Professor Lisa Cody Named
Top Historian by HNN

Associate professor of history and incoming associate dean of the faculty Lisa Cody has been selected a Top Young Historian by History News Network, an honor and a profile series whose purpose is to spotlight young historians who are making exceptional contributions to the historical profession whether inside or outside of academia.
"Professor Cody was chosen because of her exceptional contribution to the academic world through her awarding-winning writing, her dedication to teaching, and devotion to her students," said Bonnie K. Goodman assistant editor of the History News Network (HNN).
According to the network, Cody is among the Web site's profiles of "interesting historians who are making their mark on the profession." To be considered for the honor, historians are nominated and undergo a review process. "Each historian on this list has made outstanding contributions to the discipline in their area of research through their commitment and achievement to scholarship and teaching," the HNN Web site indicates. "They are also highly regarded outside academia for their expertise, and many are consulted by the popular media."
To view Cody's profile on the HNN Web site, visit: http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/47738.html.
In addition to being named a top historian by the History News Network, Cody recently was elected to the American Historical Association's Nominating Committee, a post she will hold through 2010, and to the Pacific Coast Branch of the AHA's Governing council, a commitment that also extends through 2010. Additionally, she currently serves as associate editor of the national journal, Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, and is slated to follow up her term with the role of editor from 2010-2012.
Cody is a graduate of Harvard and received her master's and doctorate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. Her 2005 book, Birthing the Nation: Sex, Science, and the Conception of Britons (Oxford: Oxford University Press) will be released in paperback in July 2008. The book, illuminating how debates about gender, sexual identities, midwifery, and reproduction vitally shaped the construction of political, religious, and national identities in Britain during the period 1660 to 1840, has won multiple awards including the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Best First Book Prize for 2005.
Cody's research interests include Britain (1500-1945); France (1700-1945); visual culture; women, gender, and sex roles; and medicine and science.