Elena Conis

Elena Conis
Occupation(s)Professor, Journalist
TitleAssociate Professor of Journalism
Academic background
EducationColumbia University (BA)
University of California, Berkeley (MA)
University of California, San Francisco (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineHistory of the Environment, Public Health, and Medicine, in the 19th and 20th centuries, United States
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley (2016–present)
University of California, San Francisco (2016–present)
Emory University (2009–2016)
The Los Angeles Times (2003–2011)

Elena Conis is an American writer and historian of medicine.[1] Her work focuses on the history of medicine, public health, and the environment, with particular focuses on the history of vaccination, infectious diseases, and pesticides. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.[1]

Education and career

Elena Conis received her bachelor's degree in biology from Columbia University in 1996,[2] followed by master's degrees in global health and environment and journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. While studying at Berkeley, she began to work as a columnist and features writer for the Los Angeles Times. An award-winning health journalist, she wrote for the paper's "Esoterica Medica", "Nutrition Lab", and "Supplements" columns until 2011.[1][3]

After completing her PhD in the history of health sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, Conis joined the faculty of Emory University as an assistant professor in the Department of History and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Faculty Fellow in Health and the Humanities.[4] She taught undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of health, medicine, and the environment. In 2016, Conis was a Cain Postdoctoral Fellow at the Science History Institute.[5]

Conis is most prominently known for her 2015 book, Vaccine Nation: America’s Changing Relationship with Immunization,[6][7] which was awarded the Arthur J. Viseltear Prize from the American Public Health Association.[1]

Conis is currently Associate Professor of Journalism in the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, where she directs the joint master’s program in journalism and public health (MJ / MPH).[1][8] She is a faculty affiliate of the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society; the Berkeley Center for Social Medicine; and the Department of Media Studies, at the University of California, Berkeley.[9][10][11] She is also affiliated faculty of the Department of Humanities and Social Science at the University of California, San Francisco.[12]

Selected bibliography

Books

  • Conis, Elena C.; Eder, Sandra; Medeiros, Aimee (2021). Pink and Blue: Gender, Culture, and the Health of Children. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-1-9788-0984-0.
  • Conis, Elena (2015). Vaccine Nation: America's Changing Relationship with Immunization (Paperback ed.). Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-37839-8.[13][14][15][16]
  • Conis, Elena (2022). How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT. Bold Type Books, 2022. ISBN 978-1-64503-674-6

Journal articles

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Elena Conis". UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Berkeley Journalism. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Bookshelf". Columbia College Today. Summer 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  3. ^ Kuhn, Mary Ellen (August 1, 2011). "At The Forefront of Food Science". Food Technology Magazine. 65 (8). Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ Williams, Kimber (April 1, 2014). "Elena Conis: Bridging health history and the humanities". Emory Report. Emory News Center. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Elena Conis". Science History Institute. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  6. ^ Morrison, Patt (28 January 2015). "Column: Historian Elena Conis takes a look at decades of vaccination skepticism". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. ^ "The Points Interview: Elena Conis". Points: Joint Blog of the Alcohol & Drugs History Society and the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. Points. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  8. ^ "MJ/MPH with the Graduate School of Journalism". Berkeley Public Health. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Faculty & Fellows". University of California, Berkeley, Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  10. ^ "People". Berkeley Center for Social Medicine. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Affiliated Faculty". University of California, Berkeley, Media Studies. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Faculty". University of California, San Francisco, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  13. ^ Gobo, Giampietro (June 2020). "A cumulative book review of: Conis, E.Vaccine Nation: America's Changing Relationship with Immunization, Chicago: University of Chicago Press2015. 361 pp $18 (pbk) $18 (ebk) ISBN 978-0-22637839-8 Reich, J.A.Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines, New York: New York University Press2016. 336 pp $75 (cloth) $20.00 (pbk) ISBN 978-1-47981279-0 Holmberg, C., Blume, S. and Greenough, P.R. (eds) The Politics of Vaccination: A Global History, Manchester: Manchester University Press2017. 360 pp £96 (cloth) £96 (ebk) ISBN 978-1-5261-1088-6". Sociology of Health & Illness. 42 (5): 1220–1223. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.13046. hdl:2434/738621.
  14. ^ Davidovitch, Nadav (2016). "Vaccine Nation: America's Changing Relationship with Immunization by Elena Conis". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 90 (4): 748–750. doi:10.1353/bhm.2016.0133. S2CID 79203341. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Review of Elena Conis, "Vaccine Nation: America's Changing Relationship with Vaccination" | Inside Higher Ed". www.insidehighered.com.
  16. ^ "Vaccine Nation: America's Changing Relationship with Immunization, by Elena Conis". Times Higher Education (THE). 27 November 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2021.