Participant Info

First Name
Rachel Louise
Last Name
Moran
Affiliation
University of North Texas
Website URL
https://rachellouisemoran.com
Keywords
body weight, fitness, Civilian Conservation Corps, President's Council on Physical Fitness, WIC, food stamps and SNAP, hunger, nutrition science, health, medicine, psy-sciences
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About Me

I  completed my dual PhD in History and Women’s Studies at the Pennsylvania State University in 2013 and am an Assistant Professor in History at the University of North Texas. I research and write on modern U.S. politics, health and medicine, and gender and women’s history. My first book, Governing Bodies: American Politics and the Shaping of the Modern Physique, is out with the University of Pennsylvania Press. Now I am working on the politics of maternal mental health in modern America.

Recent Publications

Governing Bodies: American Politics and the Shaping of the Modern Physique 

“Consuming Relief: Food Stamps and the New Welfare of the New Deal,” Journal of American History

Media Coverage
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
8, 9
Expertise by Topic
Gender, Medicine, Politics, Women