Allen Dieterich-Ward

I am a professor of History and director of The Graduate School at Shippensburg University. I specialize in environmental, economic, and urban history and am currently involved in community revitalization efforts in Shippensburg and throughout Pennsylvania. My second book, Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania is now available for preorder. My first book, Beyond Rust: Metropolitan Pittsburgh and the Fate of Industrial America (2016) won the Arline Custer Memorial Award from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference. I am past president of the Pennsylvania Historical Association and serve on the boards of PA Humanities and Pennsylvania Conservation Heritage Committee among others.