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Rebecca Garden, PhD
3171 Weiskotten Hall
766 Irving Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13210
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
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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