MK Czerwiec, RN, MA is a nurse who uses comics to contemplate the complexities of illness and caregiving. She is the Artist-in-Residence at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and a Senior Fellow of the George Washington School of Nursing Center for Health Policy & Media Engagement. Her clinical nursing experience is in HIV/AIDS care and hospice care. MK has been making comics under the pseudonym Comic Nurse since 2000. With UK physician Ian Williams, she co-runs GraphicMedicine.org a website devoted to the intersection of comics and health. She is the creator of the graphic memoir Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371, and co-author of the Eisner Award nominated Graphic Medicine Manifesto.
There will be two public events this week with MK Czerwiec:
Tuesday, March 21
Trent Hall Room 124
4:15-5:15 pm
GLHLTH 772 Class Talk
Thursday, March 23
Story Lab, Smith Warehouse Bay 4
12:00-1:00 pm
MK Czerwiec Scholars and Storytelling Lunchtime Series
To learn more about these events, or other HHL Events, visit https://www.facebook.com/pg/DukeHHL/events/.