Barnard CollegeColumbia University

Timothy Cross

tpc3@columbia.edu

Courses:
URBS V3310 - Science & Technology in Urban Environments


EDUCATION

1998 PhD., Columbia University, New York.
1988 M.Phil., Columbia University, New York.
1985 M.A., Columbia University, New York.
1983 B.A., Swathmore College, Swathmore, Pennsylvania. (Graduated with High Honors)

Other Education

1989-90, 1985-86 Etudiant libre, Section d'Historie, Université de l'Etat de Liège, Belgium.

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

2005-present Adjunct Assistant Professor.
Barnard-Columbia Urban Studies Program, Columbia Uiversity, New York.
[Course: "Science and Technology in Urban Environments"]
2001 Core Curriculum, Columbia College, Columbia UNiversity, New York.
1996, 1998 Instructor. Division of the Humanities, The New School, New York.
1990-1996 Preceptor. Core Curriculum, Columbia College, Columbia University, New York.
1992 Assistant Lecturer. General Studies Program, New York University, New York.
1989, 1991 Instructor. Department of History, Columbia University, New York.
1987-88 Teaching Assistant. Department of History, Columbia University, New York
1986-87 Reader. Department of HIstory, Columbia University, New York.

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007-present The Center for Technology, Innovation and Community Engagement, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York. Director of Strategic Initiatives.

2004-2007 Columbia College and The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia UNiversity. Director of Undergraduate Programs and Grants.

1996-2004 Columbia College Office of Alumni Affairs and Development, Columbia University. Director of Electornic Programs (2001-2004); Associate Director of Communications (1998-2001); Communications Officer (1997-1998); Contributing Editor (1996-1997)

2001-2003 NCAA Athletics Certification Committee, Columbia University. Chief Report Writer/Editor, Self-Study Report.

1989-2000 The Economist Intelligence Unit, New York. Free-lance writer, editor, and researcher.

1995-1996 Department of Physical Education and INtercollegiate Athletics, Columbia University. Chief Report Writer/Editor: NCAA Athletics Certification Self-Study Report.

1992-1994 Moran, Stahl & Boyer, New York. Area Studies Expert, Belgium & European Union.

1986-1989 Dante Temporary Services, New York.

1983-1985 Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York. Assistant to the Curator, Herman H. Lehman Suite & Papers (1984-1985); General Assistant (1983-84).

DISSERTATION

1998 "Religion and the Social Order in Liège, 1557-1650." (defended 1997; sponsor: J. W. Smit.)

TEACHING COMPETENCIES

Science, Technology, and Society Studies
European social and cultural history
Late medieval and early modern Catholocisim
Protestant Reformatin
Early modern Europe
Apocalyptic and millenarian movements

BOOKS & ARTICLES

Alfred E. Lerner: An American Life. [working title; in progress]

An Oasis of Order: The Core Corriculum at Columbia College (New York: Columbia College, 1995.)

PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCE PAPERS

2008 "Vision and Practice in the Columbia Core Curriculum." Core Curriculum Workshop, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Aga Khan Unviersity. Tufts University, 18 October.

2005 "Careers in Grant Writing." Panel Discussion. Center for Career Education, Columbia University, 31 March.

2002 "Contemporary Civilization in the Core Curriculum." Dialogue on the Core [conference]. Columbia University, 5 September.

2001 "Teaching the Protestant Reformation." Contemporary Civilization Staff Seminar, Columbia University, October.

2000 "Second Thoughts: The Columbia College Core and Its Discontents./" Unviersity Seminar on the History of Columbia University, Columbia Unviersity, 31 March.

1998 "Contemporary Civilization in the Core Corriculum," Asian Humanities and Civilizations Conference, Columbia University, 25 August.

1996 "Short History of the Core Curriculum." Why the Core? [conference], Columbia Unviersity, 30 October.

1996 "Luther and Calvin in Contemporary Civilization." Contemproary Civilization Staff Seminar, Columbia Uiversity, 20 October.

1996 "'Du debvoir des filles': Lay Women and Catholic Reform in Early Modern Liège." Presented at a joint sessioin of the American Historical Assoication and the American Catholic Historical Association Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia, 7 January.

1993 "The Begging Bourgeois: Pious Acts and Urban Society in Early Modern Liège." Presented at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference. St. Louis, Missouri. 16 December.

MAGAZINE ARTICLES, OBITUARIES, BOOK NOTICES [partial list]

"Programs That Create Engineers Who Care." [Columbia] Engineering News, Spring 2008.

"Residential Programs Foster Community Engagement." [Columbia] Engineering News, Fall 2007.

"History Professor J. W. Smit Dies at 75." Columbia College Today Vol. 33, no. 2 (November/December 2006).

"In Memorarium: John Hine Mundy." Perspectives: Newsmagazine of the American Historical Association, Oct. 2005.

"SEAS Leads Technology & Society Studies at Columbia." Engineering News, Fall 2005.

"New Internship Program Brings Together College Students and Engineers." Family Connection [Columbia], Spring 2005.

"An Inner Life of Sufficient Richness - From General Honors to Literature HUmanities." Columbia College Today 30, no. 5 (May 2004).

"American History Professor James Shenton Dies at 78." Columbia University website. www.columbia.edu/cu/news/03/07/jamespshenton_obit.html (1 Aug 2003).

"Historian Brinkley Named University Provost." Columbia Colege Today 29, no. 5 (May 2003).

"Bent, Gillooly Honored With Core Awards." Columbia College Today 29, no. 3 (Jan 2003).

"The New Wave of Old Photography." Columbia College Today 29, no. 1 (Sept. 2002).

"Simply Amazing." Columbia College Today 28, no. 6 (July 2002).

"Glory Days." Columbia College Today 28, no. 5 (May 2002).

"University Establishes New Department: Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology." Columbia College Today 28, no. 4 (March 2002).

"Steve Gottlieb's Life Work." Columbia College Today 28, no. 4 (March 2002).

"Columbia Undertakes NCAA Certification." Columbia College Today 28, no. 3 (Jan. 2002).

"Cat's Meow is the Cat's Pajamas." Columbia College Today 28, no. 3 (Jan. 2002).

"Sherpard L. Alexander." Columbia College Today 28, no. 2 (Nov. 2001).

"September 11: Remembering Those We Lost." Columbia College Today 28, no. 2 (Nov. 2001).

"Roald Hoffman Lights Up Chemistry Department." Columbia College Today 28, no. 1 (Sept. 2001).

"Columbia, Other Reaffirm Commitment to Need-Based Financial Aid." Columbia College Today 28, no. 1 (Sept. 2001).

"America's Unsung War Correspondents." Coilumbia College Today 28, no. 1 (Sept. 2001).

"Bhagwati, Hendrickson, Mundell Appointed University Professors." Columbia College Today 27, no. 4 (May 2001).

"George J. Ames: Financier and Philanthropist." Columbia College Today 27, no. 4 (May 2001)

"Lars-Erik Nelson: A Subversive Among Cynics." Columbia College Today 27, no. 4 (May 2001).

"Jason Epstein Looks Back -- and Ahead." Columbia College Today 27, no. 4 (May 2001).

"Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Education Office Opens." Columbia College Today 27, no. 2 (Dec. 2000).

"Architect of Dreams." Columbia College Today 27, no. 2 (December 2000).

"O Beata Solituda! Thomas Merton and the Monastic Life." Columbia College Today 27, no. 1 (Sept. 2000).

"Finding His Own Way: Jacob Collins." Columbia College Today 27, no. 1 (Sept. 2000).

"One Hundred Famous Videws of Edo." Columbia College Today 26, no. 4 (May 2000).

"Experiments in the Everyday." Columbia College Today 27, no. 2 (Nov 1999).

"In Memoriam: Charles Dawson." Columbia College Today 26, no. 1 (Sept 1999).

"In Memoriam: Paul Oskar Kristeller." Columbia College Today 27, no. 1 (Sept 1999).

"The 'small, quiet worlds' of Donald Holden." Columbia College Today 26, no. 1 (Sept. 1999).

"Clifton Fadiman: An Erudite Guide to the Wisdom of Others." Columbia College Today 26, no. 1 (Sept. 1999).

"Chris Colombo Named Dean of Student Affairs." Columbia College Today 24, no. 2 (Fall 1998).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Catholic Historical Assoication
American Historical Association
History of Science Society
New York State Association of European Historians
Society for the History of Technology

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

1989-90 President's Fellowship, Columbia University.
1988-89 Matriculation and Facilities Fellowship, Columbia University.
1986-87 President's Fellowship, Columbia University.
1985-86 Fulbright Scholarship, Belgium and Luxembourg.
1983 High Honors, Swarthmore College.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2005-present Coordinator. Science, Technology, Medicine and Society Seminar Series.
2000-present Founding Member. UNiversity Seminar of the History of Columbia University.
1998-2002 Members. Columbia Undergraduate War Rememberance Committee.
1992 Member. Ad Hoc Committee on the Contemporary Civilization Syllabus (Spring).
1989 Member. Graduate Student Committee, Modern European Appointment (Spring)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

2003-present Member. Community Board 10, Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.
Parliamentarian. March 2007-present.
Chair. Special By-Laws Committee. 2007-08.
Chair. Non-Residential Structures Subcommittee. 2008.
2001-2002 Member. Brooklyn Borough President's Task Force on the Fifth Avenue Reconstruction.
1999-2006 Officer and Board Member. Alliance of Bay Ridge Block Associations, Inc.
1998-2001 Member. Bay Ridge Historical Society.
1998-2001 Officer and Board Member. B.R.A.G.S. (Bay Ridge Against Garbage Sites, Inc.).