Danielle Spencer

Danielle Spencer is the author of Metagnosis: Revelatory Narratives of Health and Identity (Oxford University Press, 2021) and co-author of Perkins-Prize-winning The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine (OUP, 2017). Research interests include retrospective diagnosis, contemporary film and bioethics, and healthcare pedagogy; scholarly and creative work appears in diverse outlets from The Lancet to Ploughshares. Currently Academic Director of the Columbia University Narrative Medicine Program—formerly artist/musician David Byrne’s Art Director—Spencer holds a B.A. from Yale University, an M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University, a Ph.D. from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. She has held fellowships at MacDowell and Yaddo. Lives in New York city. www.daniellespencer.com