Background

Pickering, Mary Barbara was born on June 22, 1954 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Robert Alexander and Helen Veronica (Blasko) Pickering.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in History magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1975. Master of Arts in History, Harvard University, 1976. Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies, Institute d'Etudes Politiques, 1984.

Doctor of Philosophy in History, Harvard University, 1988.

Career

Teaching assistant, teaching fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977-1979; adjunct assistant professor of history, Manhattan College, New York City, 1988; adjunct assistant professor of history, Pace U., New York City, 1988-1989; lecturer, Pace U., New York City, 1989-1990; assistant professor of history, Pace U., New York City, 1990-1994; assistant professor European history, San Jose (California) State University, since 1994.

Achievements

• Mary Barbara Pickering has been listed as a notable History educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow The Pierpont Morgan Library. Member American Association of University Women, American History Association, New York State Association European Historians, Berkshire Conference Women Historians, Society French History Studies, Southeastern Nineteenth-Century Studies Association, Coordinator Committee Women in the History Profession-New York Metropolitan Region (chair program committee 1991-1993, president 1993-1994), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Francis Edward Lauricella, September 2, 1979. Children: Nicolas Pickering, Natalia Pickering, Michael Pickering.

Father:

Robert Alexander Pickering

Mother:

Helen Veronica (Blasko) Pickering

Spouse:

Francis Edward Lauricella

child:

Natalia Pickering

child:

Nicolas Pickering

child:

Michael Pickering