People
Dr. Jessica Howell (Convenor)
Dr. Howell is an Associate Professor of English. Her work focuses on colonial and postcolonial literature and health, with an interest in global health and the Humanities. In addition to initiating the Glasscock Health Humanities Working Group, Seminar and Laboratory, she has developed undergraduate concentrations in Health Humanities within the University Studies B.S. and the English B.A.
Dr. Tasha Dubriwny
Dr. Dubriwny is an Associate Professor of Communication and Women and Gender Studies. Her work focuses on the rhetorical legacies of second-wave feminism in relationship to women’s health and women in politics. In addition to participating in the Working Group and Seminar, Dr. Dubriwny teaches, with Dr. Howell and Dr. Johnson, the Introduction to Health Humanities course (HHUM 107) offered under the University Studies degree concentration.
Dr. Violet Johnson
Dr. Johnson is a Professor of History and Director of Africana Studies. Her work focuses on Africa and the African diaspora, with a particular interest in immigration history and health. In addition to participating in the Working Group and Seminar, Dr. Johnson teaches, with Dr. Howell and Dr. Dubriwny, the Introduction to Health Humanities course (HHUM 107) offered under the University Studies degree concentration.
Dr. Barbara Gastel
Dr. Gastel is a Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Her work focuses on science journalism, medical journalism, science editing and the international communication of science. She also teaches medical students in the Humanities in Medicine Department at TAMU.
Dr. Dianne Kraft
Dr. Kraft is Assistant Dean for Diversity in the Medical Center. In addition to issues of diversity in medicine and medical education, her work focuses on intimate partner violence in medicine. She also teaches medical students in the Humanities in Medicine Department at TAMU.
Dr. Hoi-eun Kim
Dr. Kim is an Associate Professor of History. His work focuses on the History of Medicine and History of Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Susan Stabile
Dr. Stabile is an Associate Professor of English. Her work focuses on creative nonfiction, including illness memoir, and Narrative Medicine. In addition to participating in the Working Group, Dr. Stabile teaches on the Health Humanities concentration in English.
Dr. Sara DiCaglio
Dr. DiCaglio is an Instructional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M. Her work focuses on the rhetoric of health and medicine; health humanities; and pedagogy. In addition to participating in the Working Group, Dr. Stabile teaches on the Health Humanities concentration in English.
Naomi Sachs
Ms. Sachs is a PhD candidate in Architecture. She is the Founding Director of the Therapeutic Landscapes Network, a knowledge base and gathering space that provides information, education, advocacy, and inspiration about landscapes that promote health and well-being. Her PhD research focuses on gardens in healthcare facilities.
Vicki Heath
Vicki Heath is a PhD student in History. Her dissertation focuses on racial and gender differences in the diagnosis of eighteenth-century medical disorders, including pica or dirt-eating.
Emily Bartz
Emily Bartz is a PhD candidate in English. Her dissertation focuses on the rhetoric of adoption studies.
Michelle Yeoman
Ms. Yeoman is a Lecturer in the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Her work focuses on narrative and storytelling in health communication, maternal and infant mortality, food and nutrition, and health and gender disparities.
