Susan D. Jones
Susan D. Jones holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania. As an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Jones is jointly appointed in the Program for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (HSTM), and the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. She teaches courses in the histories of ecology and environmentalism, germ theories, disease ecology, and gender and science; and is the Director of Graduate Studies for HSTM. Her research areas include the history of zoonotic diseases; history of ecology and disease; history of veterinary medicine; and the history of gender, science, and medicine. Dr. Jones is the author of several articles; the book Valuing Animals: Veterinarians and Their Patients in Modern America; and another book coming out in autumn 2010, Death in a Small Package: A Short History of Anthrax.