Anne Basting

Anne Basting
OccupationProfessor
Known forfounder of TimeSlips, pioneer in creative aging
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship, Ashoka Fellow
Academic background
EducationColorado College
University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Minnesota
Academic work
DisciplineGerontologist, Artist and Writer
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Websitewww.anne-basting.com

Anne Davis Basting, is an American gerontologist working as a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts. Her work centers around aging, memory, and dementia, 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 Colorado College, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of Minnesota.

Publications

Books

Journals

References

  1. ↑ "A conversation with Anne Basting about aging and its conflicted cultural value". Milwaukee Independent. 20 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Tazeen, Nida. "Anne Basting shares creative dementia care insights on March 11". Courier & Press.
  3. ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer. "MacArthur Foundation Announces 2016 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners" The New York Times September 22, 2016
  4. ↑ McEvers, Kelley (22 September 2016). "Theater Artist Anne Basting Named MacArthur Fellow". NPR. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Bowers, Lois (5 October 2016). "$625,000 stipend will continue work to alter perceptions of aging, dementia". McKnights Senior Living. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Anne Basting '87 Named MacArthur Fellow". Colorado College.
  7. ↑ "Anne Basting, PhD | NCCA". www.creativeaging.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Stages of Age". University of Michigan Press. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Publications (select)". Anne-Basting. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.