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  Georgia VanDerwater edited the blog post Forgetting the Medical Practice of Good Faith (revised) in the group American Studies: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

  The story of Fortune’s Bones, written by Marilyn Nelson, begins with a man named Fortune, who was enslaved by an orthopedic surgeon known as Dr. Preserved Porter. Upon Fortune’s death, his skeleton was used for […]

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  Sarah Bryk wrote a new blog post The Loss and Subsequent Reclamation of Identity in the group American Studies: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

  Maya Nunez, Quentin Wall, Riley Dilger, Sarah Bryk, Kelly Edmond

  Fortune’s Bones is the story of a man enslaved by Dr. Porter, an orthopedic surgeon, in Waterbury, Connecticut during the 1700s. The book u […]

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  Dineen Vogler wrote a new blog post Forgetting the Medical Practice of Good Faith in the group American Studies: 1 month ago

  Nossoh Diarra, Jacob Clarke, Georgia VanDerwater, Rachel Dems, Philip Cai, Dineen Vogler

  The story of Fortune’s Bones, written by Marilyn Nelson, begins with a man named Fortune,who was enslaved by an o […]

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  Noah Taylor edited the blog post The Power of Identity and Imagination in the group American Studies: 1 month ago

  Ryan Silverstein, Rebecca Perry, Marissa Volk, Tommy Castronova, Noah Taylor, Connor Canfield

  In Marilyn Nelson’s requiem Fortune’s Bones, Nelson pays careful attention to naming, imagination, and ease, all […]

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  Bryanna Spaulding edited the blog post The Untold Legacy of Medicine in the group American Studies: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

  Dan Bast, Delaney Carnahan, Samuel Comstock, Taylor Kerr, Jose Romero, Bryanna Spaulding

  Through the works of Harriet A. Washington, Marilyn Nelson, and Toni Morrison readers can witness the influence of […]

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  Noah Taylor wrote a new blog post Goal Setting Essay: The Process of ThinkING & NoticING in the group American Studies: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

  Throughout the beginning weeks of American Ways: Literature, Medicine and Racism, I have begun to realize the importance of thinkING, what it means to be thinkING, and the implications it has on the course and […]

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  Phil Cai wrote a new blog post English 101: Literature, Medicine & Racism, Goal Setting Essay in the group American Studies: 2 months ago

  When I signed up for this class, I did not know what to expect. I thought this would be like most english classes where we are given some books and just write a paper about it with a given prompt. However, I […]

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  Taylor Kerr wrote a new blog post Goal Setting Essay: Growing Together in the group American Studies: 2 months ago

  Taylor Kerr

  English 101: Literature, Medicine & Racism

  Dr. McCoy

  ThinkING is a critical part of any course, especially in English and literature focused courses. The epigraph, “My job is to notice… and […]

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  Delaney Carnahan wrote a new blog post Goal setting Essay in the group American Studies: 2 months ago

  During our time in this course we have unpacked many controversial issues in the medical field that have happened in the past, and reflect into today’s standards. The Epigraph to our class “My job is to not […]

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  Rachel Dems wrote a new blog post Goal Setting Essay in the group American Studies: 2 months ago

  “Literature, Medicine, and Racism”- the title of the course- are three words that are essential to our learning. Each word serves as a central theme and appears continuously throughout different p […]

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