Sarah Milovمشاهده پروفایل
دانشیار
Sarah Milov is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Virginia, where she teaches and researches modern United States political and social movements, the history of capitalism, legal history, and the history of work. Her scholarship focuses on how organized interest groups and everyday Americans influence government policy and political debate, with particular emphasis on tobacco policy, whistleblowing, and regulatory politics. Education: Ph.D. in History, Princeton University (2013) M.A. in History, Princeton University (2009) B.A. in History, Harvard University (2007) Milov's research centers on the intersection of government policy, corporate power, and citizen activism in twentieth-century America. Her work reveals how seemingly personal choices about consumption and work are deeply embedded in political structures and historical contingencies. She examines how policy decisions shape markets, how social movements challenge corporate power, and how regulatory frameworks evolve through contested political processes. Her approach combines traditional historical methods with insights from political science, legal studies, and economics to provide nuanced accounts of American political development. Milov's scholarly work demonstrates consistent engagement with contemporary policy debates while maintaining rigorous historical perspective. Her publications reveal patterns in how industries respond to regulation, how social movements build political power, and how government agencies navigate competing demands. She has particular expertise in the political economy of tobacco, showing how government policies simultaneously promoted cigarette consumption while later facilitating its decline through smoke-free policies. Scientific Awards and Honors: Willie Lee Rose Prize from the Society for Southern Women Historians for best book in Southern History PROSE Award for North American History from the Association of American Publishers Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize in History Smithsonian Magazine's "Best History Titles of 2019" Princeton University Center for Human Values Residential Fellow (2022-2023) Mead Endowment Faculty Award (2018-2019) Fellow, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (2017) Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UCSF (2013) Woodrow Wilson Society of Fellows, Princeton University (2011-2012) Milov has received significant grant support for her research, including fellowships from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. She has directed the History Department's Distinguished Majors Program at UVA, mentoring undergraduate students through research-intensive senior theses. Her collaborative work with Katherine Turk on the Karen Silkwood case represents an innovative approach to political biography that connects legal history with social movement studies. Milov's public engagement through op-eds in major media outlets demonstrates her commitment to bringing historical perspective to contemporary policy debates. Currently, Milov is working on "SILKWOOD," a political biography of nuclear whistleblower Karen Silkwood, examining how social forces of the 1970s produced a contested political symbol through the landmark case Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee. This project continues her scholarly interest in how ordinary citizens influence regulatory frameworks and political discourse.
