Kate Strain is a history major at Grinnell College from Baltimore, Maryland. On April 2, 1840 the owner of a tavern started a conversation with six members of a drinking club in which he criticized temperance lecturers, calling them hypocrites. From this conversation, part of the unlikely group of heavy drinkers attended a temperance lecture. Convinced… Read more Kindred Spirits
Annie Galloway is a second year undergraduate student at Grinnell College. Most humans want to have full long lives in which they are able to do what they want. Illness interferes with this desire. The Golden Age of American medicine, which created the doctor-as-hero character, promoted the expansion of medical control and the idea that… Read more Nearsighted Normalcy: Evaluating What Frames Our Perspective on Normal Health and Illness
Naomi Worob is a second year Anthropology student at Grinnell College. Currently, she is interested in health and medical humanities, and in connection to those thinking about how the arts and humanities can provide different tools for physicians to interact with and care for their patients. About midway through the semester, I was spending… Read more Wonder Bread is scientifically proven to be good for me? Medical Authority and Consumerism in America
About Thomas Auen: As a graduating senior from Grinnell College, I’m making my way to Boston where I will continue my education and science applications as a research assistant. With a major in biological chemistry, my new position in the Department of Endocrinology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School will allow me to… Read more “BARRIERS” TO THE CONDOM’S PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS
Hannah Storch is currently a senior at Grinnell College, double majoring in history and classics. After graduating in Spring 2016, she will be attending Georgetown University for a Masters in Art and Museum Studies. She has long been interested in the stigma surrounding venereal diseases prior to the 20th century and what caused the shift… Read more Changing Views About Syphilis and Sex Education Around World War I
Johanna Foster is a senior sociology major at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Her post-graduation plans involve working in education and the consumption of copious amounts of coffee. Modern pop culture loves to pathologize women’s behavior. Does this seem like a questionable assertion? A quick dive into the murky waters of the popular website, urbandictionary.com,… Read more Autonomous and Insane: The Gendered, Classed, and Raced Pathologization of Women’s Minds
Omri Benami is a rising senior Economics/Mathematics major at Grinnell College. He intends on pursuing a career in the Finance or Hi-Tech industries after graduation. Healthcare is a constant topic in American current events, and has been a subject of national concern for many decades. Medicare and Medicaid are large government expenditures, and in theory… Read more Stealing Hurts: A Historical Examination of Health Care Fraud and Abuse in America
