The virtual program is based on the book “Images of America: Worcester State Hospital” written by Dr. Madeline Ryan and Katherine Anderson.
Join speaker and author Dr. Madeline Ryan as she provides an overview of the history of Worcester State Hospital and places the institution within the history of mental healthcare and the development of the city of Worcester.
About the Speaker: Dr. Madeline Kearin Ryan has worked at WHM first as a volunteer in 2017, and then as an official staffer beginning in January 2020. She holds a PhD in anthropology from Brown University. She is the author of two book in the Worcester State Hospital: Images of America: Worcester State Hospital (co-authored with Katherine Anderson, Arcadia, 2021) and A Refuge of Cure of Care: The Sensory Dimensions of Confinement at Worcester State Hospital (Lexington Books, 2021).