Jim kraft biography

Before The Beginning …God Designed

“This insightful book gives a fresh perspective on things we often take for granted.  Jim Kraft doesn't just inspire awe in us as we read about amazing aspects of creation, he continually turns our eyes to the loving Creator. The book encourages the reader to have a deeper appreciation for both the big things and little things in creation.”

Dr. Stuart Burgess BSc (Eng) PhD CEng FIMechE is professor of engineering design at the University of Bristol (UK). (NB: ‘Professor’ is a title given only to the highest academic rank in British Commonwealth universities.)

Dr. Burgess is the designer/engineer of the NASA Space Station robotic arm and the reflector energy gathering system.

His research interests include bio-inspired design, biomechanics and design in nature. He has worked in industry as a professional designer working on projects for the European Space Agency. He has published over 130 secular papers on the science of design and has been coeditor of the International Journal of Design & Nature. He has lectured at both Cambr

James Kraft (politician)

American politician

James Kraft (born May 6, 1941) is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives. He served in the House from January 2001 through January 2003, serving district 18.[2]: vii  After redistricting in 2002, he ran for re-election in District 10, but lost in the Republican primary to Linda Gray and Doug Quelland.[3]

References

  1. ^"James Kraft's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Archived from the original on May 28, 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  2. ^"Session laws, State of Arizona, 2001 Volume 1, Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 235". State of Arizona. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  3. ^"Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2002". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019.

James P. Kraft

Professor Emeritus
U.S.: Business and Labor, American West

Email: jkraft@hawaii.edu

BA Texas-Austin, 1974; MA California State-Los Angeles, 1985; PhD Southern California, 1990

 

 


Representative Publications

  • Havoc and Reform: Workplace Disasters in Modern America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021)
  • Vegas at Odds: Labor Conflict in a Leisure Economy, 1960-1985 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010)
  • Stage to Studio: Musicians and the Sound Revolution, 1890-1950 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996).
  • “Disasters in the Workplace: The MGM Grand Hotel Fire of 1980,” Nevada State Historical Quarterly 56:3-4 (Fall-Winter 2013), 167-86.
  • “Disasters, Technology, and Workplace Safety in Modern America,” National Social Science Association Proceedings, 52, No. 2 (2013), 106-12.
  • “Manufacturing: Expansion, Consolidation, and Decline,” The Electric Guitar: History of an American Icon (Baltimore, 2004).
  • “Business, Labor and Technology in America, 1890-1950,” Music and Technology in the Twen

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