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Although “Oil Empire” is a work of scholarship, Frank didn’t intend for it to be a book that only scholars would read. For her, the key to writing and teaching history is to find out how it matters to people who are interested and intelligent but not experts...
...Frank became interested in Central and Eastern Europe as a high school student in the last days of the Cold War, when she found herself drawn to the world that Ronald Reagan once referred to as the “Evil Empire.” She majored in German studies and Russian and East European studies at Williams College, and after working as a consultant for health care in Poland, decided to enter graduate school at Harvard to explore the history behind the region...
Ever the inquisitive scholar, Associate Professor of History Alison F. Frank had the inspiration for a book while doing some pleasure reading on a beach in Greece...
Others have noticed Frank’s commitment to education. Brendan J. Karch, the teaching fellow for History 1266, knows Frank as a member of the committee that reads his dissertation. Although he was expecting her to skim through one of his drafts, Karch was surprised when she returned his dissertation with extensive comments. She had even corrected the grammatical mistakes in the footnotes...
...another occasion, Frank called Karch after going to the emergency room. Despite her doctor’s recommendation that she stay at the hospital, Professor Frank was still trying to leave and lecture in class as scheduled...