Julie Livingston

Julie Livingston
Born	1966 (age 58–59)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Tufts University Boston University Emory University
Awards	MacArthur Fellowship William H. Welch Medal (2014)
Scientific career
Fields	medical historian
Institutions	New York University Rutgers University

Julie Livingston (born 1966) is an American medical historian and the Julius Silver Professor at New York University. ^[1] She won a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship. ^[2]

Life

Livingston received her B.A. in Comparative Religion ^[1] from Tufts University. ^[3] She graduated from Boston University with an M.A. in African History, M.P.H. in Health Services and a Certificate of Public Health in Developing Countries, ^[1] and from Emory University with a Ph.D. in African History. ^[1] She taught at Rutgers University from 2003 to 2015. ^[4]

Publications

Select books:

• Debility and moral imagination in Botswana : disability, chronic illness, and aging, 2005
• Improvising medicine : an African oncology ward in an emerging cancer epidemic, 2012
• Self-devouring growth : a planetary parable as told from Southern Africa, 2019
• Cars and Jails: Freedom Dreams, Debt, and Carcerality (co-authored with Andrew Ross), 2022

References

1. 1 2 3 4 "Julie Livingston". NYU. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
2. "Julie Livingston — MacArthur Foundation". Macfound.org. September 25, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
3. "Alumna Receives MacArthur Genius Grant | Tufts Now". Now.tufts.edu. October 15, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
4. "Livingston, Julie". History.rutgers.edu. Retrieved November 6, 2013.