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ANNA ZEIDE
Department of History
Oklahoma State University
165 Murray Hall
Stillwater, OK 74074
704 S. McFarland St.
Stillwater OK, 74074
annazeide@gmail.com
phone: (870) 723-6687
www.annazeide.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D University of Wisconsin-Madison
May 2014
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
Dissertation: “In Cans We Trust: Food, Consumers, and Scientific Expertise in
Twentieth-Century America”
Committee: Gregg Mitman, advisor; William Cronon, Judith Walzer Leavitt, members
Preliminary examination fields: Environmental History, History of Science in America,
History of U.S. Public Health
Minor: U. S. History
M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison
History of Science, Medicine and Technology
May 2008
M.A. Washington University in St. Louis
Master of Arts in Science Education
Missouri Teaching Certification, Biology 9-12
August 2006
B.A.
Washington University in St. Louis
Environmental Studies and Biology majors; Writing minor
summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
May 2005
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Environmental History, Food Studies, American History and Culture, Environmental and Health
Justice, Consumer and Business History, History of Science and Medicine, Oral History, Public
Humanities, Community Engagement, Undergraduate Writing
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Public Humanities Fellowship, UW-Madison Center for the Humanities, 2013-2014
Mellon-Wisconsin Summer Fellowship, 2012
UW-Madison Exceptional Service Teaching Assistant Award, 2011
National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship, 2006-2009
University Fellowship, UW-Madison, 2006
John Neu Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, History of Science, UW-Madison, 2006
PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER WRITING
Academic:
“Death by Olives: The American Canning Industry and Botulism Research in the 1920s”
Under review in Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences.
“Building Taste and Trust: The Civil War's Influence on the U.S. Canning Industry.” Repast:
Quarterly Publication of the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor, XXIX, no. 1. Civil War
Sesquicentennial Series (Part 4) (Winter 2013): 4-7.
Review of American Tuna: The Rise and Fall of an Improbable Food by Andrew F. Smith,
Food, Culture, and Society, 16, no. 5 (December 2013): 691-693.
Review of Sex, Sin, and Science: A History of Syphilis by John Parascandola, Pharmacy in
History, 52, no. 2 (2010): 86-87.
Other:
Dining and Opining, Blog, January 2011-2015, <www.diningandopining.blogspot.com>
Anna Zeide, Food Studies Special Series, Grist Magazine, Fall 2011. <http://www.grist.org/
article/series/food-studies>
PRESENTATIONS
“Regulating Processed Food: The Canning Industry’s Responses to Environmental Law in the
1970s,” American Society for Environmental History Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
(March 2015).
“Digital Storytelling and Public Humanities Programming,” 7th Annual Conference on the
Public Humanities, The Public Good, Center for the Humanities, University of WisconsinMadison, (April 2014).
“Growing a Better Pea: Canners, Farmers, and Agricultural Scientists in the 1910s and 1920s,”
History of Science Colloquium, University of Wisconsin-Madison (October 2012).
“Finding the Roots of the American Food Industry Beneath the Cannery Floor,” Culinary History
Enthusiasts of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (May 2012).
“From the Imagined Consumer to the Controlled Consumer or Thinking on Narrative Turning
Points,” Brown Bag Presentation, Department of the History of Science, University of
Wisconsin-Madison (April 2012).
“The ABCs of Crops and Cans: Grading for Quality in the U.S. Canning Industry,” Agricultural
History Society Annual Conference meeting, Springfield, Illinois (June 2011).
“From Farm to Can: Seed Breeding in the Early American Canning Industry,” History of Science
Society Annual Conference, Montréal, Quebec (November 2010).
“From Farm to Can: The Canning Industry and Agricultural Production in the Early Twentieth
Century,” Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture, Technology, and Science
(WHEATS), Madison, Wisconsin (August 2010).
“Who Speaks for the Consumer? Canned Food Labels and the Fight to Represent the Consumer
in the New Deal Era,” CHE Graduate Student Symposium, University of Wisconsin (April
2010).
“Regulating Food in a Time of Scarcity: Protecting Consumers in the 1930s,” American Society
for Environmental History Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon (March 2010).
“Responses to The Plow that Broke the Plains,” as part of “The Reel Dust Bowl: Roundtable on
The Plow that Broke the Plains and the Role of Film in Environmental History,” American
Society for Environmental History Annual Conference, Boise, Idaho (March 2008).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University Level:
Lecturer, “Survey of American History” (online course), History Department, Oklahoma State
University, Spring 2015.
Instructor, “Eating and Memory: Writing Oral Histories of Food,” Community and
Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Spring 2012.
Instructor, “Composing a Shared Meal: Food, Ethics, and Community,” Community and
Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fall 2011.
Teaching Assistant, “The Physician in History,” History of Science, Department of Medical
History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Spring 2011.
Teaching Assistant, “Western Civilization: Science, Technology, Philosophy II (The Rise of
Modern Science),” Integrated Liberal Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fall 2010.
Pre-College Level:
Instructor, “ Digital Storytelling through Stop-Motion Animation,” Meadowood Neighborhood
Center, Madison Children's Museum, Madison, WI, Fall 2013.
Instructor, “You Are What You Eat: Environmental Studies through Food,” Pre-College
Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) for students of color and
low-income students, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Summer 2010.
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Public Humanities Fellow, Madison Children's Museum, UW-Madison Center for the
Humanities, Fall 2013-Spring 2014
• Wrote case statements and grant proposals related to sustainability, health, humanities,
and community outreach initiatives.
• Collaborated with undergraduate interns and museum staff on program-building .
• Helped design programs and museum exhibits to promote individual, community, and
environmental health for local children and adults.
Project Assistant and Webmaster, Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE), Fall
2007-Spring 2008, and Fall 2012-Spring 2013.
• Coordinated multidisciplinary events, visiting speakers, center memberships, place-based
workshops, and other cross-campus collaborations.
• Recruited new graduate students and faculty to the Center through events, lectures, and
other activities.
• Maintained and updated the CHE website (che.nelson.wisc.edu), which serves as a teaching
and outreach resource for a broad environmental humanities community.
Food Programming Liaison, GreenHouse Environmental Learning Community, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, January 2011-May 2012.
• Taught two undergraduate courses; mentored undergraduate students in environmental
and food topics, careers, and ideas.
• Planned and implemented Global Food for Thought Meal Series with community and
campus partners.
• Served as a point of contact for and organizer of food-related activities, among
undergraduate students, campus departments, and local organizations
Resident Advisor, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, August 2003-May 2006.
• Mentored undergraduate students (51 freshmen in 2003-2004; 170 upperclassmen in
2004-2006), creating programs targeting their intellectual, emotional, and social needs.
• Participated in 400+ hours of training for skills in leadership, counseling, teamwork, and
communication.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
“Preparing Online Instructors,” Certificate Course for Online Instruction, Oklahoma State
University, September 2014.
"Writing Food: A Writing Workshop in Creative Non-Fiction," Seminar with Laura Shapiro,
Cullman Center Institute for Teachers, New York Public Library, July 2012.
Mellon/Wisconsin Dissertation Writing Camp II, Writing Center, University of WisconsinMadison, June 2012.
Coordinator, Local Foods Tour, American Society for Environmental History Annual
Conference in Madison, WI, March 2012.
Organizer, Oral History Workshop, University Libraries and Archives, University of WisconsinMadison, August 2010.
Graduate Student Representative, Center for Culture, History, and Environment Executive
Committee, Fall 2008- Spring 2009.
Organizing Committee, Center for Culture, History, and Environment, Agricultural Landscapes
Place-Based Workshop to Wisconsin’s Driftless Area, May 2008.
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Communications Coordinator, Wisconsin School Gardening Initiative, Community
GroundWorks, Madison, WI, May 2013-August 2013.
Co-founder and Organizer, Madison Storytellers, Madison, WI, April 2012-August 2013.
Principal Organizer, Global Food for Thought Meal Series, GreenHouse Environmental Learning
Community, University of Wisconsin-Madison, January 2011-May 2012.
Planning Committee, Madison Youth Grow Local Conference, Community Groundworks,
Madison, WI, Spring 2010 and 2011.
Social Media Coordinator, Communications Committee, Community GroundWorks, Madison,
WI, Fall 2009-Present.
Community Liaison through Green Screen: Community Engagement through Film, University of
Wisconsin-Madison and Community GroundWorks, Fall 2009
Panelist for New Graduate Student Orientation, Office of Fellowships and Funding Resources,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, August 2009.
Graduate Student Mentor, History of Science, UW-Madison, 2008-2012.
Organizing Committee, Tales from Planet Earth Community and Environmental Film Festival,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fall 2007 and 2009.