Justine Mcgovern
Biographic Data
| ID | 3790331 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Justine Mcgovern |
| GIVEN NAMES | Justine |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgovern |
| SIGNATURE | MCGOVERN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lehman College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3628-2583 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Years of Decoloniality: Epistemic disobedience and global public health
The term “epistemic disobedience” was coined by Walter Mignolo in his 2009 article entitled Epistemic Disobedience, Independent Thought and De-Colonial Freedom. While the decolonialization of global health research and practice has gained traction, epistemic disobedience is an emergent perspective in scholarship occurring at the intersection of public health and the population movement. Linked to decoloniality, a practice that coalesced in 1955, …
Possibilities: A commentary on creative aging
This commentary offers a critical and personal perspective on Adams-Price and Morse’s “Creativity, aging, context and culture: Reimagining creativity in everyday life in older adults.” The commentary provides a close reading of the authors’ premise which argues for bridging creativity theory and research on creative aging. The commentary also suggests next steps, emphasizing the need to engage with contemporary issues of privilege and discriminat…
Commentary: Aging Places: A Review Essay
This Commentary reflects on the convergence of social and geographical gerontology as presented in two books addressing place and aging with and without dementia. The two books are expansive in scope, exploring aging and dementia research and care practices globally, with an emphasis on English-language settings and resources. Drawing on my own work that addresses the significance of place and living with dementia (i.e., McGovern 2016) and on per…
Ecological Theory in the Context of Super-Diversity and Globalized Aging
Background : This article examines the intersection of two global trends, super-diversity and globalized aging, in the context of urban communities. Super-diversity refers to the impact of changing immigration patterns on social, health, and economic systems. Interdisciplinary by definition, gerontological social work practice bridges macro, mezzo, and micro modalities, as well as professional and disciplinary false divides. Objective : The autho…
Cri-de-Coeur
This essay consists of a reflection on how the pandemic has affected my social work practice as a social work professor at the City University of New York, in the Bronx. It describes my thoughts and feelings, and identifies ways I intend to move forward in the coming academic year. It focuses on working through uncertainty by blurring boundaries between traditional practice expectations and practice during extraordinary times
Food for Thought: Culturally Diverse Older Adults' Views on Food and Meals Captured by Student-Led Digital Storytelling in the Bronx
Improving Social Work Student Competence in Practice With Older Adults Affected by Substance Misuse: Spotlight on the Bronx
Through the lens of a case study, this article suggests ways to increase social work student competence in gerontology and substance abuse treatment to better meet needs of growing numbers of diverse clients in urban settings. Focusing on a client residing in the Bronx, New York, it explores how changing demographics and a lack of workforce preparedness can combine in an urban context to increase risks for older adults and reduce quality of life …
Long-Term Care Planning and the Changing Landscape of LGBT Aging: Student Research With Diverse Elders in the Bronx
This article reports on an exploratory study examining end-of-life planning among members of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) senior center in the Bronx, New York, that provided social work students hands-on qualitative research experience in an urban setting. Despite health disparities such as increased rates of depression and isolation and shortened life expectancy as compared to non–LGBT-identified peers, older members of LGBT …
When Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Extending the Reach of Qualitative Data Collecting
Through the lens of a study exploring dementia care partnering, the purpose of this methods article is to focus on the role of artifacts and embodied data in data collection. In addition, it illustrates how to use a range of data collecting methods. The article identifies benefits of additional data collecting methods to research and care. These include the need to expand data collecting methods beyond spoken word, integrate a range of data colle…
Intergenerational Practice with Different LGBTQ Cohorts: A Strengths-Based, Affirmative Approach to Increasing Well-Being
Folk, Fantasy and Play: Selections from the Caplan Collection of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Anna Howard Shaw: New Approaches to Feminism
Journal Article Anna Howard Shaw: New Approaches to Feminism Get access James R. McGovern James R. McGovern Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 3, Issue 2, Winter 1969-1970, Pages 135–153, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/3.2.135 Published: 01 December 1969
Intergenerational Practice with Different LGBTQ Cohorts: A Strengths-Based, Affirmative Approach to Increasing Well-Being
Anna Howard Shaw: New Approaches to Feminism
Journal Article Anna Howard Shaw: New Approaches to Feminism Get access James R. McGovern James R. McGovern Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 3, Issue 2, Winter 1969-1970, Pages 135–153, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/3.2.135 Published: 01 December 1969
Anna Howard Shaw: New Approaches to Feminism
Journal Article Anna Howard Shaw: New Approaches to Feminism Get access James R. McGovern James R. McGovern Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 3, Issue 2, Winter 1969-1970, Pages 135–153, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/3.2.135 Published: 01 December 1969
Folk, Fantasy and Play: Selections from the Caplan Collection of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
When Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Extending the Reach of Qualitative Data Collecting
Through the lens of a study exploring dementia care partnering, the purpose of this methods article is to focus on the role of artifacts and embodied data in data collection. In addition, it illustrates how to use a range of data collecting methods. The article identifies benefits of additional data collecting methods to research and care. These include the need to expand data collecting methods beyond spoken word, integrate a range of data colle…
Intergenerational Practice with Different LGBTQ Cohorts: A Strengths-Based, Affirmative Approach to Increasing Well-Being
Long-Term Care Planning and the Changing Landscape of LGBT Aging: Student Research With Diverse Elders in the Bronx
This article reports on an exploratory study examining end-of-life planning among members of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) senior center in the Bronx, New York, that provided social work students hands-on qualitative research experience in an urban setting. Despite health disparities such as increased rates of depression and isolation and shortened life expectancy as compared to non–LGBT-identified peers, older members of LGBT …
Improving Social Work Student Competence in Practice With Older Adults Affected by Substance Misuse: Spotlight on the Bronx
Through the lens of a case study, this article suggests ways to increase social work student competence in gerontology and substance abuse treatment to better meet needs of growing numbers of diverse clients in urban settings. Focusing on a client residing in the Bronx, New York, it explores how changing demographics and a lack of workforce preparedness can combine in an urban context to increase risks for older adults and reduce quality of life …
Cri-de-Coeur
This essay consists of a reflection on how the pandemic has affected my social work practice as a social work professor at the City University of New York, in the Bronx. It describes my thoughts and feelings, and identifies ways I intend to move forward in the coming academic year. It focuses on working through uncertainty by blurring boundaries between traditional practice expectations and practice during extraordinary times
Food for Thought: Culturally Diverse Older Adults' Views on Food and Meals Captured by Student-Led Digital Storytelling in the Bronx
Commentary: Aging Places: A Review Essay
This Commentary reflects on the convergence of social and geographical gerontology as presented in two books addressing place and aging with and without dementia. The two books are expansive in scope, exploring aging and dementia research and care practices globally, with an emphasis on English-language settings and resources. Drawing on my own work that addresses the significance of place and living with dementia (i.e., McGovern 2016) and on per…
Ecological Theory in the Context of Super-Diversity and Globalized Aging
Background : This article examines the intersection of two global trends, super-diversity and globalized aging, in the context of urban communities. Super-diversity refers to the impact of changing immigration patterns on social, health, and economic systems. Interdisciplinary by definition, gerontological social work practice bridges macro, mezzo, and micro modalities, as well as professional and disciplinary false divides. Objective : The autho…
Years of Decoloniality: Epistemic disobedience and global public health
The term “epistemic disobedience” was coined by Walter Mignolo in his 2009 article entitled Epistemic Disobedience, Independent Thought and De-Colonial Freedom. While the decolonialization of global health research and practice has gained traction, epistemic disobedience is an emergent perspective in scholarship occurring at the intersection of public health and the population movement. Linked to decoloniality, a practice that coalesced in 1955, …
Possibilities: A commentary on creative aging
This commentary offers a critical and personal perspective on Adams-Price and Morse’s “Creativity, aging, context and culture: Reimagining creativity in everyday life in older adults.” The commentary provides a close reading of the authors’ premise which argues for bridging creativity theory and research on creative aging. The commentary also suggests next steps, emphasizing the need to engage with contemporary issues of privilege and discriminat…
Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Art (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Medical education (2 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works)