COURTNEY J. DONOVAN Department of Geography San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue cdonovan@u.sfsu.edu San Francisco, CA 94132 (206) 819-9690 EDUCATION 2001-2008. The University of Washington. Seattle, Washington Ph.D. in Geography Pregnant Immigrant Women in Paris and the Boundaries of New Public Health 2004-2005 Université de Paris VII-Denis Diderot. Pre-doctoral student, Sociology. URMIS (Unité de Recherche Migrations et Sociétés) 1999-2001. The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona M.A. in Geography (2001) Thesis topic: "Rationalities, Identities, and Place: Mapping the Coordinates of Reproductive Cancer in Appalachia." 1995-1998. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York B.A. suma cum laude with honors in French, May 1998 Thesis topic: "Resident Algerians in France and the New French Nationality Code." DISSERTATION Pregnant Immigrant Women in Paris and the Boundaries of New Public Health Chair: Michael P. Brown Reading Committee: Kim V.L. England, Jonathan D. Mayer ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 08/08-present, Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University, Department of Geography Geography 107: World Regions and Interrelations Geography 434: Geography of Health and Health Care Geography 455: The Geography of Ethnic Communities Geography 423: Geographic Perspectives on Gender, Environment, and Development Geography 601/701: Field Methods in Human Geography Geography 820: Graduate Seminar in Human and Social Geography 8/07-07/08, Lecturer, San Francisco State University, Department of Geography, Geography 455: The Geography of Ethnic Communities; Geography 602: Field Methods in Human Geography Geography 820: Graduate Seminar in Medical and Health Geography 10/01-6/07, Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Department of Geography, Geography 100: Introduction to Human Geography Geography 380: Geographic Patterns of Health and Disease. Geography 280: The Geography of Health and Health Care. 1
Summer 2002, 2006. Instructor, University of Washington, Geography 280: The Geography of Health and Health Care. Introduction to the concepts of health, health 2004-2005. English Instructor, Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maitres (IUFM) des Pays de la Loire, Le Mans, France. 1999 2001. Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona Geography 102: Introduction to Human Geography Geography 256: Sustainable Cities and Societies. Urbanization and cities within the sustainability framework. Global urbanization, social justice, environmental equity, growth management. International cases. RESEARCH AND RELATED EXPERIENCE 2011. Immigrant women and maternal health communication. San Francisco, CA. Examining the efficacy of illustrations and graphics for facilitating communication between doulas, nurses, and women whose primary language is not English in the maternity unit at San Francisco General Hospital. Conducting assessment of birth outcomes and experience for birthing women at the hospital based on the use of these materials. 2011. Community-based online GIS interface. San Francisco, CA. Developing NIH grant to improve existing means for gathering, processing, and interpreting experiential health data through the creation of an on-line participatory GIS and social network-enabled framework. 5/2010-10/2010. Consultant for UCSF project, Exploratory Study of Organizational, Community, and Geographic Factors Affecting Mammography Access and Use Among Older Limited-English-Speaking Chinese Women. 2005-present. Health Improvement and Promotion Alliance. Seattle, Washington Founding member. Collaborate with other health researchers towards health action, and basic and applied social and health research in urban slums in Africa. Conduct health assessment of largest slum in Accra. Survey and interview community members and public health professionals to determine health needs for local community. 8/05-10/05. Unite for Sight, Buduburam Refugee Settlement, Gomoa District, Ghana. Program Coordinator (volunteer). Coordinated work of local and international volunteers in refugee health clinic. Established and maintained partnerships with health care providers and other local NGOs. Maintained regular contact with Executive Director in the U.S. Collected patient data and updated database. Submitted weekly reports. Coordinated scheduling of patients for surgery and follow-up. Maintained patient charts. 6/02 7/03. Gay City Health Project, Seattle, WA. HIV Counselor for NIMH-funded project conducted with the University of Washington School of Social Work on the efficacy of telephone-based motivational enhancement therapy for HIV prevention among MSM in Seattle, Washington. Project Lead and Analyst for Public Health-Seattle and King County funded project on tobacco use and promotion to the LGBT community in Seattle. Designed, conducted and analyzed surveys. Trained volunteers in survey implementation. Coauthored funded grant. Conducted organization s statistical analysis. PUBLICATIONS AND WORKS IN PROGRESS Kain, N., Yee-Melichar, D., and Donovan, C. (2013) Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities. 2
Melichar-Yee, D., et al (eds.) in Long-Term Care Administration and Management: Effective Practices in Elder Care. Springer Publishing: New York, NY. Donovan, C. Graphic Pathogeographies: Examining the Role of Place in Graphic Novels of Health and Medicine. To be submitted to Journal of Comics and Graphic Novels. Donovan, C. Graphic Novels and World Regional Geography. To be submitted to Geography in Higher Education Donovan, C. and Duncan, R.I. (2009) Situating Politics in Medical and Health Geography in Moon, G, McLafferty, S., and Brown, T (eds.) A Companion to Health and Medical Geography. Blackwell: Oxford, United Kingdom. CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION AND PAPERS PRESENTED 2011. Invited talk, Graphic Pathogeographies? Graphic Novels as a Tool for Conveying Health Geography Concepts, Department of Geography, Colloquium Series. September. 2011. Graphic Pathogeographies in David B. s Epileptic. Graphic Medicine Conference. Northwester Medical School, Chicago, Ill. June. 2008. Invited Chair, Russia, Geography, Gender, and Sexuality. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. Philadelphia, PA. November. 2008. Invited talk, Governing Pregnant Immigrant Women in the Paris Banlieue. San Francisco State University, Department of Geography, Colloquium Series. March. 2007. Managing Pregnant Immigrant Women in the Paris Banlieue. The Differential Approaches of Health and Immigration Policy. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. Long Beach, California. October. 2007. Experiencing Perception in the Paris Banlieue. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. Long Beach, California. October. 2007. Organizer and presenter, Critical Perspectives on Globalization and Public Health. International Symposium of Medical Geography. Bonn, Germany. July. 2007. Chair and panelist, Critical Perspectives on Gender, Globalization, and Health. Association of American Geographers. San Francisco, California. March. 2007. Co-chair and presenter, Locating New Places in a Post-Colonial Geography. Association of American Geographers. San Francisco, California. March. 2006. The Problematic of Race in French Society and Research Race, Ethnicity, and Place Conference. Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. November. 2006. Employing the Model for Culturally Competent Care Outside of the United States. Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations Conference, Diversity Rx. Seattle, Washington. October. 2006. Pregnancy and Identity in the Banlieu: Postcolonial Women in Paris, France. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. Eugene, Oregon. September. 3
2006. Political Geographies of a Refugee Camp. Invited talk, Department of Geography, University of Washington, August 25. 2006. The Middle of No-Where: Refugee Camp Mismanagement and the Shadow State. Association of American Geographers. Chicago, Illinois. March. SKILLS Fluent in French Qualitative methods Quantitative methods Survey research Team-based research, research problem definition, data collection and analysis Motivational Enhancement Therapy Field experience in urban, rural, and international locations ArcGIS, Atlas Ti, SPSS, Windows platform programs SERVICE Service to the Department, San Francisco State University, Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies, 2007-present, University of Washington, Department of Geography, 2001-2008, University of Arizona, Department of Geography and Regional Development, 1999-2001 Faculty Coordinator, Graduate Student masters proposals, AY 2009-2010 Worked with graduate students and faculty to establish department-wide criteria for graduate student instructional aides (GEOG 685/785) Graduate Program Advisor, July 2009-present Developed a course proposal (2009) to establish a graduate program requirement for research design and proposal writing Represented department at University-wide event for in-coming students, spring 2009 Undergraduate Cultural Geography Advisor, 2008-present Department program review, AY 2008-2009 Faculty search committee, AY 2007-2008, 2008-2009 Department curriculum committee, 2007-present Developed a course proposal (2008) to cultivate a relationship with Health Education and Geography ( The Geography of Health and Health Care ) Undergraduate Advisor, 2004-2005 Graduate Student representative, 1999-2000 Service to academic community Faculty marshal, Commencement 2009 Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Planning Committee, 2008-present o Coordinating 2011 APCG conference, San Francisco Service to academic community: journal refereeing December 2005 present. Social and Cultural Geography 4
Service to community January 2011-present. San Francisco General Hospital Volunteer Doula Program, San Francisco, CA. o Task Force member: contributing to outreach and education. o Volunteer doula. September 2010-present. Board member, The Bike Hut Foundation, San Francisco, CA. Participant, POWER Black and Brown Unity Gardens Participant, Clean Air Bayview! Community Dialogue Meeting o Providing recommendations to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District regarding air quality and health in the Bayview neighborhood MEMBERSHIP Association of American Geographers Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers Medical Geography Specialty Group, Association of Americans Geographers (student representative 2007-2008) Sexuality and Space Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers Political Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers Qualitative Methods Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers Africa Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers Association of Pacific Coast Geographers National Women s Studies Association American Public Health Association Global Health Council REFERENCES Available upon request 5