University of Florida Homepage

Kristine Crane, PhD

Kristine Crane smiling with a green top

Contact Information

Email: kcrane2015
Postdoctoral Associate

Education

  • PhD, communications, University of Florida, 2025
  • MFA, creative nonfiction, Pacific University, 2013
  • MA, science reporting, Columbia University School of Journalism, 2008
  • BA, Italian & European history, Northwestern University, 1999

Courses Taught

  • ENC3459: Writing in the Medical Sciences
  • ENC3252: Writing For Strategic Communication
  • JOU3346: Multimedia Reporting
  • JOU4311: Narrative Nonfiction Writing
  • RTV3304: Advanced Audio Storytelling
  • MMC6936: Digital Storytelling
  • JOU4930: Writing with Voice

Pedagogical and Research Interests

Feminist research methodologies; photo voice and poetic inquiry in scholarship; public engagement scholarship

Family law; narrative medicine and medical humanities; Italy-based historic expat publications; study abroad

Narrative nonfiction; journalism; poetry

Publications

Crane, Kristine. "Motherhood: From Grief to Gratitude," The Examined Life Journal, 2021.

Crane, Kristine. "Nails," River Teeth Journal "Beautiful Things," Jan. 27, 2020.

Crane, Kristine. "Me and My Eggs," The Florida Review, 2019.

Crane, Kristine. 'L'Americana,' The American in Italia (monthly columnist since 2017).