Rebecca Herzig | |
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Title | Professor |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | MIT [1] |
Influences | Leo Marx [2] |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Gender and Sexuality Studies |
Notable ideas | History of Hair removal |
Website | https://www.bates.edu/faculty-expertise/profile/rebecca-herzig/ |
Rebecca Herzig is a writer and professor. She is chair of the program in Gender and Sexuality Studies at Bates College in Maine. [3] [4]
Herzig is the author of Suffering for Science:Reason and Sacrifice in Modern America, [5] The Nature of Difference:Sciences of Race from Jefferson to Genomics,and Plucked:A History of Hair Removal. [6] [7] [8] Herzig’s work on hair removal examines how changing social norms have influenced the “voluntary”pursuit of beauty. [9] Plucked was named best book of the year by The Economist . [10]
Herzig has been on the executive councils of the Society for the Social Studies of Science,the Society for the History of Technology,and the International Committee for the History of Technology. [11] She has received MIT’s Kristen E. Finnegan Prize and Bate’s Kroepsch Award for her teaching. [12] [13]
Plucked was well received by both academic and popular media. [16] [17] [18] It was named one of Science Friday's best science books of 2015. [19] The Economist called Plucked a “delightful history of hair removal in America,” [20] and The Journal of American History said the book was an “interesting,serious,and meticulously researched contribution to American history.” [21]
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