The Healing Humanities: Creating Healthy Pathways on Campus and in the Community

FAIN: AA-295682-24

Board of Directors of Wittenberg College (Springfield, OH 45504-2120)
Cynthia Denise Richards (Project Director: May 2023 to present)
Alejandra Gimenez-Berger (Co Project Director: December 2023 to present)
Kimberly Creasap (Co Project Director: December 2023 to present)

A three-year project to develop a health humanities certificate program for undergraduates and professional community members.

This project will use two forthcoming Wittenberg programs, a minor and certificate in Heath Humanities and Equity as a launching point for a dynamic health humanities initiative that will 1) strengthen the teaching and learning of humanities at Wittenberg, 2) highlight the importance of humanistic inquiry in critical community efforts, and 3) connect students to robust experiential learning activities. The goal of the project is to facilitate access to humanities-based teaching and learning that will empower students and community members with the skills and habits necessary to understand and impact the life and health of the communities they live in ethical and equitable ways. The project has four objectives. Briefly, 1) to create a Health Humanities Faculty Fellowship, 2) to develop curriculum for the programs through faculty development, 3) to establish a Community Advisory group, and 4) to increase visibility and learning in Health Humanities in the community through workshops.