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Amelia McNew, PhD

Amelia McNew has a PhD in nutrition science. She is a qualitative researcher specializing in disability theory, narrative inquiry, reflexive thematic analysis, and documents as data.

Study Data: The Book List

Study Data: The Book List

* Full study description * Dissertation abstract * About the researcher and Ethics in Nutrition Books Included in the Wellgenics Study Books are organized in alphabetical order by author last name. Books marked with an asterisk (*) were included in the original dissertation study. These books are analyzed under academic freedom and fair use

The Wellgenics Study

The Wellgenics Study

What is the Wellgenics Study? The Wellgenics Study is an ongoing critical analysis research program that applies the wellgenics framework (McNew, 2026) to commercially published wellness books across various genres. It is a theoretical expansion inquiry, rooted in qualitative and transformative paradigms, guided by a relational theory of disability (Shakespeare,

Crip or Cure: The Dissertation

Crip or Cure: The Dissertation

CRIP OR CURE: A DOCUMENT-BASED NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF FOOD AS MEDICINE BOOKS FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Amelia McNew, PhD (Nutrition) Saybrook University, 2026 Abstract Commercial food as medicine books for multiple sclerosis reach vulnerable populations seeking control over an unpredictable condition, yet no scholarship has systematically examined how these texts construct