Elizabeth England-Kennedy
The Murray Center (MC) 138
(401) 456-9787
eenglandkennedy@ric.edu
Academic Background
Ph.D. Cultural Anthropology: Medical Anthropology & Ethnomedicine
Minors: Special Education & Rehabilitation, Sociolinguistics, Anthropology of Religion
University of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona
MPH: New Mexico State University; Las Cruces, New Mexico
MA: Cultural Anthropology
University of Arizona; Tucson, Arizona
BA: Holistic Child Psychology, University Professors Program
Boston University; Boston, Massachusetts
Courses Taught
HPE 500 Introduction to Health Education and Promotion
HPE 426 Internship in Community Health
HPE 303 Community Health
HPE 233 Social and Global Perspectives on Health
HPE 202 Principles of Health Education
HPE 102 Personal Health
Certifications/Memberships
Certified Health Education Specialist
Society for Applied Anthropology
Society for Public Health Education
Rhode Island Public Health Association
Eta Sigma Gamma Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Research Interests
- Suicide Prevention
- Homelessness and Near-Homelessness
- Behavioral Health in Community Settings
- Family Communications
- “Hidden” Disability
- Stigmatization and “Othering”
Presentations and Publications - Partial List
Presentations
England-Kennedy, E. S. (2016). Using “embodied restorying” to enhance resilience of combat veterans and their families. Promising Practices Conference, Providence, RI.
Rao, S. & England-Kennedy, E. S. (2015) Preventing student suicide: You can make the difference. New Mexico State University Teaching Academy, Las Cruces, NM.
England-Kennedy, E. S. & Palacios, R. (2014). Experiences and training needs of Mental Health Treatment Guardians (MHTG) in New Mexico: Implications for family members of individuals with severe and persistent mental illness. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Conference. Albuquerque, NM.
England-Kennedy, E.S. (2014). Use of NVivo in qualitative research. Guest Workshop Series, New Mexico State University.
England-Kennedy, E.S. (2014). Homelessness and the social safety net in Las Cruces, NM. Guest lecture, New Mexico State University.
Boje, D. & England-Kennedy, E.S. (2014). Being quantum: Ontological storytelling in an age of antenarrative. New Mexico State University Teaching Academy, Las Cruces, NM.
England-Kennedy, E.S. & Palacios, R. (2013). “I’m trying to keep him from falling:” Preparation and experiences of Mental Health Treatment Guardians (MHTG) in New Mexico. New Mexico Public Health Association and University of New Mexico National Health Disparities Joint Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
England-Kennedy, E.S. (2012). Illness beliefs, service participation, and understandings of social support: Responses of Native American and Hispanic participants in a study of New Mexico’s behavioral health care reform. New Mexico Public Health Association and University of New Mexico National Health Disparities Joint Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
England-Kennedy, E.S. (2011). Ethnicity and mental health beliefs and coping strategies: A report from the New Mexico Behavioral Health Reform Study. Society of Public Health Educators Annual Conference, Paso del Norte Chapter, El Paso, TX.
England-Kennedy, E.S. (2009). “Everything that I thought they would be, they weren’t:” Family systems as support and impediment to recovery. Society for Applied Anthropology Conference, Santa Fe, NM.
England-Kennedy, E.S. (2007). Using software for research on semantic networks. Society for Applied Anthropology Conference, Tampa, FL.
England-Kennedy, E.S. (2005). “Tell me the story of why you won’t tell:” Narrative analysis, currere, and disclosure of hidden disabilities. Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Dayton, OH.
England-Kennedy, E.S. (2004). Leaving the literature behind: Applied pedagogy and teaching applied research methods. Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Dayton, OH.
England-Kennedy, E.S. (2004). Disabilities, abilities, and you. Cross-Borders, Mixed Voices Conference, Yellow Springs, OH.
England-Kennedy, E.S. (2012). Toward a more considered consumption: Media literacy and representations of disability. Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Dayton, OH.
Miranda, J. & England-Kennedy, E.S. (2002). Assistive technologies. MITC Teaching with Technology in the Social Sciences, Grinnell, IA.
Articles
Rao, S., Pell, D., & England-Kennedy, E.S. (2017). Suicide, resilience, and connectedness across the lifespan: Lessons from American Indian and Alaska Native elders.
Family & Community Health, 40(4), 347-356.
Rao, S. P., Taani, M., Lozano, V., & England-Kennedy, E. S. (2015). Educating students about suicide: A framework for the use of
fotonovelas on college campuses.
College Student Journal, 49(2), 217-224.
EnglandKennedy, E. S. (2013). Culture brokering and disaster recovery.
Anthropology Now: Reach, Special Edition. Retrieved from http://anthronow.com/reach/the-need-for-culture-brokering-for-people- with-mental-illness-during-disasters.
EnglandKennedy, E. S., & Horton, S. (2011). “Everything that I thought that they would be, they weren’t:” Family systems as support and impediment to recovery,
Social Science & Medicine,
73, 1222-1229.
Lapham, S. & EnglandKennedy, E. S. (2011). Convicted driving-while-impaired offenders’ views on effectiveness of sanctions and treatment.
Qualitative Health Research,
22(1), 17-30.
EnglandKennedy. E. S. (2008). Using NVivo with grounded theory and other qualitative methods.
Practicing Anthropology,
30(1), 22-26.
EnglandKennedy, E. S. (2008). Media representations of Attention Deficit Disorder as portrayals of cultural skepticism.
Journal of Popular Culture
41(1), 91-117.
Howard, A. & EnglandKennedy, E. S. (2006). Breaking the silence: Power, conflict, and contested frames within an affluent high school.
Anthropology and Education Quarterly,
37(4), 347-365.
Howard, A. & EnglandKennedy E. S. (2001). Transgressing boundaries through learning communities.
Journal of Cooperative Education,
36(1), 76-82.
Book Chapters
EnglandKennedy, E. S. (2011). Media representations of Attention Deficit Disorder: Portrayals of cultural skepticism in popular media.
In:
Mental Illness and Popular Media: Essays on the representations of psychiatric disorders, L. Rubin, ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publications.
