Curriculum Vitae

For a complete CV, please see zachary_schrag_cv (PDF).

Education

Columbia University. Ph.D. (History), 2002. M. Phil., 1999. M.A., 1997.

Harvard University. A.B. magna cum laude (Social Studies), 1992.

Employment

George Mason University. Department of History and Art History.

Associate Professor, 2009 to present. Assistant Professor, 2004-2009.

Columbia University. Department of History.

Assistant Professor (term appointment). 2003-2004.

Baruch College, City University of New York. Department of History.

Substitute Assistant Professor. 2002-2003.

Awards and Grants

Journal of Policy History. Ellis Hawley Prize. 2010.

Library of Congress. Kluge Fellowship. 2009.

George Mason University. Mathy Junior Faculty Award. 2008.

Society for American City and Regional Planning History. John Reps Prize. 2003.

National Science Foundation, Program in Science and Technology Studies.

Dissertation Grant. 2001.

Gerald R. Ford Foundation. Travel Grant to Gerald R. Ford Library. 2001.

Current Research

Militia and National Guard involvement in urban riots, 1812-1992.

Books

Ethical Imperialism: Institutional Review Boards and the Social Sciences, 1965-2009. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.

The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

“The Making of an Auto-Dependent Edge City: The Case of Fairfax County, Virginia,” in Daniel Rubey, ed. Redefining Suburban Studies: Searching for New Paradigms. Hempstead, New York: Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, 2009.

“How Talking Became Human Subjects Research: The Federal Regulation of the Social Sciences, 1965-1991.”Journal of Policy History 21 (Winter 2009): 3-37.

“The Freeway Fight in Washington, D.C.: The Three Sisters Bridge in Three Administrations,” Journal of Urban History 30 (July 2004): 648-673.

“Mapping Metro, 1955-1968: Urban, Suburban, and Metropolitan Alternatives,” Washington History 13 (Spring/Summer 2001): 4-23, 90-92.

“‘The Bus is Young and Honest’: Transportation Politics, Technical Choice, and the Motorization of Manhattan Surface Transit, 1919-1936,” Technology and Culture 41 (January 2000): 51-79.

Essays and Journalism

“UIC IRB Asserts Power Over Oral History,” Illinois Academe, Spring 2009.

“Thinking Big: Lessons from the Washington Metro,” TR News 249 (March-April 2007): 18-20.

“Ethical Training for Oral Historians,” Perspectives: Newsletter of the American Historical Association, March 2007.

“How Metro Shapes D.C.,” Washington Post, 7 May 2006