Professor, American Culture, History, Obstetrics and Gynecology
amstern@umich.edu
Office Information:
phone: 734.936.5902
Gender Studies & Sexuality;
Latin America & Caribbean ;
Science, Technology & Medicine;
History
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1999
About
Professor Stern is the author of the prize-winning book Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America, (University of California Press, 2005).
Her latest book is Telling Genes: The Story of Genetic Counseling in America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012) is a Choice 2013 Outstanding Academic Title in Health Sciences.
Affiliation(s)
- Faculty: Department of American Culture (AC), Latina/o Studies (LS)
- Faculty Affiliate: Department of History
- Faculty Affiliate: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine
- Faculty Affiliate: Department of Women's and Gender Studies
- Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) at the International Institute
Award(s)
- 2006 American Public Health Association’s Arthur Viseltear Prize for outstanding contribution to the scholarship on the history of public health (for Eugenic Nation)
- Emma Thornbrough Prize for the best article in the Indiana Magazine of History in 2007
- 2012 John P. McGovern Award in Family, Health, and Human Values (University of Houston)
Field(s) of Study
- History of medicine
- Reproductive politics
- Race and racial classification
