Caretaking, Caregiving

Where Have We Come From, What Are We, Where Are We Going? Thoughts on LGBT Activism

Remarks, Deep Dish Presentation, Institute for LGBT Studies   16 February 2017   University of Arizona Let's observe a moment of silence for Frederick Douglass, and all those who sacrificed their careers and lives so that we might be here today.  Let’s gather them together in this room. A...

Medicine and the Humanities: A Collaboration

Discussant remarks, First Friday presentations, Department of English, University of Arizona 12/2/11 Introduction:  Dr. Tilly Warnock, professor emerita, University of Arizona Speakers:  Dr. Ron Grant, director, University of Arizona Medical Humanities Program Dr. Rishi Goyal, Ph.D. Professor Fenton Johnson, discussant   Recent years have witnessed the rise of scientists writing as Renaissance...

Taking Care

All my fifty-something friends give me a thumbs-up, but I notice they’re not following suit: I’ve bailed on my glittering city life and even my life as a scholar in the desert heat and am instead camped out for the summer at my mother’s...