Thread by @Dr_C_Thompson

Today I'm celebrating the official release & #bookbirthday of #AnOrganofMurder @RutgersUPress! I am so grateful to my many #histmed #histSTM friends, colleagues, and mentors who've helped me on the road to my first book. 1/

If you'd like a taste of #AnOrganofMurder, you can check out my recent public-facing essays.

In @nursingclio:
nursingclio.org/2020/12/08/red… 2/

And in @ArcDigi:
arcdigital.media/phrenology-is-… 3/

Or you can check out this interview with
@InkedHistorian:

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I also published an article from the book with #JHMAS in 2019, for those of you with institutional access (or email me, and I'll send it to you):

academic.oup.com/jhmas/article-… 5/

I have some upcoming events, and I'll share the links when they are available.

I'm starting to book guest lectures for Fall 2021. I'd love to talk to your dept., org., or class about #phrenology or my new #histmed #emohist project(s)! 6/

Special thanks to a few folks who really made this project possible: @KellyODonn, @jennachealey, @TheNeuroTimes, John Warner, Paola Bertucci, Carla Bittel, Frank Snowden, Naomi Rogers, Tabea Cornel, James Mohr, and Anne Harrington, who set me on this path. 7/

I was fortunate to receive funding for this project from various sources, including the New York State Archives, @BeineckeLibrary, @rubensteinlib, @NYAMNYC, @UCLALibrary, and @msstate. Archivists are the real heroes: this wouldn't have been possible without them. 8/

There are so many others I want to thank (my acknowledgments, like my endnotes, are long). I'm so grateful to the community of #histmed #histSTM scholars of @aahmhistmed, @hssonline, Cheiron, and more. 9/

You all helped me find my way in this field and in this project. Books are a portrait of both a scholar and her network; I hope this one is a credit to my network and colleagues. Thank you for everything. 💀 10/10