*As clinicians, healthcare professionals and scientists, the lens through which we experience the world is beautifully shaped by our work. These are the stories of Habitus.
As Rush University’s only health humanities journal, Habitus was founded in Fall 2021 on the principles of promoting creativity, reflection and empowerment for all of its current students, faculty and staff. Through diverse avenues of artistic expression, including poetry, prose, and graphic art, Habitus encourages our Rush community members to celebrate and share narratives as a means to mobilize meaningful change in healthcare.
Membership is categorized by two groups: “general members” and “executive board members”. General membership is open to all Rush University community members, including students, faculty and staff. General members are all able and encouraged to submit to Habitus during a given open submission period. Executive board membership is limited to members who are elected each April to lead the publication responsibilities of the journal.
To contribute to the Rush community by providing all students, faculty and staff the opportunity to:
The current reading period for the Habitus: Issue #1 (Spring 2022) is open from October 18th, 2021 to February 27th, 2022. The theme of Issue #1 is “New Beginnings”. All are welcome to submit pieces that correspond to this theme. If you would like to submit a piece that doesn’t fit within this theme, please submit under the subject line “Miscellaneous”. Please email your submission to habitus_journal@rush.edu, and include the following:
Subject Line: First Name_Last Name_Submission Title
In the email body, please include name as you would like it to appear in the journal, preferred pronouns, job title/student title, a brief biography (<50 words) and a brief description of the submitted work (<50 words).
An article about Habitus, and the team of students behind the journal, was published in February 2022. You can read the story here.
Co-Editor-in-Chief: Natalia Caprile
Co-Editor-in-Chief: Oluwamuyiwa Adebayo
Advisor: Dr. David Ansell, Associate Provost for Community Affairs