International Health Humanities Network Membership

Jonathan Little

I am a Professor of English at Alverno College in Milwaukee. In the last several years I have created several courses in the Health Humanities, including one on Illness and Recovery in literature and film, have implemented a 3-course Health Humanities Specialization (including a course on Medical Ethics), and have designed a three-course on-line learning certificate and badges in the Health Humanities. As a scholar and researcher I am especially interested in bibliotherapy and the intersection between reading fiction and the potential benefits for mental health.
Recently I published an article on Haruki Murakami's novel 1Q84 and therapeutic reading and writing-- "Haruki Murakami’s Through Literary Transformation."
My book chapter on the creative re-writing of "The Yellow Wallpaper" entitled, "From Empathy to Compassion: Embodying "The Yellow Wallpaper" Through Interdisciplinary Learning" is being considered for inclusion in a book about new strategies for art and humanities teaching related to self-care and wellness.
I am scheduled to give a presentation to a large behavioral health care collaborative soon and am looking forward to finding new ways to bring the health humanities to the public and to the healthcare profession.