I am pleased to announce that Delaware Humanities has selected my newest presentation, On the Road to the Poorhouse: Poverty and Public Care on the Delmarva Peninsula, for inclusion in its Speakers Bureau catalog. Each year, scholars submit programs for review, and a panel evaluates them for historical rigor, public value, and overall quality. This…
Philadelphia General Hospital Nurses Faced Double Threats of Pandemic and World War
When the Philadelphia General Hospital (PGH) School of Nursing Class of 1918 completed its training, the world they stepped into bore little resemblance to the one they had known when they had begun their studies three years earlier. Their graduation coincided with two global crises that would define their early careers as healthcare professionals: the…
Dixon Promoted to Adjunct Associate Professor
Wilmington University recently recognized Mike Dixon’s work as a scholar-practitioner by promoting him to Adjunct Associate Professor of History. The promotion acknowledges his classroom engagement, professional contributions, and continuing work in the field of history. Dixon teaches history and humanities courses in the University’s College of Education and Liberal Arts. For more than four decades,…
Dixon Appointed Editor of Fire Service History Journal
After many years researching, teaching, and writing about the history of the fire service, I’m honored that the National Fire Heritage Center has appointed me as the founding editor of Fire Heritage Review, its new peer‑reviewed journal dedicated to documenting and interpreting the American fire service and fire protection history. The NFHC has published a…