Elena Conis
Elena Conis is a writer and historian of medicine, public health, and the environment. Prior to joining the Graduate School of Journalism, she was a professor of history and the Mellon Fellow in Health and Humanities at Emory University; the Cain Fellow at the Science History Institute; and an award-winning health columnist for the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of Vaccine Nation: America’s Changing Relationship with Immunization; How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT; and, with Aimee Medeiros and Sandra Eder, Pink & Blue: Gender, Culture, and the Health of Children. Her research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Institutes of Health, and she is an affiliate of Berkeley’s Department of History and UCSF’s Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. She holds a PhD in history of medicine from UCSF; masters degrees in journalism and public health from Berkeley; and a bachelors degree in biology from Columbia University. For more information, check out www.elenaconis.com.
TEACHING SCHEDULE:
| Sec. | Title | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J200 Reporting the News – Health & Environment Fall 2018 | M 9:00 - 12:00 | 106 North Gate (Upper News) — 106 North Gate (Upper News) |
| 002 | J200 Reporting the News – Health, Science & Environment Fall 2022 | M W 9:00 - 12:00 | 106 North Gate (Upper News) — 106 North Gate (Upper News) |
| 002 | J200 Reporting the News – Health, Science and Environment Fall 2021 | M W 9:00 - 12:00 | 106 North Gate (Upper News) — 106 North Gate (Upper News) |
| 001 | J200 Reporting the News: Health and Environment – Section 001 Fall 2019 | M 9:00 - 12:00 | 106 North Gate (Upper News) — 106 North Gate (Upper News) |
| 1 | J211 Reporting the News Lab Fall 2018 | Th 1:00-4:00 | 106 North Gate (Upper News) — 106 North Gate (Upper News) |
| 002 | J211 Reporting the News Lab – Health Fall 2022 | W 9:00 -12:00 (Starts Aug 31) | 106 North Gate (Upper News) — 106 North Gate (Upper News) |
| 002 | J211 Reporting the News Lab – Health, Science & Environment Fall 2021 | W 9:00 -12:00 | — |
| 001 | J211 Reporting the News Lab: Health and Environment-Section 001 Fall 2019 | T 2:00-5:00 | 106 North Gate (Upper News) — 106 North Gate (Upper News) |
| 1 | J226 Reporting on Health Spring 2018 | Th 10:00 - 12:00 | 106 North Gate (Upper News) — 106 North Gate (Upper News) |
| 001 | J226 Reporting on Infectious Diseases Spring 2023 | Th 9am–12pm | 209 North Gate (Greenhouse) — 209 North Gate (Greenhouse) |
| 1 | J226 Science Denial: Role of the Media Spring 2019 | Th 9:00 - 12:00 | 108 North Gate (Lower News) — 108 North Gate (Lower News) |
| 001 | J226 Science Denial: Role of the Media Spring 2020 | Th 9:00 - 12:00 | 108 North Gate (Lower News) — 108 North Gate (Lower News) |
| 001 | J226 Science Reporting Spring 2022 | Tu 2:00 - 5:00 | 142 North Gate (LMC) — 142 North Gate (LMC) |
| 003 | J294 Master’s Project Seminar – Conis Spring 2022 | By appt. | By appointment — By appointment |
| 17 | J294 Master’s Project Seminar – Conis Spring 2019 | By appt. | By appointment — By appointment |
| 003 | J294 Master’s Project Seminar – Conis Fall 2019 | By appt. | By appointment — By appointment |
| 17 | J294 Master’s Project Seminar – Conis Spring 2018 | By appt. | By appointment — By appointment |
| 17 | J294 Master’s Project Seminar – Conis Spring 2019 | By appt. | By appointment — By appointment |
| 003 | J294 Master’s Project Seminar – Conis Fall 2022 | By appt. | By appointment — By appointment |
| 003 | J294 Master’s Project Seminar – Conis Fall 2019 | By appt. | By appointment — By appointment |
| 003 | J294 Master’s Project Seminar – Conis Spring 2020 | By appt. | By appointment — By appointment |
| 3 | J294 Master’s Project Seminar – Conis Fall 2018 | By appt. | By appointment — By appointment |
| 003 | J294 Master’s Project Seminar – Conis Spring 2021 | By appt. | By appointment — By appointment |
| 003 | J294 Master’s Project Seminar – Conis Fall 2021 | By appt. | By appointment — By appointment |
| 003 | J294 Master’s Project Seminar – Conis Fall 2020 | By appt. | By appointment — By appointment |
| 002 | J298 – Narrative Capstone Spring 2022 | W 9:00 - 12:00 | 127 North Gate (Rodriguez Room) — 127 North Gate (Rodriguez Room) |
| 035 | J298 – Narrative Capstone Fall 2022 | Th 9:00 - 12:00 | 108 North Gate (Lower News) — 108 North Gate (Lower News) |
| 002 | J298 Narrative Capstone (Narrative 2nd-years) Spring 2023 | W 9am–12pm | 127 North Gate (Rodriguez Room) — 127 North Gate (Rodriguez Room) |
REPORTING INTERESTS
Environment, Gender/Sexuality, HPV, Health, Science, Social Issues, chicken pox, journalism, measles, mumps, vaccinesMEDIA PLATFORMS
Narrative Writing