Gerald Markowitz
Distinguished Professor
Degrees/Diplomas: Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Campus Affiliation: John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Research Interests: Public Health, American Social History
Selected Publications
Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution, (with David Rosner) (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002).
Children, Race, and Power: Kenneth and Mamie Clark's Northside Center, (with David Rosner), (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1996).
Deadly Dust: Silicosis and the Politics of Occupational Disease in Twentieth Century America (with D. Rosner) (Princeton: Princeton University Press 199l; paperback 1994). (Noted as "Outstanding Academic Book of 1991" by Choice).
Dying for Work: Safety and Health in the United States (with D. Rosner) (Indiana: 1987). (Noted as an "Outstanding Academic Books of 1987" by Choice).
"Slaves of the Depression": Workers' Letters about Life on the Job (with D. Rosner) (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987).
Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal (with M. Park) (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984).
New Deal for Art (with M. Park) (Hamilton, N.Y.: Gallery Association of New York State, 1977).
Articles/Reviews/Essays
"Workers, Industry, and the Control of Information: Silicosis and the Industrial Hygiene Foundation,"
Journal of Public Health Policy, 16 (Spring, 1995), 25-58
"Race and Foster Care,"
Dissent, (Spring, 1993) (with D. Rosner).