Archive: Media and Scholarship
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Dr. Christopher King Talks about How He Will Lead the New School of Health
The Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies writes about how Dr. King’s trajectory and the vision he will bring in his role as inaugural dean of the new School of Health.
Category: Media
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Dr. Christopher King will be the Inaugural Dean for the New School of Health
Georgetown President John J. DeGioia announced the appointment of Dr. Christopher King as dean of the new School of Health, which will be formally launched on July 1, 2022.
Category: Media
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Social Science & Medicine – Mental Health Video Podcast: Emily Mendenhall on Flourishing and Health in Critical Perspective
Emily Mendenhall and Sarah S. Willen talked about “Flourishing and Health in Critical Perspective: An Invitation to Interdisciplinary Dialogue,” the first series of the Social Science & Medicine – Mental Health journal. The conversation centered around how interdisciplinary dialogue can improve the way we study flourishing and health – and the clinical and policy interventions we propose.
Categories: Media, Past events
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Iowa Public Radio – Talk of Iowa: Emily Mendenhall on When Okoboji Became a COVID-19 Hotspot
Emily Mendenhall joined host Charity Nebbe to share what she learned when she studied the pandemic in her hometown — Okoboji —, for her book Unmasked: COVID, Community and the Case of Okoboji.
Categories: Media, Past events
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“An Extraordinary Sequel: The ‘Russian’ Influenza and Enduring Sequelae in Victorian Culture”
Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan examines the ‘Russian’ influenza pandemic’s enduring cultural and biosocial impact.
Category: Scholarship
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“On Suffering, Trauma, and Resilience”, The Yale Review Interviews Aminatta Forna
In this interview, James Surowiecki, consulting editor at The Yale Review, talks with Aminatta Forna about her recently published essay “Who Owns Your Story? Transcending the Trauma Narrative”.
Category: Media
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The Bookseller Talks about Rift, Aminatta Forna’s New Book Project
According to The Bookseller, William Collins made a “substantial deal” to publish Aminatta Forna’s new book project, Rift, slated for publication in 2024.
Category: Media
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“Helen Dominic Is Examining the Power that Listening Can Have on Healing,” Georgetown College Talks about the Research of our 2022-23 Fellow
Georgetown College writes about Helen Dominic, and her research in improvements in the ways we handle immigrant care.
Category: Media
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“Where There Is No Hospital”, Aminatta Forna’s Writing about the Book that Saved Lives
Aminatta Forna writes about how the book Where There Is No Doctor was used to save lives during the 2014 Ebola pandemic.
Category: Media
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“What Will We Tell Our Grandkids About The Last Two Years?”, Emily Mendenhall’s Reflections on Scary Mommy
“What stories will we tell our grandchildren? How will the pandemic look to us in 10, 20, 30 years, or more? How will the pandemic period affect how we relate to each other in the future?”. These are some of the questions that Emily Mendenhall explores in her article “What Will We Tell Our Grandkids About The Last Two Years?”, published on Scary Mommy.
Category: Media