Alex Parry, Ph.D.

Historian of home injuries and U.S. public health @UR_Med. Former Ph.D. student @ihmjhu and organizer @TRUhopkins. Still frustrated and/or over-caffeinated.

[Alex Parry, Ph.D. @SafetyWorkHSTM]

Have you ever been burned by an iron?

Received a shock from a power cord?

Pulled your sleeve out of a motorized wringer?

Check out my article on the history of home laundry safety on Project Muse!

https://t.co/214C1G1XEU

[Alex Parry, Ph.D. @SafetyWorkHSTM]

My latest for JAMA Pediatrics on the history and continued importance of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Medical practitioners have a duty to stand behind government-based product safety measures to protect the public from unreasonable risks.
https://t.co/PjU6wCWDvY

[Alex Parry, Ph.D. @SafetyWorkHSTM]

Users shouldn’t have to play Russian roulette with everyday products.

This administration has cruelly decided that anyone who buys a harmful, defective, ineffective, or overpriced product is a sucker, nothing more and nothing less.

[Alex Parry, Ph.D. @SafetyWorkHSTM]

As a historian of injuries and product safety, this one feels personal.

The CPSC can’t do its job without independent commissioners.

Let’s review some of the cases that led to the establishment of the agency in the first place:
https://t.co/0COI2nscxz

[Alex Parry, Ph.D. @SafetyWorkHSTM]

11. Glass bottles that exploded spontaneously on store shelves.

12. Eyeglasses with lenses that could shatter and flammable frames.

13. Ball-shaped fireworks that children mistook for candy.

14. Electric vaporizers that scalded and shocked their users.

15. Risky power tools.

[Alex Parry, Ph.D. @SafetyWorkHSTM]

If you aren’t a member of the National Council for the Social Studies, you can access the lesson from the article for free on DocsTeach.

The Teaching with Documents series is also available on ProQuest. It’s a great resource for educators at all levels.
https://t.co/WXqtHs5eCP

[Alex Parry, Ph.D. @SafetyWorkHSTM]

Parent complaints were key drivers of the toy safety movement from 1965 to 1975.

I worked with the National Archives to bring this history to high-school classes.

Knowing how and why consumers have pushed for federal safety regulation is crucial today.
https://t.co/20hpNJkG3F

[Tendon Magazine @tendonmag]

Issue 07, "Rest," is live today!

We’re so proud to share this one with you. Poetry, art, and prose on rest as repair, resistance, and care—and what it means to slow down, even when it’s hard to.

→ https://t.co/oGLner5Cyf

[Alex Parry, Ph.D. @SafetyWorkHSTM]

I wrote something!

Excited to see my article on home laundry safety in Technology and Culture.

I show how experts and the public worked to control the risks of laundry devices, reducing accidents but making homemakers responsible for their safety as buyers and housekeepers.

[Jacob Steere-Williams @steerewilliams]

Please spread word of this TT position far and wide! CofC is a splendid liberal arts university in a terrific city- our dept is vibrant and supportive- don't hesitate to reach out directly with questions, as I'm chairing the search: https://t.co/3r2jP4xrVo

[Alex Parry, Ph.D. @SafetyWorkHSTM]

ICYMI, my talk on childproofing and the health and safety of electric vaporizers is available online!

Thank you for the turnout and for the excellent Q&A.

https://t.co/55nERvgF04

[Lauren Tilton @nolauren]

Debates in #DH Computational Humanities is now available for purchase (OA @ManifoldScholar this winter)! Thank you to the amazing contributors, co-editors extraordinaire @jmjafrx @dmimno , the team @UMinnPress , and series editors @laurenfklein @mkgold ! 👇🏼

[Tendon Magazine @tendonmag]

We're open for submissions! Tendon is currently looking to publish creative and critical work on the theme of rest. Check out our open call here, and spread the word! https://t.co/LzY8w9MRQx

[Antoine J., PhD @AJohnsonHist]

Received my first R&R today. Presenting the research on that article next week at UC Davis School of Medicine on Monday. Also giving a talk to my department (African American & African Studies) on Tuesday. Hope folks can join us

[Christine Slobogin @slobogin]

Our first Corner Society lecture for this season is next Wed, Sept 25!

I'm pleased to welcome my @UofR colleague @SafetyWorkHSTM to give the talk "Childproof: Health, Safety, and the Electric Vaporizer, c. 1920-1990"

Join us at the Rochester Academy of Medicine, or join on Zoom

[Dave Kamper 🌹 @dskamper]

I wrote about this wave last year for @labornotes

https://t.co/CeNOuKfOk4

[Alex Parry, Ph.D. @SafetyWorkHSTM]

After I finish my current batch of projects, I’m debating between:

1. A deep dive on toy safety and “real-life” toys.

2. An essay unpacking how some businesses and the state have defined selling risky goods as a form of unfair competition.

I wish I could write more quickly.