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William C. Barrow is the Special Collections Librarian for the Cleveland State University Library and chairs the Greater Cleveland History Digital Library Consortium. He has a Master of Arts in History from Cleveland State University and a Master of Library Science from Kent State University.
Carl M. Becker, a World War II veteran, taught at Wright State University for thirty years. The extensive listing of publications to his credit includes several works on U.S. sports history. Other academic interests include Ohio History and World War II from the American perspective.
Arthur E. DeMatteo is an assistant professor of History at Glenville State College in West Virginia . He earned his doctorate from the University of Akron in 1999, and has since taught at a number of colleges including the University of Akron , Cleveland State University , and Wilmington College . His research interests include Progressive Era urban politics in the Midwest and American Labor History.
Amanda Epperson is a senior lecturer at the University of Akron . After completing a Master of Arts in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London , she went on to earn her Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow in 2003 under the direction of Professor Edward J. Cowan. Her research interests include eighteenth century Scotland , migration studies, and the Atlantic World.
Jack Gieck is a filmmaker and historian who produced the last motion picture of Akron history in 1977 and authored A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era (1988).
Andrew Lindsay, a native of Canada , is with the Francis Marion University History faculty for the 2004-05 school year. His main area of interest is the history of sport in the United States . Dr. Lindsay's dissertation, “Boxing in Black and White,” a study of the impact of race upon boxing, was recently published by McFarland Press. He is currently researching college football rivalries.
Kyle Liston is currently completing his Master's thesis at the University of Akron examining the construction of racial identity in Fascist Italy within the colonial sphere of Ethiopia . He worked as an archivist and assistant to the curator of the Summit County Historical Society in 2003-04. Following conferral of his M.A., Kyle will pursue a doctorate in History at Indiana University-Bloomington.
E. Paul Morehouse, Jr. currently teaches in the Department of History at the University of Akron. His previous publications include "Rebuilding a Dream" and "History of the Ohio Canals," both published in the March/April 2004 issue of OGS Genealogy News, a publication of the Ohio Genealogical Society.
