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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

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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


Future Courses

  • Senior Thesis 2
    PUIL 4116 - Spring 2027

Past Courses

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