Matthew Crawford

Matthew Crawford is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Kent State University, specializing in early modern Iberian Atlantic history with emphasis on knowledge systems, science, and medicine. Contact at mcrawf11@kent.edu or 330-672-8913.

Education:

• Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2009
• M.A., University of California, San Diego, 2005
• B.A., Tufts University, 2000

Research examines colonial knowledge exchange, imperial science, and healing practices across the Spanish Atlantic, with ongoing projects on Andean mining and religious tolerance.

Publications focus on pharmacopoeias, colonial botany, and scientific authority, with recent work exploring epistemic crises and material transformations in scientific history.

Awards include:

• Fulbright Fellowship (2005-2006)
• John Carter Brown Library Fellowship (2012)
• Science History Institute Fellowship (2018)