Julia Mansfield

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Stanford University
• BA Harvard College (2001 — 2005)

Research

Dr. Mansfield’s research explores the political, economic, and social impact of yellow fever on the early United States. Between 1793 and 1805, the United States was rocked by recurring outbreaks of yellow fever in Atlantic port cities. These outbreaks exacerbated economic downturns, spurred states to reform public health laws, inspired U.S. Congress to develop a policy on quarantine, and obliged American merchants, consuls, and politicians to adapt international customs of disease control. Studying the wide-ranging effects of yellow fever brings into sharper relief the complexity of international commerce and of America’s federalist system in the early nineteenth century.

Grants and Awards

• Allan Nevins Prize from the Society of American Historians, 2018
• Scholars’ Workshop Invitee at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Summer 2018
• Dissertation Fellowship from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, 2014-2015
• Dissertation Fellowship from the Consortium for History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, 2013-2014