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![For more than 25 years, #CaspersenAtDrew's upcoming graduate, Dr. Laura McCullough-Thoms G’26, has worked at the intersection of language, education, and transformation.
A Professor of English at Brookdale Community College who has also taught at Stockton University and Ramapo College, Dr. McCullough-Thoms’ teaching spans writing, research, critical theory, and creative writing, focusing on self-discovery through language. She has authored numerous books and publications in both poetry and transformative practices focusing on emotional literacy, narrative theory, conflict transformation, and trauma awareness. Her eighth book of poetry is forthcoming from Cornerstone Press, and her book Teaching Writing Through Information and Media Literacy is forthcoming from Bloomsbury Press.
Her research, focused on care ethics and inherited trauma, ultimately led her to #DrewU’s Doctor of Medical and Health Humanities (DMH) program. She was seeking a program that allowed her to meld her work as a writer and educator developing emotional literacy and trauma‑informed practices for college students.
“When I talk to others about the program, I tell them I felt seen and respected by the faculty, that they were open to the experiences that adult learners bring to the classroom, but that I also felt challenged to grow, deepen my knowledge, and to make connections that I couldn’t have made without the program,” said Dr. McCullough-Thoms. “It really was a life‑changing experience. The discovery process, coupled with rigor but handled with nurturance, was stellar.”
“At Drew, the idea of ‘community’ is really an intellectually diverse one while also being compassionate and supportive.”
Dr. McCullough-Thoms called the Medical and Health Humanities program "particularly innovative" and said that she learned "so much more than [she] ever expected." Her dissertation asked how stories aid in a healing process and how ethics and art are at play with humanization.
Her dissertation is titled, The Coordinates of Being: Compassionate Curiosity, Apophatic Storytelling, Relationality, and the Healing Imagination. Congratulations, Dr. McCullough-Thoms!](https://drew.edu/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)