The Making Words Count Lab, named by Anne’s first cohort of graduate and undergraduate students, uses qualitative methods, grounded in community psychology, to highlight the power and salience of words, as opposed to numbers and computations. We focus on the concerns and triumphs of community members most impacted by risk, oppression, and lack of power. […]
Read MoreTMER Revisited (with Dr. Lauren Catteneo, Shane Story, and Danielle Black) Within marginalized communities, the need for resilience is long-term, punctuated by events that highlight long-standing rather than new marginalization. Adversity in this context is a persistent set of ecological circumstances that is resistant to change and demands ongoing engagement in resilience processes. Individuals and […]
Read MoreCaroline Center The Making Words Count Lab conducted a mixed method, multi-year collaborative formative evaluation of the Caroline Center, a job training and education program for under and unemployed women in East Baltimore. Resilience, Empowerment, Community and Afghan WomenAt the invitation of an underground Afghan women’s and human rights organization based in Afghanistan and […]
Read MoreMy program of research uses qualitative and mixed methods to produce applied and theoretical advances in our knowledge and awareness of the experiences, voices, and strengths of women and all people living in environments high in community-level risks.
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