J. Alexander Navarro

Alexander Navarro is assistant director of the University of Michigan’s Center for the History of Medicine. A diplomatic, political and intellectual historian by training, he has taught and conducted research on a wide range of topics. Since joining the Center, he has focused much of his research on the historical, social, economic, and political ramifications of the 1918 and 2009 influenza pandemics. He is also the co-editor in chief of the The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919: A Digital Encyclopedia, and was responsible for researching and writing the site’s essays detailing the experiences of 50 American cities during the deadly pandemic.