Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward

Professor of History and Director of the Graduate School

Degrees

• D., University of Michigan (History)
• MA, University of Michigan (History)
• BA, College of Wooster (History)

Research Interests

• Environment
• Urban
• Public

Courses Taught

• History 600: Historical Research Methods

Major Publications

• Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America (UPenn, 2016)
• Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania (Temple, 2024)

Profile

Dr. Dieterich-Ward’s first book, Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America won the 2016 Arline Custer Memorial Award from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference. His second book, Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania is now available from Temple University Press. Dr. Dieterich-Ward is past president of the Pennsylvania Historical Association, a former editor of the Pennsylvania History Series, and a board member of PA Humanities.