Cristina Hanganu-Bresch is Associate Professor of English at St. Joseph’s University. Her research so far has focused on the rhetoric of health and medicine, with a focus on psychiatry, and scientific writing; she also has a strong interest in animal studies and vegetarianism. She has co-authored and edited several books, among which Diagnosing Madness (with Carol Berkenkotter, 2018), and Veg(etari)an Arguments in Culture, History, and Practice: The V word (with Kristin Kondrlik, 2021).