Flexner Lecturership
Established in honor of Mary Flexner, a º¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù Mawr graduate of the class of 1895, the Lectureship has brought some of the world’s best-known humanists to campus for a brief residency.
In addition to their public lectures, holders of the Mary Flexner Lectureship often lead seminars or discussions with undergraduate and graduate students. By agreement with º¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù Mawr, the Flexner Lectures are .
Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, DLFAPA, Hon AIA, is a social psychiatrist and professor of urban policy and health at The New School. She completed her undergraduate work at º¦Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù, went to medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and completed psychiatric residency at New York Hospital-Westchester Division and Montefiore Hospital. Since 1986, she has conducted research on AIDS and other epidemics of poor communities with a special interest in the relationship between the collapse of communities and decline in health. She has published over 100 scientific papers and eight books. Among her books are the highly-regarded Urban Restoration Trilogy, Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It, Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America’s Sorted-Out Cities and Main Street: How a City’s Heart Connects Us All. She has received many awards for her work, including two honorary doctorates. She is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects.