Hi, I'm Helen, and this is my academic web site.
For more about my work in program evaluation, go to informedevaluation.com! |
Academic work
My academic work focuses on cultural adaptation. I'm interested in the norms that regulate the distribution of needed resources between members of a social group (e.g., risk-pooling systems). To understand how these cultural systems are constituted, I look at how they respond to socioeconomic change. Applied work I'm interested in working toward achieving health equity in rural communities. |
OVERLAP My recent efforts are focused on understanding social support in central Appalachian communities (eastern Kentucky). See Sharing in Kentucky for more. |
TRAINING and SKILLS: I am an anthropologist with applied training in program evaluation. I completed my Ph.D. at Rutgers University and continued my research in a postdoctoral role in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University, where I was to do both lab-based experimental work as well as fieldwork. In my master of public health program (MPH, University of Arizona, 2020), I added skills and practical experience in advocacy, policy analysis, community-based evaluation, and program planning. |