public scholarship

EDITORIALS, reviews, and guest blog posts

“How Black Activists Sought Healthcare Reform: A New Documentary.” Black Perspectives. September 4, 2019.

“White supremacy was at the core of 19th-century science. Why that matters today.” The Washington Post. “Made by History.” April 22, 2019.

“Blackface is just a Symptom of American Medicine’s Racist Past.” The Washington Post. “Made by History.” February 12, 2019.

“Black New Yorkers and the Fight for the African Burial Ground from the Colonial Period to the Present.” The Blog of the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery. January 16, 2019.

“Turning a Master’s Thesis into an Article.” The Southern Historical Association Blog. October 1, 2018.

“Racist Medicine: A History of Race and Health.” Oxford University Press Blog. September 12, 2017.

“Race, Genitals, and Walt Whitman in Dr. Leidy’s Lectures.” Fugitive Leaves: The Blog of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. April 13, 2017.

filmed public talks

Roundtable: “Slavery and Medicine: What was Penn’s Role?” Featuring Daina Ramey Berry, Rana Hogarth, Sowandé M. Mustakeem, Dorothy Roberts, and Christopher D. E. Willoughby. Penn & Slavery Project Symposium. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pa. April 2019.

“Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in American Medical Schools.” Center of Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities. National Autonomous University of Mexico. Mexico City, Mexico. December, 2018. Full video features Joel Vargas Domínguez, Humberto Urquiza, Emily Vazquez, Urmi Engineer Willoughby, and Christopher D.E. Willoughby.

podcast appearances

“Dr. Chris Willoughby- Racialized Medicine.” Ten Minute History. Podcast. May 20, 2019.

“Episode 7: Anarcha,1828?-Unknown.” Slate Academy: The History of American Slavery. Slate.com. Podcast. September 3, 2015.