Patrice Wiseman

Patrice is an American author, educator, public speaker, and occasional activist. She graduated from Simmons College and the University of Virginia and studied abroad at the Universidad de Valencia in Spain. Her research and teaching interests have encompassed 19th and 20th-century American, Native American, and African American literature and culture, as well as transnational studies and feminist theory. Patrice's work has been published in various academic and reference materials, including American Indian Literature, American Religious History: Belief and Society through Time, Anti-Intellectualism and Elitism in America, Daily Life of Women, Energy in American History, Geography in the 21st Century, Race, Crime and Justice, The Harlem Renaissance: An Encyclopedia of Arts, Culture, and History, Twentieth Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context, Women Who Changed the World: Their Lives, Challenges, and Accomplishments through History, Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in American History, Race and Ethnicity, Handbook of Homeland Security, SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies, and Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion.

Currently, Patrice is publishing medical writings and research focused on forensic psychiatry and forensic pharmacy, particularly their relationship to mental health communities and disparities within the spheres of religion, history, and literary politics. Her work emphasizes diagnosing neurological mental disorders through forensic medicine.