Dr. Kate Schapira

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Kate Schapira is an Associate Teaching Professor at Brown University, specializing in nonfiction writing and focused narrative strategies. Her courses often cover diverse topics such as Medical Narrative, Writing Activists, and True Stories. Schapira's literary contributions include 'Time Something Than Human' published by Essay Press in 2018 and six collections of poetry. She is also the author of 'Lessons Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth', a work set to be released in 2024 by Hachette Go, which addresses the intersection of mental health and the experience of living with climate change. Schapira ran the Publicly Complex Reading Series from 2007 to 2017, fostering engagement around public discussions of climate change and mental health. Her efforts include the Climate Anxiety Counseling project, emphasizing the need for counseling in the face of ecological distress.

Research Interests

Awards

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John Rowe Workman Award

Courses

Critical Reading and Writing Academic Essay Introduction to Creative Nonfiction True Stories Writing Place: Travel, Ecology, Locality Writing Activists Writing Climate, Writing Community Writing Medical Narrative Languages of Conscience: Slave Narratives, Prison Writing, Abolition Senior Honors Seminar Nonfiction Writing Senior Honors Thesis Nonfiction Writing

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
Application Checklist
  • Personal Statement
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  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • GRE Scores
  • TOEFL/IELTS Scores (if applicable)
Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics