Education
PhD in History, University of California, San Diego
Subjects
History of Science, Science Studies, History of Medicine, American Studies, Comparative History
Achievements
Allington Dissertation Fellow at the Science History Institute (2025-26); Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowship at the University of Chicago Library (2024); Linda Hall Library and Clendening History of Medicine Library Fellowship (2024); Science Studies Program Dissertation Writing Award at UC San Diego (2023); master's degrees in Comparative History and American Studies and an Advanced Certificate in Science Studies; 22 teaching appointments at UC San Diego (2019-2025)
About
Csaba is a PhD candidate in History at the University of California, San Diego, specializing in Science Studies. An experienced university instructor who has taught more than 1,000 students, he helps students develop focused research questions, evaluate primary and secondary sources, and turn complex ideas into clear, persuasive historical arguments.
Discipline
Psychology & Social Sciences
Academic Achievements
Allington Dissertation Fellow at the Science History Institute (2025–26); recipient of the Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowship at the University of Chicago Library (2024), the Linda Hall Library and Clendening History of Medicine Library Fellowship (2024), and the Science Studies Program Dissertation Writing Award at UC San Diego (2023). Holds master’s degrees in Comparative History and American Studies, as well as an Advanced Certificate in Science Studies.
Teaching & Mentoring Experience
Twenty-two university teaching appointments at the University of California, San Diego, between 2019 and 2025: • Associate Instructor (Instructor of Record), History of Public Health (HILD 30): Summer Session II 2023; Summer Session II 2024; Summer Session II 2025. • Teaching Assistant, Humanities Core sequence: HUM 1, Foundations of Western Civilization: Israel & Greece (Winter 2020; Winter 2021); HUM 2, Rome, Christianity & the Middle Ages (Spring 2020; Spring 2021); HUM 3, Renaissance, Reformation & Early Modern Europe (Fall 2021; Fall 2022; Fall 2023); HUM 4, Enlightenment, Romanticism & Revolution, 1660–1848 (Winter 2022; Winter 2023; Winter 2024); HUM 5, Modern Culture, 1848–Present (Spring 2022; Summer Session II 2022; Spring 2023; Spring 2024; Spring 2025). • Additional Teaching Assistant appointments: Contemporary Legal Issues (LAWS 101; Winter 2025 and Summer Session II 2025); History of Modern Medicine (HISC 115; Fall 2019); Emergence of Modern Science (HISC 107; Fall 2020). These writing-intensive appointments included individual mentoring in research-question development, source evaluation, argumentation, drafting, peer review, and revision, as well as extensive work with multilingual and international students.
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