Kimberly B. Sherman

Kimberly B. Sherman

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Kimberly B. Sherman received her Ph.D. in Modern History at the University of St. Andrews. Her work examines Scottish family networks in the early modern Atlantic and North Carolina. She is currently a lecturer in history at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, NC.

History

Emigration as Epidemic: Perspectives on the Eighteenth-Century Scottish Highlands

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In our digital age, the contagion metaphor is often part of the language we use regarding the exchange of information. The most popular videos go “viral” online. We share culturally-relevant “memes” via social media that spread like the common cold. But such metaphors are nothing new, especially when applied to migration. As medical knowledge developed… Read more →

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Whose Milk? Changing US Attitudes toward Maternal Breastfeeding

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In the spring of 2018, government delegates from around the world gathered in Geneva, Switzerland for the World Health Assembly in affiliation with the United Nations. Delegates from Ecuador introduced a resolution, outlining a policy supporting maternal breastfeeding and calling for better regulation of the marketing of breastmilk substitutes. Most delegates expected the resolution to… Read more →