Maria Daxenbichler
PhD
Research Interests
History of Medicine; Women’s History; 19th and 20th century United States History; History of Gender and Sexuality
Education
- PhD, History, University at Buffalo, 2020
- MA, American Studies, University at Buffalo, 2015
- Magistra Artium, American Studies, Leipzig University, 2009
Courses Taught
HIS 301: Historical Writing
HIS 419: History of Sexual and Reproductive Health
HIS 356: Social History of Women 1875-Present
HIS 447: Health and Illness in American History
Current Research
I am currently writing a manuscript based on my dissertation “Knowing the Uterus: The Role of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Abortion in the Professionalization of American Medicine, 1880-1920.”
Journal Articles
“The Oldest and Newest of Nurses: Obstetrical Nursing and the Medicalization of Childbirth” at the Journal for Medicine and Allied Sciences; forthcoming.
Awards and Fellowships
College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, University at Buffalo, November 2019.
Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation Fellow, Harvard University, 2017-2018.
Travel Fellowship, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2018.
