Professor Thomas Lawrence Long holds an unusual position on campus. He\u2019s an associate professor-in-residence in the School of Nursing. But his background is not in nursing; it’s in writing.<\/p>\n
A former professor of English before joining the UConn faculty, he also teaches in the Women\u2019s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. He has extensive expertise in technical writing, and conducts research focused on medical humanities and health studies.<\/p>\n
When the School of Nursing expanded its research activities in 2007, Long was asked to develop a writing support program for nursing students and faculty. He also created the Nursing Writing.com<\/a> website, a forum for news, information, and advice about writing.<\/p>\n He is co-author of the book Writing in Nursing: A Brief Guide<\/em> with a colleague, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Nursing Cheryl Beck, who is one of the nation\u2019s leading researchers on postpartum depression.<\/p>\n We talked about the wide range of writing about nursing practice, and his work in the Center for Nursing Scholarship & Innovation<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of Long\u2019s recent projects was speaking at the TEDx UConn event, which is organized by students at campuses around the country. He discussed his research on the topic of \u201cHow Civil War Nurses Brought Change to Health and Women,\u201d which focuses on Sarah Emma Edmunds, who disguised herself as a man and served in the Union Army and wrote Nurse and Spy in the Union Army<\/a>; Mary Ann Bickerdyke, a hospital administrator for Union soldiers; and Mary Livermore, a journalist and women\u2019s rights advocate who organized auxiliary societies.<\/p>\n Listen to Long discussing his work with Ken Best of UConn360 podcast:<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n