Julie Livingston (born 1966) is an American medical historian and the Julius Silver Professor at New York University.[1] She won a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship.[2]

Julie Livingston
Born1966 (age 57–58)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materTufts University
Boston University
Emory University
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship
William H. Welch Medal (2014)
Scientific career
Fieldsmedical historian
InstitutionsNew York University
Rutgers University

Life

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Livingston received her B.A. in Comparative Religion[1] from Tufts University.[3] She graduated from Boston University with an M.A. in African History, M.P.H. in Health Services and a Certificate of Public Health in Developing Countries,[1] and from Emory University with a Ph.D. in African History.[1] She taught at Rutgers University from 2003 to 2015.[4]

Publications

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Select books:[1]

  • Debility and moral imagination in Botswana : disability, chronic illness, and aging, 2005
  • Improvising medicine : an African oncology ward in an emerging cancer epidemic, 2012
  • Self-devouring growth : a planetary parable as told from Southern Africa, 2019
  • Cars and Jails: Freedom Dreams, Debt, and Carcerality (co-authored with Andrew Ross), 2022

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Julie Livingston". NYU. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Julie Livingston — MacArthur Foundation". Macfound.org. 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
  3. ^ "Alumna Receives MacArthur Genius Grant | Tufts Now". Now.tufts.edu. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
  4. ^ "Livingston, Julie". History.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2013-11-06.