The University Of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Medical Humanities Graduate Program are pleased to announce the final examination of Alina Bennett for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. The title of her dissertation is "The Therapeutic Roles of Reading, Writing, and Theatrical Performance in Recovery from Moral Injury and Social Death During and After Incarceration". Her defense will be held on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in 6.302 of the Administration Building.
Ms. Bennett's supervisory committee includes:
- Chair: Laura Hermer, JD, LLM, Associate Professor, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, MN, and the Medical Humanities Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
- Michele Carter, PhD, Professor, Medical Humanities Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
- Anne Hudson Jones, PhD, Professor, Medical Humanities Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
- Jason Glenn, PhD, Associate Professor, Medical Humanities Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
- Jacques Baillargeon, PhD, Professor, Population Health Sciences Graduate Program, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
- Jonathan Shay, MD, PhD, Newton, MA
All faculty and students are invited to attend, but are required to sit quietly. Only members of the supervisory committee are permitted to speak to the candidate during the defense. All guests will be asked to leave the room at the end of the defense while the committee members deliberate.