Public Health Scholar
Creating Healthful Narratives, LLC, New Jersey, United States
Dr. Shanaé R. Burch (she series/NaéBur) bridges liberatory work with a creative health praxis through her consulting practice, Creating Healthful Narratives, LLC. An independent Black feminist researcher, theatremaker, published poet, contemplative collagist, and artist-researcher committed to listening and creating healthful narratives towards "community euphoria" — a shared feeling of wellbeing. Her poetry as scholarship appears in Health Promotion Practice, where she serves as a Board member and co-associate editor of Poetry for the Public's Health, and in an edited volume on racism and public health. She is an alumna of Emerson College, Harvard University, and Columbia University. She was the first postdoctoral researcher at the University of Florida's Center for Arts in Medicine journeying with One Nation / One Project's Arts for EveryBody campaign while contemplating community accountability scholarship. She previously developed Rutgers University's inaugural Introduction to Arts in Health course, partnering with NJPAC to create more accessible curricula. Now serving as President/CEO of Community Conversations: Sister to Sister, she is focusing on intergenerational gatherings for health that center Black women and our families. She is a proud alum of the 2024-2025 Public Theatre's BIPOC Critics Lab as well as member of Actors Equity Association. She currently serves as Deacon of Double Love Experience Church where she leads prayer ministry. www.shanaeburch.com
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Thursday, April 23, 2026
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PST