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Tanner

David Tanner, PhD

Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education

Schools/Departments School of Arts & Sciences

Programs Premedical & Health Studies (BS)

Contact david.tanner@mcphs.edu
617.732.2908


Academic and Administrative Appointments

Associate Professor of American Studies and Humanities

Education
BA, Brown University
MA, University of Texas at Austin
PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Areas of Teaching
Literature and medicine
Postwar American culture
American Literature
Scholarly Interests
Genre studies
Physician writers
Medical humanities
Peer-Reviewed Articles & Book Chapters
Tanner, D.E. (2003). Literature and Liberalization in Healthcare Education. Journal of Arts and Sciences in Career and Experiential Education 2, 27-31.

Tanner, D.E. (2000). Narrative, Ethics, and Human Experimentation in Richard Selzerrs Alexis St. Martinn: The Miraculous Wound Re-examined. HEC Forum 12, 149-160.

Tanner, D.E. (1999). The Narrative Imperative: Stories in Medicine, Illness, and Bioethics. HEC Forum 11, 155-169.

Book Review:
Tanner, D.E. (2005). Review of Curtis Marez. Drug Wars: The Political Economy of Narcotics, in Journal of Popular Culture, 38(5) 984-986.
Honors

 

Current Professional Memberships, Service & Leadership
American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM)
American Culture Association (ACA)
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH)
American Studies Association (ASA)
Personal Interests
Bullmastiffs
Landscape and gardening
Squash and tennis