Overview
Professor Dehner is a world environmental historian who examines the intersection of humans and disease in the modern era. His first book Influenza: A Century of Science and Public Health was published in April 2012 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. His second book Global Flu and You: A History of Influenza was published in December 2012 by Reaktion Press. His article 鈥淲HO Knows Best? National and International Responses to Pandemic Threats and the 鈥楲essons鈥� of 1976鈥� published in the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences received the 2011 Margaret T. Lane/Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research Award by the American Library Association Government Documents Roundtable. He is currently beginning a research project on Legionnaires鈥� Disease. Check out his as part of a Fairmont College of Liberal Arts and Sciences series, Perspective on the Pandemic.
Information
- World History
- Environmental History
- 20th C. U.S.
Dr. Dehner researches the history of dieseases with an emphasis on empidemics and public health organizational responses. He is currently working on a book manuscript on Legionnaire's Disease.
- Global Flu and You: A History of Influenza (Reaktion Press, 2012)
- Influenza: A Century of Science and Public Health Response (University of Pittsburgh Press 2012)
Department Service:
- Scholarship Committee, Chair
- Phi Alpha Theta, Faculty Advisor
- Acting Undergraduate Coordinator (AY 2022-2023)