Anne Basting
- Professor Emerita, English
Education
- MA Theatre, UW-Madison
- PhD Theatre, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Research Interests
Storytelling Narrative and Social Change Aging Studies Disability Studies Narrative Community Engagement
Related Activities
- Founder, UWM's Student Artist in Residence Program - year-long, immersive community engagement projects
- Founder, President of TimeSlips, a non-profit committed to bringing meaning and joy to late life.
Awards and Grants
- MacArthur Fellowship
- Ashoka Fellowship
- UWM Kellner Entrepreneurship Fellow
- Brookdale National Fellowship in Gerontology and Geriatrics
- Rockefeller Fellowship
- Grants include:
- NEA ArtWorks
- Bader Philanthropies
- Greater Milwaukee Foundation
- Elder Justice Fund
- Retirement Research Foundation
- Wisconsin Dept of Health and Human Services
- Kentucky Office of Inspector General and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Biographical Sketch
Basting is a Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and founder and President of TimeSlips. Basting's innovative work as an artist and scholar is committed to the power of storytelling for social change. Her work has been recognized by a MacArthur Fellowship, an Ashoka Fellowship, a Rockefeller Fellowship, and multiple major grants. She is author/editor of multiple articles and four books, including her latest, Creative Care (HarperOne); as well as The Penelope Project (U of Iowa), and Forget Memory (Johns Hopkins). TimeSlips fosters an alliance of artists and caregivers bringing meaning and joy to late-life through creativity and has over 900 certified facilitators in 48 states and 20 countries.