Shaw uses storytelling performances to shine light on mental health
By Deana Elhit, Editor-in-Chief After performing a theatrical true story about mental illness, literature and communications professor Shelita Shaw saw a need to create a curriculum focused on bettering mental health. Her goal was to create a safe and open space dedicated to destigmatizing mental illness for students and normalizing the conversation about getting help. “Wherever the mind goes, the body follows.” Shaw repeats this almost as a mantra. “If…