Christy Sher is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History of Art at The Ohio State University. She specializes in Japanese print culture of the Edo-Meiji periods, with a research focus on the intersection of sexuality and the history of medicine. Her dissertation examines how visual representations of the human body in early modern Japan functioned as sites for the production and circulation of knowledge. She is also interested in the history of Japanese manga. 

Prior to joining the Ohio State University, she earned a M.A. in Art History from University of Florida (Go Gators!)