Margaret Spaulding

Graduate Student

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

Margaret (Meg) Spaulding studies the history of eugenics in California from roughly the 1860s until the 1940s, with a special focus on how landscape photography, geography, and the environment of California shaped eugenics in the state.

Research Interests Include: California, eugenics, visual culture, environment, race, disability.

Advanced to Candidacy: June 2024

Field of Study

History of Science, Medicine, and Technology

Subfield

United States

Awards & Grants

The Autry Museum of Western History – 2024 Visiting Scholar Fellowship

Conference Presentations

“Inherited Landscapes: Imagery and Eugenics in the Sierra Nevada” – History of Science Society Annual Meeting, November 2023

Advisor(s)

Soraya de Chadarevian (chair); Alexandra Minna Stern, Elizabeth O'Brien, Robin D.G. Kelley, Carolin Görgen

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts; double major in History and Film and Digital Media – UC Santa Cruz

Margaret Spaulding