Mark A. Largent

Mark Largent is Dean and Associate Provost of Undergraduate Education at Michigan State University. He earned his PhD from the University of Minnesota's Program in the History of Science and Technology in 2000 and has taught history of science, science policy, and American history classes at Michigan State, Oregon State, and the University of Puget Sound. His first book, Breeding Contempt, explores the history of compulsory sterilization in the United States. In 2012 he published Vaccine: The Modern American Debate, which traces the emergence of parents' current concerns about the modern vaccine schedule. Most recently, his third book, Keep Out of Reach of Children: Reye's Syndrome, Aspirin, and the Politics of Public Health was published by Bellevue Literary Press.