Name: David Marchionni
Year in program: 4
ABD Y/N: Yes
Primary supervisor: Dr. Naoko Wake
Major field: U.S. History
Minor fields: Science, Technology, & Medicine; Women & Identity
Link to your personal page or profile: https://davidmarchionni.hcommons.org/
David Marchionni is a 4th-year PhD candidate studying modern American history. His interests lie in the complex interplay between identity, disease, and America’s labyrinthine medical institutions.
His dissertation research traces personal and medical ethics questions throughout Greater New York’s HIV/AIDS epidemic. At its core, he seeks to excavate and center the voices and experiences of the region’s APIDA/A, queer, and youth populations – groups all too often overlooked or excluded from more conventional AIDS histories. He is also greatly interested in the relationships (both personal and professional) forged among members of seemingly disparate activist traditions.
Prior to Michigan State, he obtained an MA in modern history from Fordham University, and a BA in history & political science from McGill University. Outside of the MSU history department, he also maintains close ties with both the Asian Pacific American Studies Program and the Center for Gender in Global Context.