Steven Gellman, MD, MFA

Associate Professor in Practice, Department of
Administrative Support, College of science

Service Learning Course(s):

• Medical Humanities (HUMA 3300)

“I just think service is part of life and part of living in a community."

Dr. Steven Gellman has been teaching at UTA since 2018. He wanted to start a medical humanities program and decided service learning would fit well within it. He joined the Faculty Fellows Program shortly after. He has loved meeting interesting people in the Faculty Fellows Program and has enjoyed going places he would not normally go.

Dr. Gellman believes it is important to give back and sees service as a part of life and living in a community. In his opinion, education is part of serving others, so he feels that it is only natural that students should have the opportunity to take as many service learning classes as they can to ensure they are getting the most out of their education. In the near future, Dr. Gellman will begin working with Community Hospice, which is an area of interest to a lot of pre-med students. He believes working with this organization will help teach students about communication, empathy, and compassion.

Dr. Gellman advises faculty interested in service learning to learn more about it. He believes people can be reluctant if they don’t understand how service learning works and the benefits it can have, but if they take the time to learn, they will see all the good they are missing out on.