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University of Texas El Paso - Nursing

Social Anthropologist, MPH.
Program Evaluation, User Experience Research

Kathleen
O'Connor, PhD, MPH
El Paso, Texas
Social Anthropologist
Skills:
Medical Anthropology /Mixed Methods Research / Ethnography / Community-based research / Vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations / Health disparities research / Latin America
Individual interviews / participant observation / surveys / focus groups / interviewer training /
survey development and culturally appropriate translation / Likert scales
Qualtrics / SPSS / Adobe Creative Cloud

Academic writing / Logic models and program evaluation / Successful IRB applications

Seeking UX Research position
Willing to relocate
Willing to work remotely
Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese


Experience

    Education

    • University of Southern California

      MA

      Jazz Performance

    • The University of Texas at El Paso

      Master of Science - MS

      Defense and Security Studies

    • The University of Texas at El Paso

      Masters in Public Health



    • The University of Texas at El Paso

      Lecturer



    • UCLA, Latin American Studies

      MA



    • UCLA

      BA

      Music Composition

    • University of Texas

      Visiting Consultant


      Hispanic Health Disparities. Provide multidisciplinary experience to faculty on ongoing projects in the area of Hispanic health Provide consultation to investigators to support them in data analysis, interpretation of findings and manuscript development. Write-up of mental health data for binational study of colonias in; Photo essay of research activities and field sites

    • University of Texas

      Assistant Professor


      School of Nursing Teach Transcultural Nursing, Anthropology, Medical Ethics. Affiliate Border Biomedical Research Center, Center for Inter-American and Border Studies. • Led 6 research projects, interviewed >750 study participants re mental health, war & resilience Completed 200 surveys of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress • Program evaluation of Entrepreneurship Program in Business and Engineering Hogg Foundation for Mental Health program evaluator • Developed new mental health survey for children and pilot tested Interviewed 65 local mothers and children • Led 12 month, $17.5K research project on mental health effects of drug war in El Paso/Juarez border region Interviewed 203 young adults for depression, anxiety & post-traumatic stress Audio-recorded 203 personal narratives of traumatic experiences in Spanish and English • Led project on development Spanish-language surveys measuring depression, anxiety & ptsd • Prepared logic model for Fall 2015 program evaluation of batterer intervention program at Center Against Family Violence. • Prepared no-cost online survey in Spanish to measure depression, anxiety & post-traumatic stress • Trained 5 research assistants, served on 11 PhD thesis committees, 1 masters. Chaired 2 doctoral committees. • Designed web-based data storage application. • Peer reviewer for 8 scholarly journals. Proposal reviewer for National Science Foundation. Member of 10 professional associations. • Held 3 department leadership positions and Faculty Senate committee Chairship for 3 years. • Initiated restructuring Student Welfare Committee of Faculty Senate. • Served on 3 university committees for Provost & Student Affairs  Co-organized Ability Awareness Week, honoring disabled students, for 3 years. • Wrote Brazilian and Cuban cultural entries for Lippincott Williams: Lippincott Advisor Cultural Perspectives

    Publications

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Mental health outcomes of Mexico’s drug war in Ciudad Juárez: A pilot study among university students

      Traumatology

      doi:10.1177/153476

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Mental health outcomes of Mexico’s drug war in Ciudad Juárez: A pilot study among university students

      Traumatology

      doi:10.1177/153476

    • Dilley Family Residential Center Project

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Mental health outcomes of Mexico’s drug war in Ciudad Juárez: A pilot study among university students

      Traumatology

      doi:10.1177/153476

    • Dilley Family Residential Center Project

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • The Concept of Malicia in Capoeira

      Journal of the Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Mental health outcomes of Mexico’s drug war in Ciudad Juárez: A pilot study among university students

      Traumatology

      doi:10.1177/153476

    • Dilley Family Residential Center Project

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • The Concept of Malicia in Capoeira

      Journal of the Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    • Religious Entrepreneurship and the Informal Economic Sector. "Orisa" Worship as 'ServiceProvider' in Nigeria and the United States

      Paideuma 45:115-135

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Mental health outcomes of Mexico’s drug war in Ciudad Juárez: A pilot study among university students

      Traumatology

      doi:10.1177/153476

    • Dilley Family Residential Center Project

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • The Concept of Malicia in Capoeira

      Journal of the Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    • Religious Entrepreneurship and the Informal Economic Sector. "Orisa" Worship as 'ServiceProvider' in Nigeria and the United States

      Paideuma 45:115-135

    • Narco-Trauma: The Phenomenology of the Mexican Drug War among Binational Students at the Border

      Middle Ground Journal Spring 2014, Issue 8, p1-28. 28p

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Mental health outcomes of Mexico’s drug war in Ciudad Juárez: A pilot study among university students

      Traumatology

      doi:10.1177/153476

    • Dilley Family Residential Center Project

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • The Concept of Malicia in Capoeira

      Journal of the Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    • Religious Entrepreneurship and the Informal Economic Sector. "Orisa" Worship as 'ServiceProvider' in Nigeria and the United States

      Paideuma 45:115-135

    • Narco-Trauma: The Phenomenology of the Mexican Drug War among Binational Students at the Border

      Middle Ground Journal Spring 2014, Issue 8, p1-28. 28p

    • Multimorbidity in a Mexican community: Secondary analysis of chronic illness and depression outcomes.

      International Journal of Nursing, 2(1)

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Mental health outcomes of Mexico’s drug war in Ciudad Juárez: A pilot study among university students

      Traumatology

      doi:10.1177/153476

    • Dilley Family Residential Center Project

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • The Concept of Malicia in Capoeira

      Journal of the Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    • Religious Entrepreneurship and the Informal Economic Sector. "Orisa" Worship as 'ServiceProvider' in Nigeria and the United States

      Paideuma 45:115-135

    • Narco-Trauma: The Phenomenology of the Mexican Drug War among Binational Students at the Border

      Middle Ground Journal Spring 2014, Issue 8, p1-28. 28p

    • Multimorbidity in a Mexican community: Secondary analysis of chronic illness and depression outcomes.

      International Journal of Nursing, 2(1)

    • Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience

      New York: Basic Civitas Books; 1st edition. Pp 1464- 1466 and front matter

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Mental health outcomes of Mexico’s drug war in Ciudad Juárez: A pilot study among university students

      Traumatology

      doi:10.1177/153476

    • Dilley Family Residential Center Project

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • The Concept of Malicia in Capoeira

      Journal of the Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    • Religious Entrepreneurship and the Informal Economic Sector. "Orisa" Worship as 'ServiceProvider' in Nigeria and the United States

      Paideuma 45:115-135

    • Narco-Trauma: The Phenomenology of the Mexican Drug War among Binational Students at the Border

      Middle Ground Journal Spring 2014, Issue 8, p1-28. 28p

    • Multimorbidity in a Mexican community: Secondary analysis of chronic illness and depression outcomes.

      International Journal of Nursing, 2(1)

    • Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience

      New York: Basic Civitas Books; 1st edition. Pp 1464- 1466 and front matter

    • Prevalence of Mental Health Issues in the Borderlands: A Comparative Perspective

      Hisp Health Care Int, 6(3) 140-149. doi:10.1891/1540-4153.6.3.140

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Mental health outcomes of Mexico’s drug war in Ciudad Juárez: A pilot study among university students

      Traumatology

      doi:10.1177/153476

    • Dilley Family Residential Center Project

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • The Concept of Malicia in Capoeira

      Journal of the Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    • Religious Entrepreneurship and the Informal Economic Sector. "Orisa" Worship as 'ServiceProvider' in Nigeria and the United States

      Paideuma 45:115-135

    • Narco-Trauma: The Phenomenology of the Mexican Drug War among Binational Students at the Border

      Middle Ground Journal Spring 2014, Issue 8, p1-28. 28p

    • Multimorbidity in a Mexican community: Secondary analysis of chronic illness and depression outcomes.

      International Journal of Nursing, 2(1)

    • Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience

      New York: Basic Civitas Books; 1st edition. Pp 1464- 1466 and front matter

    • Prevalence of Mental Health Issues in the Borderlands: A Comparative Perspective

      Hisp Health Care Int, 6(3) 140-149. doi:10.1891/1540-4153.6.3.140

    • A Morena Vai Sambar: The Representation of Women of Color in Brazilian Popular Music

      Journal of Afro-Latin American Studies and Literatures (JALAS&L)

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Mental health outcomes of Mexico’s drug war in Ciudad Juárez: A pilot study among university students

      Traumatology

      doi:10.1177/153476

    • Dilley Family Residential Center Project

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • The Concept of Malicia in Capoeira

      Journal of the Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    • Religious Entrepreneurship and the Informal Economic Sector. "Orisa" Worship as 'ServiceProvider' in Nigeria and the United States

      Paideuma 45:115-135

    • Narco-Trauma: The Phenomenology of the Mexican Drug War among Binational Students at the Border

      Middle Ground Journal Spring 2014, Issue 8, p1-28. 28p

    • Multimorbidity in a Mexican community: Secondary analysis of chronic illness and depression outcomes.

      International Journal of Nursing, 2(1)

    • Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience

      New York: Basic Civitas Books; 1st edition. Pp 1464- 1466 and front matter

    • Prevalence of Mental Health Issues in the Borderlands: A Comparative Perspective

      Hisp Health Care Int, 6(3) 140-149. doi:10.1891/1540-4153.6.3.140

    • A Morena Vai Sambar: The Representation of Women of Color in Brazilian Popular Music

      Journal of Afro-Latin American Studies and Literatures (JALAS&L)

    • Book chapter. "Talking to God: Systems of Divination" Chapter 6, pp 95-106, in Africa: Volume Two: African Cultures and Societies Before 1885

      Carolina Academic Press

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Mental health outcomes of Mexico’s drug war in Ciudad Juárez: A pilot study among university students

      Traumatology

      doi:10.1177/153476

    • Dilley Family Residential Center Project

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • The Concept of Malicia in Capoeira

      Journal of the Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    • Religious Entrepreneurship and the Informal Economic Sector. "Orisa" Worship as 'ServiceProvider' in Nigeria and the United States

      Paideuma 45:115-135

    • Narco-Trauma: The Phenomenology of the Mexican Drug War among Binational Students at the Border

      Middle Ground Journal Spring 2014, Issue 8, p1-28. 28p

    • Multimorbidity in a Mexican community: Secondary analysis of chronic illness and depression outcomes.

      International Journal of Nursing, 2(1)

    • Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience

      New York: Basic Civitas Books; 1st edition. Pp 1464- 1466 and front matter

    • Prevalence of Mental Health Issues in the Borderlands: A Comparative Perspective

      Hisp Health Care Int, 6(3) 140-149. doi:10.1891/1540-4153.6.3.140

    • A Morena Vai Sambar: The Representation of Women of Color in Brazilian Popular Music

      Journal of Afro-Latin American Studies and Literatures (JALAS&L)

    • Book chapter. "Talking to God: Systems of Divination" Chapter 6, pp 95-106, in Africa: Volume Two: African Cultures and Societies Before 1885

      Carolina Academic Press

    • Examining Nervios among Immigrant Male Farmworkers in the Micasa Study: Sociodemographics, Housing Conditions and Psychosocial Factors

      J Immigr Minor Health 17.1

      doi 10.1007/s10903-013-9859-8

    • Nursing Ethics and the 21st-Century Armed Conflict: The Example of Ciudad Juarez

      J Transcult Nurs.

      doi:10.1177/1043659615620657

    • “Amulets and Milagros of Brazil” book chapter in Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection

      Museum of New Mexico Press: Santa Fe. pp 40-42

    • No Safe Haven Here: Mental Health Assessment of Women and Children Held in U.S. Immigration Detention

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • Mental health outcomes of Mexico’s drug war in Ciudad Juárez: A pilot study among university students

      Traumatology

      doi:10.1177/153476

    • Dilley Family Residential Center Project

      Unitarian Universalist Service Center

    • The Concept of Malicia in Capoeira

      Journal of the Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    • Religious Entrepreneurship and the Informal Economic Sector. "Orisa" Worship as 'ServiceProvider' in Nigeria and the United States

      Paideuma 45:115-135

    • Narco-Trauma: The Phenomenology of the Mexican Drug War among Binational Students at the Border

      Middle Ground Journal Spring 2014, Issue 8, p1-28. 28p

    • Multimorbidity in a Mexican community: Secondary analysis of chronic illness and depression outcomes.

      International Journal of Nursing, 2(1)

    • Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience

      New York: Basic Civitas Books; 1st edition. Pp 1464- 1466 and front matter

    • Prevalence of Mental Health Issues in the Borderlands: A Comparative Perspective

      Hisp Health Care Int, 6(3) 140-149. doi:10.1891/1540-4153.6.3.140

    • A Morena Vai Sambar: The Representation of Women of Color in Brazilian Popular Music

      Journal of Afro-Latin American Studies and Literatures (JALAS&L)

    • Book chapter. "Talking to God: Systems of Divination" Chapter 6, pp 95-106, in Africa: Volume Two: African Cultures and Societies Before 1885

      Carolina Academic Press

    • Examining Nervios among Immigrant Male Farmworkers in the Micasa Study: Sociodemographics, Housing Conditions and Psychosocial Factors

      J Immigr Minor Health 17.1

      doi 10.1007/s10903-013-9859-8

    • Mental health outcomes of drug conflict among university students at the U.S.–Mexico border. . doi:10.1037/trm0000029

      Traumatology, 21(2), 90-97

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