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Careers in the Arts and Humanities are Plentiful, and they Pay
It baffles me to hear parents tell their kids that art is a hobby, not a career; that you can’t make good money with a degree in English. Wasn’t it just yesterday evening that these same adults binged…
NEW INFOGRAPHIC! A Call to Integrating Dance & Education
FEEL FREE TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL VERSION (under Creative Commons license): Final Infographic pdf …
Extraordinary Partnerships: How the Arts and Humanities Are Transforming America
New Book available (open access) in March 2020, through Lever Press!
Rhodessa Jones on Taking Action Through Storytelling
What advice would you like to give to young artists? Look at these spiritual and religious teaching. READ Morrison. Use storytelling. I always teach storytelling because we tell stories that…
Psychologist Kathy Pike on The Role of Arts in Today’s Mental Health Crisis
Co-authored with Dr Yasmine Van Wilt, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Mellon Fellow at Union College, Kobalt/AWAL singer-songwriter, dramatist, academic, and contributor to Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global. This interview with Psychologist Kathy Pike is the third…
Studying to be a Scientist? Become a Storyteller
With few exceptions, in order for people in the STEM professions to have an impact, they must be able to write effectively and creatively. Let me illustrate with examples from…
Why the Medical Humanities Are On the Rise
“Wellcome Trust, the UK’s largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research, [. . .] now takes the medical humanities very seriously. In 2013, the grant funding and direct charitable…
Medicine IS Humanism
The practice of medicine revolves around people. A person in need is at the center of the health-caring circle, and all around are people who are trying to be of help. Blood tests, respiratory devices, infusions, MRI’s, and…
Health, Humanities, and Medicine: A Student’s Journey
Why is the threesome of the HHM important? Growing up, one of the first words I remembering uttering was ‘hypertension,’ as my father (the MD, PhD) had plenty scientific journals laying around the house. From a very young…
Medicine & Humanities: Putting the Whole Person Back Together Again
What happens in medical training is that we separate the scientific aspects from the human aspects. And then we don’t necessarily put them back together…So the humanities, I think, have been…
Why We Need the Arts in Medicine
Although some might be inclined to dismiss the arts as a triviality, luxury, or unjustified expense in a time of concern over rising health care costs, research is showing that…
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Want To Do Something That Is Good For You? How Art and Art Therapies Are Good for Your Health and the Healthcare System
Want To Do Something That Is Good For You? How Art and Art Therapies Are Good for Your Health and the Healthcare System
“If we can change the way they see, then we can change the way they think.” ~Professor David St. John I just love this video. The eerie music grabs your attention, implying that the words being spoken are…
The Practicality of Spanish in Modern Medicine: Raising Cultural Awareness to Meet Cultural Needs
The U.S. healthcare system is designed to provide quality care for Americans. This means that we need to exhibit cultural competency toward all patients. The rise of various ethnic groups in American society, makes it essential for physicians…
From Pills to Paintbrushes and Vaccinations to Violins: Changing the Image of Medicine through the Arts and Humanities
Integrative medicine. Alternative therapies. Progressive healthcare. These are all buzzwords emerging in the current lexicon of the health professions, but what do these words actually mean in terms of the future of health care? The arts and humanities…
The Humanities in Dubious Battle: What a New Harvard Report Doesn’t Tell Us
“No one who studies the humanities could possibly have a practical career in view, anymore than someone who has a practical career in view would ever bother studying the humanities,…
A Possible Consequence of STEM Incentive Programs: What Would Doctors Be Like Without the Humanities?
On May 6, 2014 New York State launched a new program that offers a tuition-free college education at State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY) schools to top students who pledge to…
To Cure or To Heal?
Medicines and surgery may cure, but only reading and writing poetry can heal. – J. Arroyo, author
Pursuing a New Perspective in Medicine
One sunny day over the summer, as I was waiting for my items to be checked out at the supermarket, I struck up a seemingly open, friendly conversation with the cashier. When the subject veered to college and…
To Make You Feel the Love
Calling all Confused Students!
The Art World the Millennial Way
Food for Thought: What Does “Service” and “Leadership” Mean to You?
Pursuing a New Perspective in Medicine