معرفی
Ayah Nuriddin is an Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine at Yale University's School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the histories of eugenics, racial science, scientific racism, and health disparities. She is currently working on her book project, “Seed and Soil: Black Eugenic Thought in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries,” examining African Americans' engagement with racial science and eugenics in pursuit of racial justice. Her work has been supported by the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine and the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute.
Education
- PhD in History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
- MA in History, University of Maryland, College Park
- MLS, University of Maryland, College Park
- BA in International Relations and History, American University
Her research has appeared in Historical Studies of Natural Science, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, and The Lancet. She has held positions at Princeton University as a Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer. Nuriddin was awarded the 2024 Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Early Career Development Award for her monograph project on Black eugenics.
Awards & Recognition
- 2024 Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Award
- Inaugural Inductee, Johns Hopkins Edward Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
Professional Contributions
- Member of the Community Histories Lab
- Contributions to podcasts and C-Span's American History TV
