Worthen, Miranda E
Associate Professor, Public Health & Recreation
Preferred: miranda.worthen@sjsu.edu
Telephone
Preferred: (408) 924-2977
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Education
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Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
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M.Phil. Oxford University
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B.A. Harvard University
Bio
Pronouns I use: she, her, hers.
My work focuses on evidence-based and science-based research and programming to support a diversity of populations, with an emphasis on ensuring that the vulnerable are able to fulfill their entitlement for health, including transgender individuals and women pregnant with fetuses.
I am an Associate Professor at San José State University. I teach epidemiology and global health. My research focus is at the intersection of public health and social justice, often with a focus on war-affected people. My current work examines disparities in college student experiences from a student-centered perspective.
I conduct participatory research, focusing on partnership development for transformative social impacts. Prior to beginning at San José State, I was the Co-PI on a participatory action research study with young mothers in West Africa who had been child soldiers. That work has been widely cited, including in the UNICEF Paris Principles. I also directed a mixed-methods study aimed at understanding reintegration challenges for U.S. Veterans.
My latest article is titled "The transformative and emancipatory potential of participatory evaluation: reflections from a participatory action research study with war-affected young mothers" and is available Open Access here.
You can view a video abstract for my article "The Solace of an Uncertain Future" here.