Anne Davis Basting, is an

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working as a professor of English at the

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's Peck School of the Arts. Her work centers around

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, 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

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(recipients of the $625,000 so-called "genius grants").

Life

She graduated from

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, the

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, and the

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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’
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