Medical Humanities - Mahala Yates Stripling, Ph.D.

Lecturer | Author | Educator

Welcome to my website.

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Watch for: Imagine a Man: the Surgeon Storyteller, a literary biography of Richard Selzer, in two parts: "reinventing his life" and "living by his wits alone."

See "Book Chapter" link for Tables of Contents.

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My sneak preview of Richard Selzer's story "Diary of an Infidel" turned into a play by Edwin Lynch was a huge success. The World Premiere staged reading will be held in New Haven April 24 and 25. Thanks goes to our appreciative audience--faculty and guests—who made this a fantastic, fully attended performance. Our readers: John Parrish as Selzer; David Clinkscale as the Abbot; Rodgner Bednar as narrator; Brian Johnson as Sebastiano; Jeffrey Stone as Vittorio, and Jeremy Bryd as Pietro filled their challenging roles beautifully. Special thanks goes to Richard Selzer, Edwin Lynch, Evelyn Wilson, Rose Pearson, Linda Lucas, Jim Stripling, and Lauren Stripling.

Comments heard: "It was a 360 degree success." "Like a Broadway musical, I left reciting memorable lines." "That's the most fun I've ever had on a Wednesday morning." "I want to participate in readers' theater now." "Mille Grazie."

Photos will be posted here soon. --MYS

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For other resources, look at these links: Speaking Schedule; Lectures [includes full text of Yale Medical School lecture]; and “The Diagnostic Embrace” [full text of WSSA talk]. In Publications and Book Chapter, I detail my past and on-going work. Bioethics and Medical Issues in Literature (Greenwood Press, 2005), which has become a valuable resource for those teaching the medical humanities. At last, go to Medical Humanities Curricula, Student Papers, and What the Students Say to get some teaching ideas.

I welcome your comments and questions.

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

–Constitution, The World Health Organization

© 2010 Mahala Yates Stripling, PhD

Website reviews:

Dr. Stripling, I am a graduate student majoring in English. While surfing the net for information about medicine in literature, I discovered your website. Not only was your site helpful for my research purposes, but it got me very interested in the academic blending of science and literature. I enjoyed reading all that your website offered and plan to purchase some of your published literature as well. Jessica Jarvis (2006)

Dr. Stripling’s website not only provides an in-depth look at her as an individual including publication history and teaching and lecturing schedules, but it also invites the casual scroller, as well as the focused reader, to investigate the very topic of medical humanities. Because she offers her email address, she receives inquiries from students around the world doing research, in addition to medical educators and writers looking for information about Dr. Richard Selzer, whose biography she is writing. She opens a dialogue with everyone responding to her invitation since her desire is to educate those who wish to learn.—Linda Lucas, B.A. National Honor Society (2005).

Dr. Stripling, your website is an asset to students both in and out of the classroom. Additionally, potential students and pre-med faculty at area universities who peruse it will see your inspiring curriculum and fascinating work. They will get a taste of the Medical Humanities and feel encouraged to take the plunge! I will keep checking the site and watching your progress. - Kim Higgins, All-American Collegiate Scholar (2000)

site design by Glynda Reynolds

*Website updated: February 1, 2010.