Literature and Medicine. (2020). Literature and Medicine welcomes comics editor MK Czerwiec. Literature and Medicine. Retrieved from https://www.press.jhu.edu/news/blog/literature-and-medicine-welcomes-comics-editor-mk-czerwiec
ABSTRACT:
The journal Literature and Medicine recently welcomed its new editorial board, including MK Czerwiec, who has been named the journal’s first Comics Editor. MK Czerwiec is a nurse, educator, author, comic creator, and one of the co-creators of the field of “Graphic Medicine” – the intersection of the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare. She co-manages the website, podcast, annual conferences, and online community of GraphicMedicine.org. MK teaches graphic medicine at Northwestern Medical School, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Illinois Medical School, and the University of Chicago. She is an Artist-in-Residence at Northwestern’s Center for Medical Humanities and Bioethics.