English

Dr. Ronald F. Lunsford

November 29, 2018 by Alex Chapin
department: English

Ronald LunsfordProfessor
Department of English

I am a Professor of English, Linguistics, and Rhetoric at UNC Charlotte. Over a long career, I have written about Cognitive Linguistics and Functional Linguistics. I have applied Cognitive Linguistics to the study of literature and both Cognitive and Functional Linguistics to writing instruction. In recent years, I have applied genre theory, a branch of Functional Linguistics, to medical communication.

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keywords: health communicationhealth disparitieshealth policyhealth systems and organizationsmedical humanities

Dr. Paula Gallant Eckard

November 13, 2018 by Alex Chapin
department: English

Paula EckardAssociate Professor
Department of English

I am interested in the intersections between literature and medicine, including illness narratives, representations of the body, and women’s experiences of pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood. My research also focuses on the wellbeing of children and families in literature.

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keywords: medical humanities