Anne Davis Basting, is an American gerontologist working as a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts. Her work centers around aging, memory, and dementia, both from the point of view of the elderly and that of society; and of the uses of theater, storytelling, and other arts in eldercare. She is one of the 2016 MacArthur Fellows (recipients of the $625,000 so-called "genius grants").Schuessler, Jennifer. "MacArthur Foundation Announces 2016 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners" The New York Times September 22, 2016
Life She graduated from Colorado College, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of Minnesota.
Publications
Books
The arts and dementia care: A resource guide, New York: National Center for Creative Aging, 2003,
TimeSlips Creativity Journal. UWM Center on Age & Community, 2004,
Journals Basting, A. D. (2001) "God is a talking horse: Performance of self in dementia". The Drama Review 45(3): 78–94. Basting, A. D. (2003) "Looking back from loss: Performing the ‘self' in Alzheimer’s disease". Journal of Aging Studies 17(1): 87–99. Basting, A. D. (2006) "The arts and dementia care". Generations 30(1): 16–20. De Medeiros, K., and A. D. Basting (2013) "Shall I compare thee to a dose of Donepezil?: Cultural arts interventions in dementia care research".The Gerontologist 54(3): 344–353. McFadden S., and A. D. Basting (2010) "Healthy aging persons and their brains: Promoting resilience through creative engagement". Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 26(1): 149–161.
References
External links Basting's professional website Theater Artist Anne Basting Named MacArthur Fellow, NPR September 22, 2016 Video and brief biography of Basting at MacArthur Foundation website Anne Basting named UWM’s first MacArthur ‘genius’, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Howie Magner, September 22, 2016