Susan D. Jones
Associate Professor, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Ph D, University of Pennsylvania, 1997
DVM, University of Illinois, 1990
Contact Information
Phone: 612-624-9636
Fax: 612-624-6777
E-mail: jone0996@umn.edu
Graduate Faculty Memberships
EEB, History, History of Medicine, History of Science and Technology, Studies of Science and Technology
Research Interests
The changing scientific understanding of disease over time in conjunction with the historical context in which scientists worked; structure and practice within the biomedical sciences and professions; and scientists' influences on human-animal interactions.
Statement
I am a historian of science, medicine, and technology. My research interests have included: the changing scientific understanding of disease over time in conjunction with the historical context in which scientists worked; structure and practice within the biomedical sciences and professions; and scientists' influences on human-animal interactions.
I am currently working on two book-length projects that investigate the modern histories of bovine tuberculosis and anthrax in a transnational context. These projects are part of my overall program of exploring the historical ecology of zoonotic diseases. In addition, I am a participant in the University's Consortium on Law and Values in Health, the Environment, and the Life Sciences and am a member of the National Center for the Study of Terrorism and the Response to Terrorism.
Selected Publications
Valuing Animals: Veterinarians and Their Patients in Modern America ( Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003)
“Mapping a Zoonotic Disease: Anglo-American Efforts to Control Bovine Tuberculosis Before World War I,” Osiris, 19 (2004): 133-148.
“Scientific Debates and Popular Beliefs: A Historical Study of Bovine Tuberculosis,” Argos: Bulletin van Het Veterinair Historisch Genootschap, Number 27 (winter 2002): 313-318.
“Becoming a Pest: Prairie Dog Ecology and the Human Economy in the Euroamerican West,” Environmental History, 4 (October 1999): 531-552.
“Framing Animal Disease: Housecats with Feline Urological Syndrome, Their Owners, and Their Doctors,” Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 52 (April 1997): 202-235.
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