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Rebecca Garden, PhD

3171 Weiskotten Hall
766 Irving Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13210
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CURRENT APPOINTMENTS

Executive Director, Consortium for Culture and Medicine

LANGUAGES

English

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Literary studies, disability studies, public health humanities, dementia and aging studies, structural inequalities and health disparities

EDUCATION

PhD: Columbia University, 2004, English and Comparative Literature
MA: Columbia University, 1992
BA: Columbia University, 1989

RESEARCH ABSTRACT

Dr. Garden's research draws on fiction, autobiography, graphic health/care, film, and video, as well as critical approaches to disability, deafness, gender, sexuality, and race/ethnicity, to examine socio-cultural and ethical issues related to illness, embodiment, health, and health/care. Her current research interests include dementia and aging and the experiences of deaf and disabled refugees.

PUBLICATIONS

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