Brendan Matz
Part-time Faculty
bm1589@nyu.edu
431 - 1 Wash Pl
Office Hours
Thursday 4:00-6:00
B.A., German, Bowdoin College, 1997
M.A., History, Yale University, 2005
M.Phil., History, Yale University, 2007
Ph.D., History, Yale University, 2011
Brendan Matz is a historian of science and technology based in Brooklyn, NY. He is currently working on a book called Crafting Heredity, which is a comparative history of animal breeding and mammalian genetics in Germany and the United States between 1860 and 1929. His teaching and research interests include the history of heredity, genetics, and biotechnology, eugenics and race, nutrition science, and neuroscience. He has taught at Yale, Brooklyn College, and NYU-Poly.
Teaching and Research Interests
history of heredity genetics and race; history of nutrition science; history of the sciences of the mind and brain; American and European intellectual history; bioethics; science and technology studies
Courses
2023 Spring
Minds and Bodies: A History of Neuroscience
2022 Spring
Minds and Bodies: A History of Neuroscience
2021 Spring
Magic Bullets and Blockbuster Brands: Drugs, Disease, and Chemistry in the Modern World
2020 Spring
Magic Bullets and Blockbuster Brands: Drugs, Disease, and Chemistry in the Modern World
2019 Spring
Magic Bullets and Blockbuster Brands: Drugs, Disease, and Chemistry in the Modern World
2019 Fall
Minds and Bodies: A History of Neuroscience
2018 Spring
Magic Bullets and Blockbuster Brands: Drugs, Disease, and Chemistry in the Modern World
