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David Herzberg, Assistant Professor office: 565 Park Hall email: herzberg@buffalo.edu phone: (716) 645-2181 ext. 565

Education:

BA, Wesleyan University 1993

MA,   University Of Wisconsin-Madison 1997

PhD,   University Of Wisconsin-Madison 2005

Courses Regularly Taught:

Post-45 American History

Modern American Popular Culture

Alcohol & Other Drugs In American History

Field(s):   U.S. History; Cultural History; Gender History; History Of

Medicine

Hub(s):   Culture & Society, Knowledge

Research Interests: Medicines & Drugs; Popular Culture

Current Research : "Designer Consciousness:   Medicine, Marketing, And Identity In American Culture From Miltown To Prozac"

Selected Publications:

"'The Pill You Love Can Turn On You': Feminism, Tranquilizers, and the Valium Panic of the 1970s." American Quarterly (March 2006).

"Drug Wars and Wonder Drugs" [review essay]. American Quarterly (December 2005).

"Thinking Through War: The Social Thought of Richard T. Ely, John R. Commons, and Edward A. Ross During the First World War." Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 37 (Spring 2001).

(with Robert Shibley) "The Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence," "Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco," "Pike Place Public Market, Seattle," "Portland's 1972 Downtown Plan, Portland, OR," and "Lessons From the Bruner Archive," in Donald Watson, Alan Plattus, Robert Shibley, eds., Time Saver Standards for Urban Design . New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003.

Awards:

• Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, 1997-2001.

• Honorable Mention, Shryock Medal, American Association for the History of Medicine, 2002.

• Baensch Prize in Wisconsin History, University of Wisconsin, 1998.

Affiliations and other notes :

• American Association for the History of Medicine

• American historical association

• American Studies Association

• Organization of American Historians

Last updated: Tuesday, January 31, 2006