Historian of Medicine * Americanist Scholar * Rural Activist
Matt Gunterman is a doctoral candidate in History at Yale University, where he specializes in fields of American Medicine and Public Health, Medicine and Religion in the United States, American Politics, and Science and Technology in American Culture. His dissertation is entitled, “The Uncommon Cup: A History of God, the Germ, and Ingenuity in America.” More on his research can be found here.
A native of rural Kentucky, Matt has also served as a champion of reform in rural communities. For further information on his work as an activist, see here.
At the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine to be held at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Matt will present a paper entitled, “A Fountain of Indignity: Germs and the Infrastructure of Racial Segregation,” within the pan ..
At the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine held at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, Matt presented a paper entitled, “Disposable by Design: Selling the Dixie Cup to America” within the panel, “Marketing Health: Images, Ads and ..
At the Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Matt presented a paper entitled, “The Germ in the Chalice: A Case When Science Met the Sacred,” within the panel, “The Christian Confrontation with Science,” chai ..