Art Therapy and Mind-Body Health
Media research on creativity, physiological and psychological health and well-being
Health.com: The US Is Facing a Loneliness Epidemic—Here Are 11 Easy Ways to Connect With Others (2023)
NPR Lifekit: Making art is good for your health. Here’s how to start a habit (2022)
News Medical: How visual creative expression in VR is seen in the brain (2021)
One Lens PA: An initiative led by the first lady of Pennsylvania
American Scientist: How art can heal (2020)
New York Times: The Big Impact of a Small Hobby (2020)
Fast company: Artmaking and mental well-being (2020)
NPR Arts and the brain: Feeling Artsy? Here’s How Making Art Helps Your Brain (2020)
Drexel News: 50 years of art therapy at Drexel University (2020)
Deccan Herald: Healing with art (2019)
Top of Mind (BYU Radio): UN Climate Change, Mysterious Grave, Coloring Books, Emotional Support Animals (2018)
The Philadelphia Inquirer: How creative arts can change the way people deal with mental illness (2018)
The Philadelphia Inquirer: What can adult coloring books do for your mental health? (2018)
The Hindu: Art for the Mind (2018)
Psyblog: Brain Activity Boosted By These Childhood Activities (2017)
Science Daily: Making art activates brain’s reward pathway (2017)
Technology Networks: Making Art Activates Brain’s Reward Pathway (2017)
Pacific Standard Magazine: The Doodler Abides (2017)
The Daily Mail UK: Good news for doodlers: Drawing and colouring triggers feelings of pleasure in the brain (2017)
Yahoo Life: Doodling is incredibly good for your health, study reveals (2017)
The Huffington Post: Study Says Making Art Reduces Stress, Even If You Kind Of Suck At It (2016)
TheZoeReport: Can You Dress Your Way Out Of A Creativity Rut? I Gave It A Shot (2020; updated 2024)
Business Insider: There’s Proof That Making Art Can Actually Reduce Stress (2016)
The Times of India: Art making reduces stress, even for beginners (2016)
Vice: Science Says Making Art Relieves Stress, Even If You Suck at It (2016)
Mic.com: The Science Behind Adult Coloring Books Explains Why They’re So Therapeutic (2016)
The Huffington Post: Art Isn’t Just Good For The Mind, It’s Good For The Body Too (2016)
College of Nursing and Health Professions | Drexel University: Girija Kaimal’s Ongoing Study Mentioned in Huffington Post (2016)
Art Therapy Association: Art Therapy Today (2016)
Art Therapy Research with the Military
Fox29 news feature on NEA/ Walter Reed/ Drexel Collaboration http://mms.tveyes.com/MediaCenterPlayer.aspx?u=aHR0cDovL21lZGlhY2VudGVyLnR2ZXllcy5jb20vZG93bmxvYWRnYXRld2F5LmFzcHg%2FVXNlcklEPTIyODQwNiZNRElEPTU5MzU2MjUmTURTZWVkPTg1OTYmVHlwZT1NZWRpYQ%3D%3D
Press release from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) on the collaboration between Drexel Creative Arts Therapies department, the NEA and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center https://www.arts.gov/news/2015/creative-arts-therapy-useful-tool-military-patients
Feature on the art therapy research with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center http://drexel.edu/now/archive/2016/January/Art_Therapy_Masks_Military/
Feature on the art therapy research with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the Daily Beast http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/08/veterans-let-slip-the-masks-of-war-can-this-art-therapy-ease-ptsd.html
AATA research award
Research consulting in Africa
Research on cortisol and artmaking
cnhp/news/current/archive/2015/January/2015-01-29-Research-on-Health-Outcomes-of-Visual-Art-Making/
Blog post on evaluation
Art in city Hall
Commissioned art
http://www.seedlibrary.org/breadseed-poppy-mix.html
Gender series art
H1-B exhibition
http://twelvegatesarts.org/exhibitions/h1b
Research on millenials
http://www.scup.org/page/audioconferences?path%5B%5D=audioconferences