About

Olivia Weiss
PhD Candidate, Department of History

Contact:
oxw25@case.edu

Education:
MA, The College of William & Mary, 2019
BA, Vassar College, 2017

Field of Study:
History of Medicine; Sex, Gender, and Masculinity; Modern US

Awards:
Winner of the Graduate Essay category of the 2021 W. Curtis Worthington, Jr. Essay Contest in the History of Health Sciences from the Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina for “A Partner in the Ballroom: Addressing the Emotional Impact of Testicular Prosthesis on Masculinity According to Medical Journals and Patient Experiences, 1941-2020.”

Conference Presentations and Papers:
“A Partner in the Ballroom: Testicular Prosthesis and Masculinity in Medical Journals and Patient Experiences,” American Association for the History of Medicine Annual Conference, Saratoga Springs, New York, April 21-24, 2022.

“A Partner in the Ballroom: Addressing the Emotional Impact of Testicular Prosthesis on Masculinity According to Medical Journals and Patient Experiences, 1941-2020,” Waring Library Society, December 1, 2021.

Publications:
Review of Sandra Eder, How the Clinic Made Gender: The Medical History of a Transformative Idea (University of Chicago Press, 2022), History of Psychiatry 35, no. 2 (June 2024): 255-56.

About Olivia:
Olivia is a PhD Candidate who studies the history of medicine, as well as gender and masculinity. Her research focuses on the history of cancer and its intersections with gender. Her dissertation work is specifically looking at how masculinity is complicated and compromised by diagnosis and treatment of testicular cancer.