Episode Twenty-Three, Renée K. Nicholson MFA

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In this episode, we hear from Renée K. Nicholson, Director of the Humanities Center at West Virginia University (WVU), as she makes the case for an important humanities discipline, narrative medicine. Learn how narrative medicine offers opportunities to rebuild trust in a fractured healthcare system through shared storytelling. Renée’s interview was recorded at her poetry workshop in June 2023 at The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. 

Healthcare is Human was created by Ryan McCarthy and is a signature program of the Humanities Center at WVU. 

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Visit Healthcare is Human on Facebook and Instagram to see incredible photography by Molly Humphreys, native of Shepherdstown, WV. Her world-class portfolio can be found by searching for Piccadilly Posh Photography. 

Be sure to visit the William A. Neal Museum in Morgantown, WV, to see our latest gallery show, opening September 2023 and running through June 2024. Forty of the project’s best black and white photographs will be featured, along with poetry by Marc Harshman, Torli Bush, Renée Nicholson, and Randi Ward. Accompanying film directed by Corwyn Garman. Original music composed by Robert Sears and Jared Sims. Exhibit generously supported by the WVU Foundation and the WVU Health Science Center. 

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