Ernest Cole, John Dirk Werkman Professor of English, recently received a $7,274 award from the Great Lakes Colleges Association Global Crossroads Themed Course Program. The project is titled Stories We Tell about Mental Health, Disability, and Trauma: Readings from African and Indigenous American Literature and Psychology.
In collaboration with Dr. Erin Henshaw of Denison University and Dr. Sara Newman of the Universidad San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador, this project will develop a globally connected course around the theme of stories, or narratives, and their use in understanding mental health, trauma, and disability. The course will combine the lessons found in the literature of Africa and Indigenous Americas with core theories of clinical psychological science.
Congratulations on your award, Ernest!