Bancroft Prize
1 appearances
Nancy J. Tomes
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Nancy J. Tomes
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Author, Professor
- Active Years
- 1978-
- Affiliations
- Stony Brook University, Messiah College (lectures), National Humanities Center (Fellow), American Public Health Association (awarding organization)
- Memberships
- American Association for the History of Medicine (President 2012–2014)
- Influenced By
- Charles E. Rosenberg
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin College | — | History | — | 1970-1972 | United States |
| University of Kentucky | — | History | B.A. | — | United States |
| University of Pennsylvania | — | History | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Oberlin College
History
Period:
1970-1972
Country:
United States
Attended 1970–1972
University of Kentucky
History
Degree:
B.A.
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United States
Received B.A. in History, summa cum laude, 1974
University of Pennsylvania
History
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
1978
Country:
United States
Completed Ph.D. in History; worked with Charles E. Rosenberg
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Bancroft Prize | Remaking the American Patient: How Madison Avenue and Modern Medicine Turned Patients into Consumers | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize | The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life | — | History of Science Society | 受賞 |
| — | Arthur Viseltear Award | — | — | American Public Health Association | 受賞 |
| 1999 | National Humanities Center Fellowship | — | — | National Humanities Center | フェロー |
| 2022 | National Humanities Center Fellowship | — | — | National Humanities Center | フェロー |
Bancroft Prize
2017
Work:
Remaking the American Patient: How Madison Avenue and Modern Medicine Turned Patients into Consumers
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize
2001
Work:
The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life
Organization:
History of Science Society
Result:
受賞
Arthur Viseltear Award
Organization:
American Public Health Association
Result:
受賞
National Humanities Center Fellowship
1999
Organization:
National Humanities Center
Result:
フェロー
National Humanities Center Fellowship
2022
Organization:
National Humanities Center
Result:
フェロー
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Remaking the American Patient: How Madison Avenue and Modern Medicine Turned Patients into Consumers
History / History of MedicineA study of how consumer culture and modern medicine transformed patients into consumers, examining the interaction between Madison Avenue (advertising) and medical institutions.
history of public healthconsumer culturemedical advertising
The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life
History / History of MedicineAnalyzes how knowledge about microbes and societal responses influenced gender roles and everyday life in American society.
history of infectious diseasesocial historygender and medicine
Bibliography
- The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life
- Remaking the American Patient: How Madison Avenue and Modern Medicine Turned Patients into Consumers
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly yet accessible narrativeempirically grounded archival history
- Recurring Motifs
- relationship between public health and the individualconsumer culture and medicineintersection of advertising and healthcare
Legacy
Highly regarded for her work on the history of public health and the transformation of patients into consumers. Recipient of multiple awards and fellowships, she has contributed significantly to the development of medical history scholarship.
Academic Societies
- American Association for the History of Medicine
- History of Science Society
Archives
- Duke University Library Special Collections (collaboration on the "Medicine and Madison Avenue" website)
- Stony Brook University (related materials, news releases)
Trivia
- Has authority identifiers such as ISNI, VIAF, GND, and WorldCat.
- ORCID: 0000-0002-5146-162X