My Work
History of Science
Publications
"'The Impulse to Believe': Scientific Evidence and the "Problem" of the Jury in Historical Perspective"
Focus on Law Studies, American Bar Association Commission on College and University Legal Studies Fall 1995, Volume XI, Number 1, pp 9-11
"'The Impulse to Believe': Science, Juries, and History"
Scientific Evidence Review, Monograph no. 3 (1995), American Bar Association Section on Science and Technology
"Speaking for the Dead: Forensic Pathology and American Justice in the Twentieth Century"
Science, Technology, and Human Values, 20 (4) Autumn 1995: 438-459
"Witness for the Prosecution: Science versus Crime in Twentieth-Century America"
Legal Studies Forum XXII (1) January 1998 pp. 183-199
"Speaking For the Dead: Forensic Pathologists and Criminal Justice in the United States"
in Susan Silbey, ed, Law and Science: Volume I: Epistemological, Evidentiary, and Relational Engagements, London: Ashgate Publishing Group, 2008
Projects
Historical Consultant, "Frankenstein"
In Search of History, The History Channel
Presentations
"Speaking for the Dead: Forensic Pathologists, Science and Law in Twentieth-Century America"
History of Science Colloquium, Harvard University
"The Impulse to Believe: American Juries and Scientific Authority in the Twentieth Century"
History Department Colloquium, University of Delaware; American Bar Association Conference on Law and Science
"The Dead Cannot Perjure Themselves: Scientific Evidence in the Courts of Law"
Francis C. Wood Institute for the History of Medicine, College of Physicians of Philadelphia; The Center for the Study of Society and Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
"Witness for the Prosecution: Forensic Science and American Justice in the Twentieth Century"
Johns Hopkins University, Department of the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology; Program in Science Technology and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Speaking for the Dead: Science, Law, and Democracy in Twentieth Century America"
Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting; Society for the Social Study of Science Annual Meeting
The Coroner Lady
Julie Johnson-McGrath, Ph.D.
I offer historical consulting services to writers of fiction and non-fiction on the following topics: forensic science, medicine, science, technology, social and behavioral sciences, popular and material culture.