Robin Micah McCrary

Robin Micah McCrary is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition at Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences, with formal affiliation in the Health Humanities Integrated Learning Major (ILM). His work bridges rhetoric, narrative medicine, and public health through innovative applications of graphic storytelling and cultural dexterity frameworks to address systemic healthcare inequities.

McCrary's research centers on Critical Health Humanities and Graphic Public Health, with specific focus on narrative ethics in clinical settings, trust-building in marginalized communities, and visual storytelling as pedagogical intervention. His scholarship examines how comics and graphic narratives can transform public health communication, particularly regarding epidemics, racial justice, and the built environment's impact on community health. Recent projects emphasize cross-cultural care traditions and relational spaces for healing.

His 2023-2025 publications reveal a cohesive trajectory applying graphic medicine to public health challenges, with increasing emphasis on institutional trust gaps and spatial determinants of health. Conference presentations consistently address structural barriers in healthcare through narrative and visual lenses, demonstrating interdisciplinary reach across medical education, library science, and community health initiatives.

Scientific recognition includes:

• Fulbright Canada Research Chair Award (2024–2025) for healthcare trust-gap research

McCrary actively contributes to academic service as Health Humanities ILM faculty (2022-present), manuscript reviewer for health journals, and community volunteer with refugee resettlement health programs. His Fulbright-funded work at the University of Waterloo involves developing humanities-based interventions for healthcare trust deficits through the Well-Link Lab partnership.

Current collaborations include the Well-Link Lab at St. Jerome's University, University of Waterloo's School of Public Health Sciences, and the Proclaiming Our Roots knowledge mobilization project. These partnerships focus on graphic public health applications, neighborhood environment analysis, and community-centered narrative approaches to health equity.