David Oshinsky Explained

David Oshinsky
Nationality:American
Education:Cornell University (1965)
Brandeis University (1971)
Occupation:Historian, academic

David M. Oshinsky (born 1944) is an American historian, director of the Division of Medical Humanities at the NYU School of Medicine,[1] and a professor in the Department of History at New York University.[2]

Early life and education

Oshinsky graduated from Cornell University in 1965 and obtained his PhD from Brandeis University in 1971.

Career

Oshinsky won the annual Pulitzer Prize in History for his 2005 book, . Oshinsky’s most recent book, Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital, was published in 2016.[3] His other books include the D.B. Hardeman Prize-winning , and the Robert Kennedy Prize-winning "Worse Than Slavery": Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice. His articles and reviews appear regularly in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He previously held the Jack S. Blanton chair in history at the University of Texas at Austinand prior to that he was a professor of history at Rutgers University New Brunswick.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: David M. Oshinsky, PhD. NYU School of Medicine. July 5, 2017.
  2. News: bio line in review of Democracy's Keeper. Oshinsky. David M.. The New York Times Book Review. July 13, 2008. 2010-05-01.
  3. Book: Oshinsky, David M.. Bellevue : three centuries of medicine and mayhem at America's most storied hospital. 1944. 9780385523363. First . New York. 951830070.