Taylor Elizabeth Dysart

Taylor Elizabeth Dysart is a science studies scholar and historian of medicine, science, and modern Latin America. Her current research investigates the transformation of sacred plants into subjects of psychedelic science and medicine in the northwestern Amazon, spanning the nineteenth century to today. In addition to her primary research, she is associate editor of History of Science in Latin America and the Caribbean (HOSLAC), a digital humanities project. Dysart earned a Ph.D. in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania, where she also completed a graduate certificate in Latin American and Latinx studies. She also earned an M.A. in the history of medicine from McGill University, and a BA (Honours) in history and psychology from McMaster University.