Resume

• 2008

  Master of Arts

  Sociology

  University of Arizona

• 2003

  Bachelor of Arts

  Sociology

  University of California

  Irvine

  Certificate in College Teaching

  University of Arizona Main

• Research

  Quantitative Research

  Research Design

  Stata

  Interviews

  Sociology

  Data Analysis

  Qualitative Research

  Survey Design

  Academic Writing

  Grant Writing

  University Teaching

  Program Evaluation

  Gender

  Interviewing

  SPSS

  Higher Education

  Alternative and Authoritative Knowledge: The Role of Certification for Defining Expertise Among Doulas

  Alternative and Authoritative Knowledge: The Role of Certification for Defining Expertise Among Doulas

  Women’s Success in Academic Science: Challenges to Breaking through the Ivory Ceiling

  Unequal Motherhood: Racial-Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Cesarean Sections in the United States

  This book is the first comprehensive international overview of maternity services. Drawing on concepts of risk and social citizenship

  it explores the relationship between welfare regimes and health policy by comparing and contrasting provision for childbearing women.\n\nEach substantive chapter focuses on a different country

  presenting detailed contextual information on health care provision

  maternity interventions and birth outcomes there. They discuss key issues such as birth rates and fertility patterns

  the role of patient choice

  attitudes to place of birth and maternity entitlements among others

  and the countries covered represent diverse welfare regimes

  including Ireland

  Scotland

  Sweden

  the Netherlands

  Germany

  Italy

  Japan

  the United States

  Canada

  Australia and New Zealand. An extended introduction and a conclusion draw the book together and place it in the context of the literature on comparative welfare regimes.\n\nIt is an important reference for students and academics interested in comparative social policy

  health services research

  and maternity services and policies.

  United States of America

  North American Nurses’ and Doulas’ Views of Each Other

  Bearing the Burden of Care: Emotional Burnout Among Maternity Support Workers

  Miriam Naiman-Sessions

  Bearing the Burden of Care: Emotional Burnout Among Maternity Support Workers

  Megan

  Henley

  University of Arizona

  Colorado Mesa University

  Grand Junction

  Colorado

  Assistant Professor

  Colorado Mesa University

  University of Arizona