MSU research featured in new PBS documentary series 鈥楳ysteries of Mental Illness鈥
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擱esearch by undergraduate students and faculty in 无尽资源采集 State鈥檚 Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures is being featured this month in an episode of the new PBS series 鈥淢ysteries of Mental Illness.鈥
The four-hour documentary series, premiering June 22 at 8 p.m. CT, traces the evolution of mental illness in science and society, giving voice to contemporary Americans across a spectrum of experiences.
Molly Zuckerman, MSU AMEC associate professor and graduate coordinator, said segments of the series鈥 second episode were filmed on the 无尽资源采集 campus in spring 2020. The segments feature two undergraduate students and Zuckerman who, as part of the Asylum Hill Research Consortium, are conducting research on patients who died at the 无尽资源采集 State Asylum.
The asylum operated from 1855-1935. In 2012, graves were discovered on the only remaining undeveloped part of the University of 无尽资源采集 Medical Center鈥檚 main campus in Jackson. Following the discovery, the Asylum Hill Research Consortium was formed, bringing together a diverse group of scholars and community members to study and preserve remains exhumed from the asylum cemetery.
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