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Kleptotherms

Interview

I was interviewed by Molly Webster for the “Kleptotherms” episode of Radiolab, which was entirely focused on the concept of temperature. Molly and I discussed the marker of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit: where it originated in medicine, how it functions as a cultural artifact, and why no single number can be an accurate or inclusive arbiter of human health.

May 5, 2021June 2, 2021 Deanna DayData, Medicine, Politics, Science, Technology, Temperature

These Dudes Fucking Love Minority Report

Short Story

“These Dudes Fucking Love Minority Report” is a micro short story published in HAD.

February 11, 2021April 24, 2021 Deanna DayFiction, Gender, Labor, Science, Technology

‘As Modern as Tomorrow’: The Medicine Cabinet

Book Chapter

“‘As Modern as Tomorrow’: The Medicine Cabinet” is a chapter in Boxes: A Field Guide, a volume edited by Susanne Bauer, Martina Schlünder, and Maria Rentetzi for Mattering Press (2020).

August 12, 2020April 9, 2021 Deanna DayBodies, Gender, Labor, Medicine, Science, Technology

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Batuu

Essay

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Batuu
Contingent Magazine
December 5, 2019

December 5, 2019May 13, 2020 Deanna DayArt, Disney, History, Immersive Experiences, Star Wars, Technology, Theme Parks

Interview with Rebecca Onion

Interview

An interview with Rebecca Onion about her research, her career, and her new book, Innocent Experiments: Childhood And The Culture Of Popular Science In The United States.
Society for the History of Children and Youth Podcast
June 19, 2019

June 19, 2019May 4, 2021 Deanna DayChildhood, Education, History, Immersive Experiences, public history, Science, Technology

Review: Innocent Experiments

Review

Review: Innocent Experiments: Childhood and the Culture of Popular Science in the United States by Rebecca Onion
Journal of American History
[Preprint PDF]
September 2018

September 1, 2018May 13, 2020 Deanna DayBook Review, Childhood, History, Immersive Experiences, Science, Technology, Toys

Their Baby is a Bomb

Essay

Their Baby is a Bomb
Picturing Meteorology
June 18, 2018

June 18, 2018May 13, 2020 Deanna DayBodies, Gender, History, Motherhood, Science, Technology

Robots are Better People than Mark Zuckerberg

Essay

Robots are Better People than Mark Zuckerberg
Lady Science
April 12, 2018

April 12, 2018May 12, 2020 Deanna DayData, Labor, Politics, Pop Culture, Star Trek, Technology

The Historian’s Laboratory

Event

The Historian’s Laboratory: The Beckman Legacy in the Caltech Archives
Panelist
Caltech Archives
April 5, 2018

April 5, 2018May 12, 2020 Deanna DayMedicine, public history, Science, Technology

To Boldy Go Where No Series Had Gone Before

Interview

To Boldy Go Where No Series Had Gone Before
Lady Science podcast
February 14, 2018

February 14, 2018May 12, 2020 Deanna DayData, Gender, Labor, public history, Science, Star Trek, Technology

Picturing the Future

Exhibit

Picturing the Future
Curator
Science History Institute
June 26 – September 21, 2017

June 26, 2017May 12, 2020 Deanna DayArt, Gender, public history, Science, Technology

History Lab

Event

History Lab
Program co-developer and seminar leader
Science History Institute
Summer 2017

June 10, 2017May 12, 2020 Deanna DayArt, Data, Labor, Medicine, Politics, Pop Culture, public history, Science, Technology

My Data, My Self

Event

My Data, My Self: A Century of Self-Tracking Health Technologies
Panelist
Science History Institute
May 25, 2017

May 25, 2017May 13, 2020 Deanna DayBodies, Data, Gender, Medicine, Motherhood, Politics, public history, Technology, Temperature

Infrastructures of Hope

Event

Infrastructures of Hope: Taking Care of Medicine in Southern California
Lecturer
Science History Institute
April 3, 2017

April 3, 2017May 13, 2020 Deanna DayEnvironment, Medicine, public history, Science, Technology

Bringing the Drugstore Home

Interview

Bringing the Drugstore Home: Patient labor, scientific medicine, and the development of the medicine cabinet
An Interview with Deanna Day
Cabinet
Winter 2015-2016

December 1, 2015May 13, 2020 Deanna DayBodies, Gender, Medicine, Technology

Exercise Without Failure

Essay

Exercise without Failure: Building Fitness Apps as Narrative Games
Model View Culture
April 29, 2015

April 29, 2015May 13, 2020 Deanna DayBodies, Data, Gender, Medicine, Technology

Reinventing the Safe Period

Event

Reinventing the Safe Period: The Contested History of Fertility Charting
Lecturer
Dittrick Museum of Medical History
April 9, 2015

April 9, 2015May 13, 2020 Deanna DayBodies, Gender, Medicine, public history, Technology

98.6: Fevers, Fertility, & the Patient Labor of American Medicine

Dissertation

Doctoral Dissertation:
98.6: Fevers, Fertility, and the Patient Labor of American Medicine [Full Text PDF]
History & Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania

Abstract:

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September 1, 2014January 26, 2021 Deanna DayBodies, Data, Gender, Medicine, Pop Culture, Science, Technology, Temperature

How to Tell If You’re Dead

Essay

How to Tell If You’re Dead: the 19th-century doctor who wanted to create a “death thermometer”
Slate
April 22, 2014

April 22, 2014May 13, 2020 Deanna DayBodies, Gender, Medicine, Motherhood, Technology, Temperature

A Short Bio of the Medicine Cabinet

Event

A Short Biography of the Medicine Cabinet
Lecturer
Philadelphia Nerd Nite
April 9, 2014

April 9, 2014May 13, 2020 Deanna DayBodies, Gender, Medicine, public history, Technology

Toward a Zombie Epistemology

Peer-reviewed

Toward a Zombie Epistemology: What it Means to Live and Die in Cabin in the Woods
Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology
November 2013

November 1, 2013January 26, 2021 Deanna DayBodies, Gender, Pop Culture, Science, Technology, Zombies

Zombies in the Laboratory

Essay

Zombies in the Laboratory
Periodic Tabloid (part of a three-part series)
September 24, 2013

[Note: The blog where this series was originally published is no longer online. Below is the original text of the post.]

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September 24, 2013January 26, 2021 Deanna DayBodies, Gender, Labor, Pop Culture, Science, Technology, Zombies

Zombies in the Country

Essay

Zombies in the Country
Periodic Tabloid (part of a three-part series)
August 29, 2013

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August 29, 2013January 26, 2021 Deanna DayPop Culture, Science, Technology, Zombies

So Argon Walks Into a Bar…

Interview

So Argon Walks Into a Bar…
Distillations
March 4, 2013

March 4, 2013May 13, 2020 Deanna DayPop Culture, public history, Science, Technology

Harry Potter & How We Let Technology Create Who We Are

Essay

Harry Potter, Wizards and How We Let Technology Create Who We Are
Popmatters
August 16, 2012

August 16, 2012May 13, 2020 Deanna DayLabor, Pop Culture, Science, Technology

Eastern State Penitentiary, 1929-1971

Review

Review: Eastern State Penitentiary, 1929-1971
British Society for the History of Science Travel Guide to Scientific Sites
June 18, 2012

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June 18, 2012January 26, 2021 Deanna DayArt, Bodies, Immersive Experiences, public history, Technology

A Zombie’s History of Medicine & Tech

Teaching

HSOC 141: A Zombie’s History of Medicine and Technology
Instructor
University of Pennsylvania

Course Description:

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June 1, 2012January 26, 2021 Deanna DayBodies, History, Medicine, Technology, Zombies
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