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Martin Renner

Martin Renner   
Martin Renner
    Title:  Ph.D. Candidate
    Type:  Graduate Student
    Concentration:  Europe
    Email:  mrenner@ucsc.edu

Courses Taught 
HIS-2C-01 - Humans & Nature: World Environmental History, 1500-Present
HIS-101B-01 - Making of the Modern World, 1750-Present

Research Focus 
My primary field is modern European history, with a focus on environmental history and the history of science, medicine, and food. I am currently conducting dissertation research on early critiques of food processing and industrial agriculture by physicians, dentists, and scientists.

My teaching field is world history. Aside from my teaching experience in the field, I use global and transnational frameworks extensively in my own research.

Dissertation in progress: "Conservative Nutrition: The Industrial Food Supply and Its Critics, 1912-1962"

Long Description 
Fellowships:
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2009-2010
CLIR Mellon Fellowship for Dissertation Research in Original Sources, 2008-2009
History Department Research Sabbatical, Spring 2007
Marshall Hodgson Teaching Fellowship, Winter 2007
Dean’s Fellowship, University of California-Santa Cruz, 2003-2004
Fee Fellowship/Grant, University of California-Santa Cruz, 2003-2004
Tuition Fellowship, University of California-Santa Cruz, 2003-2004