Department of History

Kyle Miron

Position title: TA: History 102 with Professor Simon Balto

Email: kmiron@wisc.edu

Address:
Advisor: Judith A. Houck
Mailbox: 4098 Mosse Humanities Building

Kyle Miron headshot

Biography

I am interested in 19th and 20th century U.S. medicine, sexuality, and carceral systems. My research looks at the Progressive Era medicalization of juvenile delinquency.

Education

M.A., History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023
B.A., English & Education Studies, Vassar College, 2018

Field

  • U.S./North American History
  • Gender and Women’s History

MA Title

  • “‘She Tells These Stories’: Masturbation, Sexual Violence, and Girl Delinquency in the Milwaukee Juvenile Court, 1901-1929”

Selected Awards

  • Campus-Wide Early Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2024
  • Kate Everest Levi Second-Year Paper Prize, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2023

Professional Affiliations

  • History of Education Society
  • American Association for the History of Medicine

Courses Taught as TA

  • History 102: U.S. History 1865 to the Present
  • History of Science 212: Bodies, Healers, Disease: Introduction to the History of Medicine