Catherine Mas

Catherine Mas is an Assistant Professor of Modern American History at Florida International University's Department of History, affiliated with the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs. Her research bridges the history of science, medicine, and society, with a focus on transnational contexts. She holds a Ph.D. from Yale University, specializing in the history of science and medicine.

Education:

• Ph.D., Yale University (2019), Department of History, Program in the History of Science and Medicine
• M.A. & M.Phil., Yale University (2016)
• B.A., Columbia University (2012), cum laude with Departmental Honors in History

Research interests include the intersection of medicine, anthropology, and social change, particularly in Miami’s post-1959 Cuban Revolution context. Her book Culture in the Clinic (2022) explores Latinx immigrant contributions to healthcare diversity and was shortlisted for the Welch Medal. Current projects examine Cuban primatology and the role of nonhuman primates in early 20th-century scientific and cultural discourses.

Awards include the ACLS Fellowship (2024), NEH Faculty Award (2023), and Yale’s John Addison Porter Prize (2019). She has delivered invited lectures at institutions like Harvard and Princeton, and her work appears in journals such as Bulletin of the History of Medicine and Technology and Culture.

Teaching spans undergraduate courses on global health history and graduate seminars on historical methods. She actively promotes diversity in academia through roles like Chair of the AAHM Diversity & Inclusion Committee and advisory editor for Isis.