Medical and Health Humanities Designated Emphasis

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Allison Hedge Coke (Creative Writing), Director allisonh@ucr.edu

Advisory Committee & Participating Faculty Emily Rapp Black (Creative Writing) Lucille Chia (History) Allison Hedge Coke (Creative Writing) William Dunlop (Psychology) María Regina Firmino-Castillo (Dance) Katie Ford (Creative Writing) Kimberly Guerrero (Theater, Film, and Digital Production) Rickerby Hinds (Theater and Film Studies) Tamara Ho (Gender & Sexuality Studies) Agnieszka Jaworska (Philosophy) Gloria Chan-Sook Kim (Media & Culture Studies) Matthew King (Religious Studies) Jeanette Kohl (Art History) Antoine Lentacker (History) Goldberry Long (Creative Writing) Luis Lara Malvacias (Dance) Carla Mazzio (English) Allison Merlin (Theater, Film, and Digital Production) Yolanda Moses (Anthropology) Worku Nida (Anthropology) Dana Simmons (History) Annika Speer (Theater, Film, and Digital Prodcution) Jennifer Syvertsen (Anthropology) Chikako Takeshita (Gender and Sexuality Studies) Clifford Trafzer (History) Sherryl Vint (English and Media and Culture Studies) Fuson Wang (English) Ni’Ja Whitson (Dance) Brigham C. Willis (Pediatrics, School of Medicine) Susan Zieger (English)

The Designated Emphasis is a 16-unit interdisciplinary graduate course of study, requiring students to demonstrate focused coursework and research in the field. Two of the four required courses, if otherwise eligible, may count towards the student’s Ph.D. requirements. There are two core requirements:

• 1. Four (4) graduate courses (16 units).

Students will only be allowed to take one (1) undergraduate qualified course paired with a 292 in this DE. These courses must be taken in at least two different departments: ANTH 261, ANTH 262, ANTH 265, ANTH 281, CWPA 210, CWPA 279, CWPA 285, DNCE 254, DNCE 257, ENGL 247, ENGL 273, ENGL 274, ENGL 278, ETST 201, ETST 221, ETST 222, HIST 220, HIST 238, PHIL 261, PHIL 283, PSYC 225, PSYC 255, PSYC 262, RLST 224.

Lower Division Courses: ANTH 143, ANTH 162, ANTH 166, ETST 116, GSST 106, GSST 141, GSST 161, GSST 171, GSST 189, HIST 107, LGBS 137, LGBS 152, PHIL 167, PHIL 168, 169E, TFDP 122

• 2. Submission of a research portfolio within

one year after the quarter in which the student advances to candidacy. The portfolio, to be reviewed by a standing committee of the Medical and Health Humanities Faculty, will demonstrate sig- nificant research in the field, include two research papers (one research paper must be the product of one of the 4 unit qual- ifying courses) and syllabi from the four completed courses. The student will also submit a self-statement (of no more than 1000 words) articulating their particular research emphasis and expertise, and one Medical and Health Humanities syllabus created by student.

All requirements for the Designated Empha- sis must be satisfied within one year after the quarter in which a student advances to candidacy in their Ph.D. field; a minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for the award of the Designated Emphasis.