Karen Utz, curator, Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, and adjunct history instructor, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Karen Utz has a bachelor's degree in sociology and marketing from Central Missouri State University, and a master's degree in history from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is the curator of Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, and in this capacity, her main objectives center on collections management, research, writing and speaking engagements. She is also very involved in expanding the oral history project at Sloss, and in the ongoing efforts to restore the site. In addition to her work at Sloss, Utz is an instructor at UAB, where she teaches courses pertaining to critical thinking, early and modern American history, as well as courses dealing with Southern industrial history and American history during the 1960s.

Presentations by Karen Utz
Music of the Mines, Mills, and Railroads of the Birmingham District

Sloss Furnaces: The Industrial Evolution of Birmingham's Iron Plantation

The Role of Convict Labor in the Industrial Development of Birmingham