Candace Christensen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Social Work
Research Interests
- Deconstructing paradigms, practices, and behaviors that perpetuate the acceptability of gender-based violence and to support cultures built for compassion, respect, and dignity
- Using intersectional, feminist methodologies (ethnography, participatory action, arts-based, phenomenology, grounded theory, and qualitative synthesis) to generate critical approaches to preventing gender-based violence with college students, sexual and gender minority youth, families, and in media discourse
- Disseminating research results communities can use to address gender-based violence by developing policies and practices that correspond with community needs and strengths.
Degrees
- Ph.D., Social Work, University of Utah
- Master of Social Work, University of Utah
- B.A., Theatre Studies and Literature, University of Texas at Dallas
