Shane Landrum

As a humanities scholar, I work on the history of the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries; my major subfield interests are in legal history, women/gender/sexuality history, and histories of public health and technology. I have formal training and 6 years of professional experience as a software engineer, which has given me a significant interest in digital historical methods and the history of information technologies. As a graduate of interdisciplinary programs in women’s and gender studies and American studies, I’m often inclined towards subfield-crossing and interdisciplinary approaches.

My dissertation is a history of compulsory birth registration and birth certificates in the US since the middle of the 19th century.