Liz Bowen

Background

About Liz Bowen

Liz Bowen is an assistant professor in the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University, where her work is focused on bringing a disability justice lens to bioethics and health care. She is also a Presidential Scholar at The Hastings Center. Liz earned her Ph.D. in English and comparative literature from Columbia University and has taught undergraduate writing composition and literature courses for many years. She is passionate about accessibility and inclusion and has worked on DEI efforts in higher ed, the arts, and health care.Liz has more than a decade of experience as a professional editor, from news publications to scholarly book manuscripts to critical essays and poetry. Her editorial sensibility offers not only the rigor cultivated by a PhD in literature, but also the concision of a news writer, the sharpness of a critic, and the style of a poet. No subject matter is too niche: Liz has edited legal news for Law360, fishing and hunting books for Skyhorse Publishing, experimental poetry reviews for Public Books, and dissertations on topics ranging from autopsies in Romantic novels to midcentury Spanish architecture. She has years of experience providing both developmental and copy edits to projects of all lengths, styles, and disciplines. In addition to editing works-in-progress, Liz offers publicity services for finished products, including social media strategy and drafting promotional materials. She has done publicity work for magazines, news outlets, and individual authors, and is experienced with all major social media platforms.Liz also has wide-ranging experience coordinating disability access for both in-person and virtual programming. She has overseen accessibility for meetings and symposia as well as high-volume webinars, and has served as an access consultant for programming at Rice University, Columbia University, and independent literary events. Liz is also trained in inclusive pedagogy and Universal Design for Learning. She is available for consultations on syllabi, lesson plans, webinars, live events, conferences, and more.Liz's own writing includes poetry, literary criticism, book reviews, and personal essays. Her work can be found in The Believer, Scientific American, The New Inquiry, American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Post45, Lit Hub, and academic journals. She is the author of the poetry collections Sugarblood (Metatron 2017) and Compassion Fountain (Trembling Pillow Press 2022), as well as two chapbooks.