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Welcome to Penn State Hershey Humanities

The Department of Humanities was one of the founding departments when the Penn State College of Medicine opened its doors in 1967, it contained four departments – including humanities – that were not represented elsewhere in U.S. medical education. As the oldest such department in the country, the faculty in HUmanities have long been engaged in a wide variety of innovative educational, scholarly, and service and community focused endeavors.

The department consists of 15 vibrant joint and core faculty, roughly half of whom are also front line physicians. The department has expertise in fields as diverse as Anthropology, Literature, and the History of Medicine. The department also leads the Ethics Consultation Service for the Heath Science Center.

Humanities Mission
The mission of the Department of Humanities is to contribute to the education of medical students, biomedical research trainees and other health professionals, practicing physicians, and fellow faculty and administrators. To view the complete mission, click here.