International Health Humanities Network Membership

I am an Associate Professor of Health Communication, Narrative and Performance with the University of South Florida - Morsani College of Medicine. I am also the Director of Education in the Department of Family Medicine and Director of Advance Care Planning in the Department of Community Health at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, PA. My PhD blends narrative, autoethnography (cultural analysis of perseonal narrative) and performance studies to examine the construction of illness identity and communication skills and behaviors of health care professionals. As an interdisciplinary scholar I bridge multiple areas in the humanities to teach empathic listening, leadership, cultural humility, and resiliency to nurses, residents, and physicians across the network.