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  • Erin Williams

    Part-time Lecturer

    Email
    williaer@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    L - 2 West 13th Street

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    Erin Williams

    Profile

    Williams is the author and illustrator of graphic memoir and illustrated non-fiction about science, medicine, addiction, and illness in the United States. She's the coauthor and illustrator of the best-selling Big Activity Book series. She's also a quantitative scientific researcher with 10+ years experience in data analysis and multiple peer-reviewed publications on racial disparities and inequity in healthcare in the United States.


    Degrees Held

    BA from NYU

    MFA from Hunter (in progress)


    Recent Publications

    Williams, Erin. 2024. What’s Wrong? Why American Healthcare Can’t Treat Our Pain. New York: Abrams. Forthcoming.

    Williams, Erin, and Kate Novotny. 2022. How to Take Care: An A to Z Guide of Radical Remedies.  New York: Penguin Random House. 

    Williams, Erin. “Women Like Me.” In I Know What’s Best for You: Stories of Reproductive Freedom, edited by Shelly Oria. New York: McSweeney’s.

    Williams, Erin, and Jordan Reid. 2022. The Big Activity Book for Anxious Kids.  New York: Penguin Random House. 

    Williams, Erin. 2019. Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame. New York: Abrams.

    Williams, Erin, and Jordan Reid. 2019. The Big Activity Book for Anxious People. New York: Penguin Random House. 

    Williams, Erin, and Jordan Reid. 2017. The Big Fat Activity Book for Pregnant People. New York: Penguin Random House.


    Current Courses

    Senior Thesis 2
    PUIL 4116, Spring 2025

    Future Courses

    Senior Thesis 1
    PUIL 4115, Fall 2025

    Past Courses

    Senior Thesis 1
    PUIL 4115, Fall 2024

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