Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
About
Carla Bittel specializes in nineteenth-century U.S. history. Her research focuses on gender issues in the history of medicine and science; she has examined the history of women’s health, women physicians, and the role of science in medicine. Her new research explores gender and phrenology in antebellum America.
Dr. Bittel has a B.A. from University of California, Davis (1995); an M.A. (1999) and Ph.D. (2003) from Cornell University.
Dr. Bittel has a B.A. from University of California, Davis (1995); an M.A. (1999) and Ph.D. (2003) from Cornell University.
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Materials of the Mind: Phrenology, Race, and the Global History of Science 1815-1920
Bittel, C., Feb 2022, In: Social History of Medicine. 35, 1, p. 332-333 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › peer-review
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Cranial compatibility: Phrenology, measurement, and marriage assessment
Bittel, C., Dec 2021, In: ISIS. 112, 4, p. 795-803 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Testing the truth of phrenology: Knowledge experiments in antebellum American cultures of science and health
Bittel, C., Jun 18 2019, In: Medical History. 63, 3, p. 352-374 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Woman, know thyself: Producing and using phrenological knowledge in 19th-century America
Bittel, C., May 2013, In: Centaurus. 55, 2, p. 104-130 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Wild Unrest: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Making of "<i>The Yellow Wall-Paper</i>"
Bittel, C., Feb 2012, In: American Historical Review. 117, 1, p. 208-209 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › peer-review
Press/Media
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Grants and Awards
Sanchez, M. E., Grills, C. T., Wang, S., Tarleton, H., Zhuplev, A., Campbell, M. L., Dabir, D., Binder, W., Chen, C., Bittel, C., Wiebers, L., Graf, V., Kennedy, M. R., Ensher, E., Blas, N., Park, G., Hoover, B., Baehr, J., Hussain, A., Choi, D. Y., Lavadenz, M., Strauss, E., Muraco, A., Bargagliotti, A., Crans, A., Moffet, D. A., Armas, E. G., Mouzakis, K., Covino, K., Weaver, K., Heller, S., Sebastian, J., Smith, B., Yamashiro, K., Willette, D. & Saint Clair, J.
1/25/22
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