Emily Harrison
Assistant Teaching Professor in Women’s & Gender Studies
Health, Development, and Evidence
I am an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Wellesley College. I hold a PhD in the History of Science, an SM in Global Health and Population with a certificate in Maternal and Child Health, and a BA in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, all from Harvard University.
My research focuses on the role of evidence in health and medicine, drawing on historical and ethnographic resources and methods. My principle research project is a history of global health metrics, with other ongoing research projects exploring clinical epidemiology, ecology, and traumatic brain injury. I am deeply interested in the power and limits of storytelling, and in my scholarly work I emphasize the role of life stories as a method for bridging analysis and narrative. In addition to my research and writing I am deeply interested in pedagogy that bridges not only disciplines but the multiple sectors of local, national, and global societies.
Education
- B.A., Harvard University
- M.S., Harvard University
- Ph.D., Harvard University