Ethan Ruby
Doktorand/in
Lansstraße 7-9
Raum 213
14195 Berlin
Education:
| Since 2022 | Freie Universität Berlin, Doctoral Researcher in History |
| 2016-2019 | Freie Universität Berlin, M.A. in North American Studies, focusing on History and Political Science. |
| 2012-2013 | Pace University, M.S in Adolescent Teaching |
| 2007-2011 | Clark University and Marietta University, B.A in Government and International Relations |
Professional Positions:
| 2024-2025 |
Taught the BA Advanced Seminar at JFKI; US American Warzone Nursing: Realities vs. Perceptions |
| 2019-2022 | International American School of Warsaw, teacher of History and Geography |
| 2017-2019 | Freie Universität Berlin, Student Research Assistant in History Department |
| 2014-2016 | The New School, Teacher of History |
| 2013-2014 | Greenburgh Graham School, Teacher of History |
Research
Working Title of Dissertation: Perceptions of American nursing in the First World War: Alternative Realities, 1914-1933
Abstract:
This dissertation is part of a movement to incorporate United States nurses' history into First World War history by using the perspectives of nurses as something to spotlight and critically analyze. By critically engaging different gazes of misperception in nurses' First World War history, this work amplifies nurses' perspectives in juxtaposition to the false, misleading, and male-centered portrayals that have dominated this topic. This dissertation contrasts nurses’ perspectives with the way they were portrayed in published media and the impact that those misperceptions had on the nursing profession, seeking to highlight the experiences as recorded by nurses themselves in order to draw attention to their stories, thereby contributing to the emerging scholarship of nurses’ role in the First World War.