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A Blogging Revival, or 10 Things I Accomplished in 2016

Almost a year has passed since my last post. I could offer an explanation: I was busy (true). I could offer a lament: I’m sorry for creating yet another abandoned social space on the internet (also true). I could promise to atone:

Posted in Blogging My Research, Books, Experiential Learning, Lifewriting, Medical Humanities, Workplace Writing

Framing a Professional, Medical Identity in Fighting for Life

I’m starting a new research project, one that I hope will lead to a published paper on Fighting for Life, a 1939 autobiography by physician and vanguard public health official Sara Josephine Baker. My first step in this process is presenting my work at

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Posted in Blogging My Research, Creative Non-Fiction, Lifewriting, Medical Humanities
Dr. Amy Rubens
I'm an "ambulant scholar," and I move among several worlds. As a professor of English, I research and write for audiences within and outside of academia. As a teacher of writing, literature, and culture, I facilitate learning. As a blogger, I critique, question, and reflect. Learn more about this blog and the work I do as a professor and workplace writing consultant.

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