Gerald N. Callahan
Professor

Phone: 491-7086
Fax: 491-0603
Email: Gerald.Callahan@colostate.edu
Office: 310 Pathology Building

Degrees

BS, University of Utah, 1969
PhD, Universityof Utah, 1974

Research Interests

Dr. Callahan writes about science for general audiences and holds a joint appointment in the department of English. He investigates interactions between the human immune and nervous systems, humans and their microbiomes, and the biological basis of sex. His work has been featured on or in, among others, National Geographic Television, ABC evening News, the Los Angeles Times, Salon.com, the Chicago Tribune, National Public Radio, Minnesota Public Radio, Talk Radio Europe – Spain, Ms. Magazine, the New Scientist, Discover Magazine, U.S. Today, the Vancouver Sun, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Georgia Straight, the Rocky Mountain News, ESPN, Publisher’s Weekly, Semana Magazine – Columbia, and EPOCA magazine – Brazil. His works have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, and Portuguese.

Selected Publications

Pub Med for Callahan GN.

Callahan, G.N. Between XX and XY: Intersexuality and the Myth of Two Sexes, Chicago Review Press, Chicago, IL, 2009

Callahan, G.N. Blindsight, Turnrow, Fall 2008

Callahan, G.N. Infection: the Uninvited Universe, St. Martins Press, New York, NY, 2006

Callahan, G.N. Faith, Madness, and Spontaneous Human Combustion: What Immunology Can Teach Us About Self-Perception, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press January, 2002, Paperback Edition, Berkeley Press.