2005 University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati, Summer Faculty Research Fellowship, "Jim Crowing the Bomb: The Search for Racial Justice in the Early, U.S. Atomic Weapons Complex." Role:Primary $8,000.00 Completed Type:Fellowship
Investigators:Jason N. Krupar 06-2004 -07-2004 University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati, Faculty Development Council Grant, "The Challenges of Preserving America's Nuclear Weapons Complex." Role:Primary $762.00 Completed Type:Grant
Abbreviated Publications
In Press
Krupar, Jason (2007). (In Press). "Burying Atomic History: The Mound Builders of Fernald and Weldon Spring". The Public Historian , 29 (1), 31
Krupar, Jason and Stephen Depoe (2007). (In Press)"Cold War Triumphant: The Rhetorical Uses of History, Memory, and Heritage Preservation Within the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Weapons Complex". In Bryan Taylor(Eds.), Nuclear Legacies: Communication, Controversy, and the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex. Lexington Books.
Krupar, Jason (2009). "The Challenges of Preserving America's Nuclear Weapons Complex" . In G. Kurt Piehler(Eds.), The Atomic Bomb and American Society: New Perspectives University of Tennessee Press.
Review
Krupar, Jason. John M. Findlay and Bruce Hevly (July 2012). Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West. Reviewed in Technology and Culture, Volume 53, Number 3
Krupar, Jason. J.L. Anderson (Spring 2011). Industrializing the Corn Belt: Agriculture, Technology, and Environment, 1945-1972. Reviewed in Ohio Valley History, Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 2011.
Krupar, Jason. Sharon K. Weiner. (July 2013). Our Own Worst Enemy? Institutional Interests and the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Expertise. Reviewed in Technology and Culture, Volume 54, Number 3.
Krupar, Jason. Jon Genter (February 2013). The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation. Reviewed in History: Reviews of New Books. Volume 41, Number 2.
Krupar, Jason (January 2013). Richard Burleson Stewart and Jane Bloom Stewart. Fuel Cycle to Nowhere: U.S. Law and Policy on Nuclear Waste. Reviewed in Technology and Culture, Volume 54, Number 1.
Krupar, Jason. Scott Kaufman (July 2014). Project Plowshare: The Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives in Cold War America. Reviewed in Technology and Culture: The International Quarterly of the Society for History of Technology, Volume 55, Number 3.
Krupar, Jason. Ray Monk. Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center. Submitted January 2015 to Technology and Culture: The International Quarterly of the Society for History of Technology.
Work in Progress
Krupar, Jason. “Preserving the Innovation Legacy of John P. Parker.” Submitted to The Public Historian, April 2014. Revised and will be resubmitted to journal, April 2015.
Presentations
Invited Presentations
Krupar, Jason (03-2012. ) Commemorating the Civil War, Forgetting the Cold War: Why We Preserve .Miami University, Hamilton Campus , Level:Local
Krupar, Jason (11-12-2013. ) Why Major in History .Discovering UC Classes , 201 Braunstein Hall . Level:University
Krupar, Jason (11-13-2012. ) Why Major in History .Discovering UC Class, 527 Old Chemistry . Level:University
Krupar, Jason (03-13-2014. ) Why Major in History .Discovering UC Class , 608 Swift Hall . Level:University
Krupar, Jason (03-13-2014. ) Why Major in History .Discovering UC Class, 800 Swift Hall . Level:University
Krupar, Jason (02-14-2014. ) Why Major in History .University of Cincinnati Open House, TUC Cinema. Level:University
Krupar, Jason (04-05-2014. ) Why Major in History .University of Cincinnati Junior Open House, Great Hall TUC. Level:University
Krupar, Jason (04-13-2013. ) Why Major in History .Bearcats Brunch , 315 Arts & Sciences Hall . Level:University
Krupar, Jason (02-08-2014. ) Why Major in History .Bearcats Brunch, 354 Arts & Sciences Hall.
Krupar Jason (10-16-2014. ) Why Major in History .Discovering UC Class, Rec. Center 3230. Level:University
Krupar Jason (04-10-2015. ) Why Major in History .Open House Event , TUC Great Hall . Level:University
Krupar Jason (04-11-2015. ) Why Major in History .Bearcat Brunch, 357 Arts & Sciences Hall . Level:University
Colloquium
Krupar, Jason (10-11-2012). Session Chair . 49th Annual Colloquium, Department of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati . UC. Level:University
Lecture
Krupar, Jason (01-29-2013. ) Atomic Culture and Fear .UC. Level:Department
Krupar, Jason (03-27-2013. ) Containment and Confrontation .UC. Level:Department
Paper Presentations
Krupar, Jason (06-02-2012. ) Preserving the Innovation Legacy of John P. Parker .Cincinnati, OH . Conference. Level:International
Krupar Jason (10-08-2015. ) "The Disappearing Nuclear Landscape: Snapshots of Lost Atomic Technologies" .Albuquerque, New Mexico. Conference. Level:International
Event Organized
Department of History Annual Taft Speaker: Juan R. I. ColeDepartment of History Annual Taft Speaker: Juan R. I. Cole Lecture 04-25-2012 04-28-2012 Rec Center and Arts & Sciences Hall Level:University
Pizza and ProfsPizza and Profs Other 10-24-2012 10-24-2012 315 McMicken Level:Department
Pizza and ProfsPizza and Profs Other 03-13-2013 03-13-2013 315 McMicken
History Department Awards ReceptionHistory Department Awards Reception Other 04-25-2013 04-25-2013 Level:Department
Pizza and ProfsPizza and Profs Other 02-27-2014 02-27-2014 315 Arts & Sciences Hall Level:Department
Pizza and ProfsPizza and Profs Other 10-23-2013 10-23-2013 315 Arts & Sciences Hall Level:Department
History Out There Speaker Series: Steve TolbertHistory Out There Speaker Series: Steve Tolbert Lecture 03-06-2014 03-06-2014 315 Arts & Sciences Hall Level:Department
History Out There Speaker Series: Greg McCoyHistory Out There Speaker Series: Greg McCoy Lecture 11-06-2013 11-06-2013 315 Arts & Sciences Hall Level:Department
History Department Awards ReceptionHistory Department Awards Reception Other 04-24-2014 04-24-2014 Level:Department
Pizza and Profs EventPizza and Profs Event Other 10-20-2014 Arts & Sciences Hall, Room 315 Level:Department
Pizza and Profs EventPizza and Profs Event Other 03-11-2015 Arts & Sciences Hall, Room 315 Level:Department
History Department Awards ReceptionHistory Department Awards Reception Other 04-30-2015 Level:Department
History Department Brown Bag Pedagody LunchHistory Department Brown Bag Pedagody Lunch Workshop 04-08-2015 Arts & Sciences Hall, Room 315 Level:Department
History Department Brown Bag Pedagody LunchHistory Department Brown Bag Pedagody Lunch Workshop 11-19-2014 Arts & Sciences Hall, Room 130 Level:Department
History Department Brown Bag Pedagody LunchHistory Department Brown Bag Pedagody Lunch Workshop 03-27-2014 Arts & Sciences Hall, Room 315 Level:Department
History Department Brown Bag Pedagody LunchHistory Department Brown Bag Pedagody Lunch Workshop 10-25-2013 Arts & Sciences Hall, Room 130 Level:Department
Service
Technology and Culture: The International Quarterly of the Society for History of Technology Peer Review/Referee Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:International 08-2011 -08-2011
Technology and Culture: The International Quarterly of the Society for History of Technology Peer Review/Referee Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:International 10-2011 -10-2011
Technology and Culture: The International Quarterly of the Society for History of Technology Peer Review/Referee Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:International 03-2011 -03-2011
Department of History (Research and Publications Committee ) Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 09-2011 -06-2012
Department of History (Ad Hoc American History Survey Textbook Committee ) Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 01-2012 -06-2012
Department of History (Public History Educator Position Search Committee ) Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 01-2012 -05-2012
Society for Industrial Archeology (Local Coordinating Conference Committee ) Committee Member Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:International 09-2011 -06-2012
(Council of Undergraduate Directors ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:College 08-2012 -08-2015
(Department of History Undergraduate Studies Committee ) Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-2013 -08-2015
(Department of History Executive Committee ) Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-2013 -08-2015
(Department of History, Taft Senior Undergraduate Fellowship Committee ) Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-2012 -08-2015
National History Day Other Type:Community Service Level:Local 02-2013 -04-2013
New Faculty Institute Mentor Type:University/College Service Level:Department 09-2012 -09-2015
(Cross College Committee Concerning History ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 01-20-2014 -08-20-2015
(College of Arts and Science of Arts and Sciences, Dean's Curricular Challenge Team ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:College
National History Day/ Ohio History Day Judge Type:Community Service Level:Local 03-01-2014 -03-01-2014
Council of Undergraduate Directors (Curriculum Committee ) Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:College 09-24-2015 -08-2015
Technology and Culture: The International Quarterly of the Society for History of Technology Peer Review/Referee Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:International 03-2015 -04-2015
The MIT Press Reviewer Type:Editorial Service Level:International 04-2015 -05-2015
Courses Taught
15-HIST-112 AM HIST SINCE 1929 American History Since 1929 Level:Undergraduate
15-HIST-250 Freshman Topics: The Global Atomic Bomb Level:Undergraduate
Technology in World History Level:Undergraduate
Technologies of the Civil War Level:Undergraduate
15-HIST-437 War in US Society Level:Undergraduate
15-HIST-624 The Nuclear World: Technology and History in the Atomic Age Level:Graduate
15-HIST-110 AM HIST TO 1848 Level:Undergraduate
15-HIST-111 AM HIST 1848-1929 Level:Undergraduate
15-HIST-300 INTRO HIST THINKING Level:Undergraduate
History of American Invention Level:Undergraduate
Historical Thoughts and Methods Level:Undergraduate
The Global Atomic Bomb Level:Undergraduate
Introduction to Historical Thoughts and Methods Level:Undergraduate
Technologies of the Civil War Level:Undergraduate
Freshman Seminar: The Cold War and Atomic Tourism Level:Undergraduate
United States History II Level:Undergraduate
Technology in World History Level:Undergraduate
History of Irregular Warfare Level:Undergraduate
Comparative Technology Histories: Comparative History Seminar Level:Graduate
Faculty Development Activities
01-2012 -06-2012 iPad Recipient This was a two quarter technology lending program for faculty. , Faculty Technology Resources Center, Equipment Lending Program University of Cincinnati Type:Other
03-31-2011 Write Winning Grants Seminar by Stephen Russell UC Office of Research Type:Workshop
01-2011 -06-2011 Humanities Grant Proposal Writing Group College of Arts and Science of Arts and Sciences Type:Workshop
07-31-2013 -08-01-2013 Creating a Program Assessment Plan Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning University of Cincinnati Type:Workshop