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Marsha Hurst, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Narrative Medicine; Co-Chair, University Seminar on "Narrative, Health, and Social Justice"

Marsha Hurst has written, most recently, on palliative care, end of life, and narrative. As an advocate, she sits on the New York State Palliative Care Education and Training Council and is a working board member of the Westchester End of Life Coalition and of Project DOCC (Delivery of Chronic Care).

Education

  • Ph.D., Columbia University
  • A.B., Brown University

Publications

  • Stories of Illness and Healing: Women Write Their Bodies (The Kent State University Press, 2007), co-edited with Sayantani DasGupta