Anne Davis Basting, is an American

gerontologist Gerontology ( ) is the study of the social, cultural, psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of aging. The word was coined by Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in 1903, from the Greek , ''geron'', "old man" and , ''-logia'', "study of". Th ...

working as a professor of English at the

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's Peck School of the Arts. Her work centers around aging, memory, and

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, both from the point of view of the elderly and that of society; and of the uses of theater, storytelling, and other arts in eldercare. She is one of the 2016 MacArthur Fellows (recipients of the $625,000 so-called "genius grants").

Life

She graduated from

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, the

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United Stat ...

, and the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

Publications

Books

* * ''The arts and dementia care: A resource guide'', New York: National Center for Creative Aging, 2003, * * ''TimeSlips Creativity Journal''. UWM Center on Age & Community, 2004, *

Journals

*Basting, A. D. (2001) "God is a talking horse: Performance of self in dementia". ''The Drama Review'' 45(3): 78–94. *Basting, A. D. (2003) "Looking back from loss: Performing the ‘self' in Alzheimer’s disease". ''Journal of Aging Studies'' 17(1): 87–99. *Basting, A. D. (2006) "The arts and dementia care". ''Generations'' 30(1): 16–20. *De Medeiros, K., and A. D. Basting (2013) "Shall I compare thee to a dose of Donepezil?: Cultural arts interventions in dementia care research".''The Gerontologist'' 54(3): 344–353. *McFadden S., and A. D. Basting (2010) "Healthy aging persons and their brains: Promoting resilience through creative engagement". ''Clinics in Geriatric Medicine'' 26(1): 149–161.

References

External links

Basting's professional websiteTheater Artist Anne Basting Named MacArthur Fellow
''NPR'' September 22, 2016
Video and brief biography of Basting at MacArthur Foundation websiteAnne Basting named UWM’s first MacArthur ‘genius’
''University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.'' Howie Magner, September 22, 2016 1960s births Living people University of Minnesota alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee faculty American women academics MacArthur Fellows American gerontologists Writers from Wisconsin 21st-century American women Ashoka USA Fellows {{US-academic-bio-stub