Faculty Experts
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Areas of expertise:
History of U.S. business and technology; public history; history of information technology; history of the telegraph; Thomas Edison; electric power; savings and investment |
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| Campus e-mail: | dhochfelder@albany.edu | ||||
| Campus phone: | (518) 442-4806 | ||||
| Biography: An electrical engineer turned historian, Hochfelder specializes in the history of U.S. business and technology. He also helps administer UAlbany's public history program. Before joining UAlbany, Hochfelder served as a research historian at the Thomas Edison Papers. He is currently writing a book-length history of the telegraph industry and his next project will be a social history of savings and investment. He has appeared in two episodes of the History Channel's "Modern Marvels" series. |
