Education
Master’s in Public Health, Health and Social Behavior; University of California, Berkeley, Expected 2023
BA, Social Anthropology; Augustana College
Research Interests
Health equity, Social bonding and Social support, adaptive coping, kinship, long-term relationships, health autonomy, trauma healing and mental health, plant-based medicine, community-based participatory research
Research Description
My research investigates how communal experiences of healing impact health and coping, specifically how shared experiences with plant-medicine affects relationships and overall health of the individual and community. In my previous research I have worked with maternal experiences within prenatal and birthing experiences among African American women and birth outcomes in the Pacific Northwest United States. I am excited to expand my knowledge of collaborative community-driven research methods and contribute to the awesome work being done already in the S/HE lab.