»Health Humanities Minor
Core courses are grounded in the humanities, whereas electives draw not only from the humanities but also from the arts, social sciences, and natural sciences so that the Health Humanities minor complements any undergraduate major and ensures that students build a complex understanding of what it means to be well in physical, mental, social, and cultural contexts.
Director: Dr. Kirsten Moore-Sheeley
Kirsten Moore-Sheeley received her PhD in the history of medicine, specializing in the history of global
health and disease control in Africa. Her research interests include the history of
biomedicine and biomedical technologies, disease ecologies, and the intersection of
poverty and health. Her first book, Nothing But Nets: A Biography of Global Health Science and Its Objects (JHU Press, 2023) reflects these interests as it explores how and why insecticide-treated
bed nets became a main method of malaria control in the 21st century. Her current book project builds from this work to look at the history of
malaria vaccine research and other efforts to develop vaccines for 'diseases of poverty'.
She teaches courses in the health humanities and environmental studies, with an emphasis
on global histories of medicine, science, technology, and the environment.
Need more information?
Julia Ainley
Administrative Assistant
(714) 532-6026
ainley@chapman.edu
Dr. Kirsten Moore-Sheeley
Program Director
mooresheeley@chapman.edu
