About

Edward J. Balleisen is a Professor of History and a Senior Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Programs and Initiatives at Duke University. He is also a Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy. His contact information includes an email address, eballeis@duke.edu, and a physical office location at 216 Allen Building, Durham, NC 27708. Additionally, he is associated with the Sanford School of Public Policy located at 201 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708. His role encompasses interdisciplinary programs and initiatives, contributing to the academic and administrative leadership at Duke University.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Management
• Sociology
• Computer Science
• Engineering ethics
• Mathematics education
• Anthropology
• Medical education
• Public administration
• Economics
• Pedagogy
• Public relations
• Psychology
• Engineering

Selected publications

• Attention shoppers! American retail capitalism and the origins of the Amazon economy,

  Business History · 2026-01-13

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• BHR volume 97 issue 2 Cover and Front matter

  The Business History Review · 2023-01-01 · 1 citations

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• The impact of applied project-based learning on undergraduate student development

  Higher Education · 2023 · 29 citations

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  • Computer Science
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
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• BHR volume 96 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

  The Business History Review · 2022-01-01 · 1 citations

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• BHR volume 96 issue 4 Cover and Front matter

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• The Case for Bringing Experiential Learning into the Humanities

  Daedalus · 2022-01-01 · 4 citations

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  Abstract Drawing on innovative programs at the University of Michigan and Duke University, this essay explores an important trend in humanistic education: the provision of opportunities for experiential learning, whether for undergraduates or graduate students. Avenues for applied humanistic research, such as research-based internships and courses structured around collaborative, client-inflected research projects, provide numerous benefits. In addition to cultivating teamwork, leadership, and communications skills, such experiences build intellectual confidence, expand horizons, and foster motivation to pursue additional research challenges. Although humanistic experiments with experiential learning now abound across higher education, pedagogical conservatism among faculty has slowed the pace of change, with pilots often occurring outside the frameworks of standard curricular structures. We call on departments in the humanities and interpretive social sciences to embrace the promise of engaged, public-facing scholarly endeavor, and to make collaborative research a core feature of curricular expectations for students at all levels.

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• BHR volume 96 issue 2 Cover and Front matter

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• BHR volume 95 issue 4 Cover and Front matter

  The Business History Review · 2021-01-01 · 1 citations

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• Anne C. Fleming, 1979–2020: An Exemplar of Interdisciplinary, Engaged Business History

  Enterprise & Society · 2021-04-16 · 1 citations

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  The historical profession is mourning the tragic passing of Anne Fleming, professor at the Georgetown Law Center. Anne died far too young at the age of forty, just a decade or so into what was shaping up to be an extraordinary career of scholarship, teaching, civic participation, and intellectual leadership. Within just a day of her death, the Legal History Blog posted a compelling overview of her life and career, which focuses on her contributions to legal history. 1 This remembrance offers a complementary meditation on the significance of Anne's historical research and writing within the fields of business history and the history of political economy. 2 I also consider some potential implications of her career for how we approach the crucial task of educating the next generation of business historians amid the growing imperative to think differently about how we structure PhD programs.

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Frequent coauthors

• Catherine R. Schenk

  Leiden University

  29 shared

• Valeria Giacomin

  20 shared

• Walter Friedman

  Harvard University Press

  18 shared

• Simon Ville

  18 shared

• Franco Amatori

  Bocconi University

  18 shared

• Pamela Walker Laird

  University of Colorado Denver

  17 shared

• Marcelo Bucheli

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  17 shared

• Jonathan Zeitlin

  Scuola Normale Superiore

  17 shared

Education

• Ph.D., History

  Duke University

  1999

• M.A., History

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  1995

• B.A., History

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  1992