Anne Basting
Anne Davis Basting (* 1965 ) is an American gerontologist.
Live and act
Basting earned an MA in Theater Studies from the University of Wisconsin , and then a PhD in Theater Arts from the University of Minnesota . Bastings developed TimeSlips , a creative story- making for people with dementia and for people with disabilities. By stimulating their imagination, the participants should be given memories in a playful way. In 1998 she founded the international not-for-profit organization TimeSlips. She is Professor of Theater Studies at the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. In 2016 she received a "Genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer. "MacArthur Foundation Announces 2016 'Genius' Grant Winners" New York Times September 22, 2016
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SURNAME | Basting, Anne |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Basting, Anne Davis |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American gerontologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1965 |