Background
Sandweiss, Martha A. was born on March 29, 1954 in Saint Louis. Daughter of Jerome Wesley and Marilyn Joy (Glik) S. Bachelor magna cum laude, Radcliffe College, 1975.
author American studies and history educator
Sandweiss, Martha A. was born on March 29, 1954 in Saint Louis. Daughter of Jerome Wesley and Marilyn Joy (Glik) S. Bachelor magna cum laude, Radcliffe College, 1975.
Master of Arts in History, Yale University, 1977, Master of Philosophy in History, 1981, Doctor of Philosophy, 1985. Smithsonian-National Endowment Humanities fellow, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 1975-1976. Curator photographs Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 1979-1986, adjunct curator photographs, 1987-1989.
Director Mead Art Museum Amherst College, 1989-1997, adjunct associate professor of fine arts and American studies, 1989-1994, associate professor American studies, 1994-1997, associate professor American studies and history, 1997.
Smithsonian-National Endowment Humanities fellow National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 1975-1976. Fellow Center American Art & Material Cultures, Yale University, 1977—1979. Curator photographs Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 1979-1986, adjunct curator photographs, 1987-1989.
Adjunct associate professor fine arts and American studies Amherst College, Massachusetts, 1989-1994, director Mead Art Museum, 1989-1997, associate professor American studies, 1994-1997, associate professor American studies and history, 1997-2000, professor American studies and history, since 2000. Beinecke senior research fellow Howard R. Lamar Center Study of Frontiers & Borders, Yale University, 2004—2005.
Fellow Center for American Art and Material Culture, Yale University, 1977-1979, National Endowment for Humanities, 1988, American Council Learned Societies, 1996-1997.