Institutional Affiliations and Education

Institutional    Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Affiliations      Department of History
                        Research Associate, 2008-present;
Instructor and Research Assistant, 1993-99
 
                        Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
                        Historical Archives
                        Research Associate, 1999-2016

                        Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
                        Center for Human and Health Sciences/Institute for the History of Medicine
                        Research Associate, 2001-2003

                        Cornell University, New York City
                        Department of Psychiatry
                        DeWitt-Wallace Fellow, 2000-2001


Education       University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
                        Ph.D. 1997 (Department of History)

                        Thesis: The Birth of Clinical Psychiatry: Power, Knowledge, and Professionalization in Germany, 1867-1914
                        Advisor: Konrad H. Jarausch, Lurcy Professor of European Civilization
                                Major Field: Modern European History; Minor Field: History of Science

                                
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
                        M.A. 1990 (Department of History)
                        Thesis: Emil Kraepelin: Leben und Werk des Psychiaters im Spannungsfeld zwischen Irrationalität und positivistischer Wissenschaft
                       
Advisor: Rüdiger vom Bruch
                                Major Field: Modern European History; Minor Fields: Medieval History and Renaissance Philosophy


                        Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon
                        B.A. 1984 (with honors) (Department of History)
                        Thesis: Peter Altenberg: A Genius without Faculties
                                Advisor: Henry Bair
                                Major Fields: History and Mathematics


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