Professor of History
Dr. Churella is Professor of History in the History & Philosophy Department at Kennesaw State University. He is also the president of the Lexington Group in Transportation History, an educational organization that promotes a dialogue on railroad and transportation history and practice among academicians, practitioners, and others who have a serious interest in the history and tradition of transportation.
Dr. Churella's research focuses on transportation history and transportation policy, with particular emphasis on the relationship between the railroads and the regulatory state. His publications include From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry (Princeton University Press, 1998) and The Pennsylvania Railroad: Volume 1, Building an Empire, 1846–1917 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013), as well as articles in the Business History Review, Enterprise & Society, and other publications. Dr. Churella is currently working on the second and final volume of the complete history of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which between 1881 and 1901 was the world's largest private corporation. He has also authored more than one hundred articles, book chapters, book reviews, and encyclopedia entries. His media appearances include The Rise and Fall of Penn Station on The American Experience, Philadelphia: The Great Experiment, Discovery TV, and German public television.
Dr. Churella earned his B.A. in economics from Haverford College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. He joined the faculty of Southern Polytechnic State University in 2001, and following consolidation he is now a professor at Kennesaw State University. He has taught a wide variety of courses, including early and modern U.S. history surveys; The Economic & Business History of the United States; the History of the Gilded Age & the Progressive Era; the United States between the World Wars; Science, Technology, & Society: Railroads; the History of the Pacific Rim; African-American history; introduction to the International Studies major; Historical Methods; and the senior capstone for both the International Studies major and the History major. He has won several teaching awards, including an Outstanding Faculty Award, a Student Government Association Teacher of the Year Award, and an Honors Program Teacher of the Year Award.
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About Albert Churella
Dr. Churella is Professor of History in the History & Philosophy Department at Kennesaw State University. He is also the president of the Lexington Group in Transportation History, an educational organization that promotes a dialogue on railroad and transportation history and practice among academicians, practitioners, and others who have a serious interest in the history and tradition of transportation.
Dr. Churella's research focuses on transportation history and transportation policy, with particular emphasis on the relationship between the railroads and the regulatory state. His publications include From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry (Princeton University Press, 1998) and The Pennsylvania Railroad: Volume 1, Building an Empire, 1846–1917 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013), as well as articles in the Business History Review, Enterprise & Society, and other publications. Dr. Churella is currently working on the second and final volume of the complete history of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which between 1881 and 1901 was the world's largest private corporation. He has also authored more than one hundred articles, book chapters, book reviews, and encyclopedia entries. His media appearances include The Rise and Fall of Penn Station on The American Experience, Philadelphia: The Great Experiment, Discovery TV, and German public television.
Dr. Churella earned his B.A. in economics from Haverford College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. He joined the faculty of Southern Polytechnic State University in 2001, and following consolidation he is now a professor at Kennesaw State University. He has taught a wide variety of courses, including early and modern U.S. history surveys; The Economic & Business History of the United States; the History of the Gilded Age & the Progressive Era; the United States between the World Wars; Science, Technology, & Society: Railroads; the History of the Pacific Rim; African-American history; introduction to the International Studies major; Historical Methods; and the senior capstone for both the International Studies major and the History major. He has won several teaching awards, including an Outstanding Faculty Award, a Student Government Association Teacher of the Year Award, and an Honors Program Teacher of the Year Award.
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