Jennifer Willett
Biographic Data
| ID | 4100300 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Willett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Willett |
| SIGNATURE | WILLETT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Reno |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0156-6826 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Making the invisible visible: Documenting slow violence through photovoice with youth in Nevada
Conditions for slow violence, a type of environmental injustice that is hidden and occurs over time, are rife in Nevada. Research can be used to make these hidden problems visible in order to solve them, which this study aims to do through photovoice with youth in Nevada. The youth found that slow violence was common in their neighborhoods, slow violence impacted vulnerable people in their neighborhoods more than others, and accumulated due to in…
Understandings of environmental injustice and sustainability in marginalized communities: A qualitative inquiry in Nevada
As eco‐social work practice and scholarship continues to grow, multiple frameworks are emerging to help guide the work. In this study, we interviewed 59 people affected by environmental injustice. Participants identified components within both environmental injustice and sustainability, as well as gaps that these models individually do not support. Therefore, we suggest that merging environmental justice with sustainability through centering just…
Mining is like a search and destroy mission: The case of Silver City
While mines are often thought of as a driving force for development, this may not be the case due to power discrepancies between companies and local communities, as well as lack of protection provided by the government. In response, communities have begun to challenge mining companies. The industry itself has countered by developing negotiation techniques to gain local support. This study contributes to the literature on mining and ecosocial work…
Building resilience to environmental problems in Kenya: Lessons for Aid Organizations From Three Successful Community-Based Processes
Vulnerable communities are disproportionately affected by environmental changes and problems. Developing interventions that aim to foster resilience by utilizing existing local strengths can support these communities. This study explored experiences of community resilience to environmental problems in Kenya. This article offers 3 successful processes of mutual support: culturally appropriate charity, community-based micro financing, and community…
Complicating our understanding of environmental migration and displacement: The case of drought-related human movement in Kenya
The social work profession is increasingly concerned with human movement due to environmental changes and has issued a call to develop appropriate interventions to support the vulnerable groups that tend to migrate. However, the scholarship in this area is lacking. In this brief note, we explore a case of environmental migration that was linked to drought in Kenya. We found that their experiences tend to be different than those that are highlight…
Micro disasters: Expanding the social work conceptualization of disasters
Environmental problems, like environmental disasters, mirror oppressive structural forces in society, as the primary victims of environmental degradation are also the main victims of other injustices. However, scholarship is lacking on the impacts of environmental disasters in these populations. Using a participatory phenomenological approach from a social work standpoint, this study uses the concept of slow violence to explore disasters in sever…
Struggle and Hope: Challenging Gender Violence in Pakistan
Despite the overwhelming media attention to the rise of fundamentalism, Pakistan's vocal women's movement has remained unrevealed and unexamined. Gender violence is integral to the agenda of the women's movement, because of the profound violation of women's human rights to life and security. This article draws on formal in-depth interviews and participant observation with women's activists of two prominent women's nongovernmental organizations in…
Creating a safe haven in Pakistan
A case study of a women’s shelter in Pakistan is described, using in-depth interviews with the founders and staff. This article examines how a shelter program based on a human rights framework operates in the Pakistani cultural context. Findings demonstrate the considerable challenges faced by the organization, especially in reintegrating women back into society, as well as growing acceptance of shelter programs and women’s right to make life cho…
Perfect Motherhood: Science and Childrearing in America
Perfect Motherhood, Rima Apple argues, meant twentieth-century women would quickly abandon essentialist understandings of mothering and tradition and come to rely on scientific authority that filtered not only through the advice of medical practitioners but also their publications. Child-rearing books, medical pamphlets, advertisements as well as word of mouth praised the wonders of modern medicine. Based on a rich array of sources that neverthel…
Complicating our understanding of environmental migration and displacement: The case of drought-related human movement in Kenya
The social work profession is increasingly concerned with human movement due to environmental changes and has issued a call to develop appropriate interventions to support the vulnerable groups that tend to migrate. However, the scholarship in this area is lacking. In this brief note, we explore a case of environmental migration that was linked to drought in Kenya. We found that their experiences tend to be different than those that are highlight…
Creating a safe haven in Pakistan
A case study of a women’s shelter in Pakistan is described, using in-depth interviews with the founders and staff. This article examines how a shelter program based on a human rights framework operates in the Pakistani cultural context. Findings demonstrate the considerable challenges faced by the organization, especially in reintegrating women back into society, as well as growing acceptance of shelter programs and women’s right to make life cho…
Making the invisible visible: Documenting slow violence through photovoice with youth in Nevada
Conditions for slow violence, a type of environmental injustice that is hidden and occurs over time, are rife in Nevada. Research can be used to make these hidden problems visible in order to solve them, which this study aims to do through photovoice with youth in Nevada. The youth found that slow violence was common in their neighborhoods, slow violence impacted vulnerable people in their neighborhoods more than others, and accumulated due to in…
Mining is like a search and destroy mission: The case of Silver City
While mines are often thought of as a driving force for development, this may not be the case due to power discrepancies between companies and local communities, as well as lack of protection provided by the government. In response, communities have begun to challenge mining companies. The industry itself has countered by developing negotiation techniques to gain local support. This study contributes to the literature on mining and ecosocial work…
Micro disasters: Expanding the social work conceptualization of disasters
Environmental problems, like environmental disasters, mirror oppressive structural forces in society, as the primary victims of environmental degradation are also the main victims of other injustices. However, scholarship is lacking on the impacts of environmental disasters in these populations. Using a participatory phenomenological approach from a social work standpoint, this study uses the concept of slow violence to explore disasters in sever…
Struggle and Hope: Challenging Gender Violence in Pakistan
Despite the overwhelming media attention to the rise of fundamentalism, Pakistan's vocal women's movement has remained unrevealed and unexamined. Gender violence is integral to the agenda of the women's movement, because of the profound violation of women's human rights to life and security. This article draws on formal in-depth interviews and participant observation with women's activists of two prominent women's nongovernmental organizations in…
Understandings of environmental injustice and sustainability in marginalized communities: A qualitative inquiry in Nevada
As eco‐social work practice and scholarship continues to grow, multiple frameworks are emerging to help guide the work. In this study, we interviewed 59 people affected by environmental injustice. Participants identified components within both environmental injustice and sustainability, as well as gaps that these models individually do not support. Therefore, we suggest that merging environmental justice with sustainability through centering just…
Building resilience to environmental problems in Kenya: Lessons for Aid Organizations From Three Successful Community-Based Processes
Vulnerable communities are disproportionately affected by environmental changes and problems. Developing interventions that aim to foster resilience by utilizing existing local strengths can support these communities. This study explored experiences of community resilience to environmental problems in Kenya. This article offers 3 successful processes of mutual support: culturally appropriate charity, community-based micro financing, and community…
Perfect Motherhood: Science and Childrearing in America
Perfect Motherhood, Rima Apple argues, meant twentieth-century women would quickly abandon essentialist understandings of mothering and tradition and come to rely on scientific authority that filtered not only through the advice of medical practitioners but also their publications. Child-rearing books, medical pamphlets, advertisements as well as word of mouth praised the wonders of modern medicine. Based on a rich array of sources that neverthel…
Creating a safe haven in Pakistan
A case study of a women’s shelter in Pakistan is described, using in-depth interviews with the founders and staff. This article examines how a shelter program based on a human rights framework operates in the Pakistani cultural context. Findings demonstrate the considerable challenges faced by the organization, especially in reintegrating women back into society, as well as growing acceptance of shelter programs and women’s right to make life cho…
Struggle and Hope: Challenging Gender Violence in Pakistan
Despite the overwhelming media attention to the rise of fundamentalism, Pakistan's vocal women's movement has remained unrevealed and unexamined. Gender violence is integral to the agenda of the women's movement, because of the profound violation of women's human rights to life and security. This article draws on formal in-depth interviews and participant observation with women's activists of two prominent women's nongovernmental organizations in…
Micro disasters: Expanding the social work conceptualization of disasters
Environmental problems, like environmental disasters, mirror oppressive structural forces in society, as the primary victims of environmental degradation are also the main victims of other injustices. However, scholarship is lacking on the impacts of environmental disasters in these populations. Using a participatory phenomenological approach from a social work standpoint, this study uses the concept of slow violence to explore disasters in sever…
Complicating our understanding of environmental migration and displacement: The case of drought-related human movement in Kenya
The social work profession is increasingly concerned with human movement due to environmental changes and has issued a call to develop appropriate interventions to support the vulnerable groups that tend to migrate. However, the scholarship in this area is lacking. In this brief note, we explore a case of environmental migration that was linked to drought in Kenya. We found that their experiences tend to be different than those that are highlight…
Mining is like a search and destroy mission: The case of Silver City
While mines are often thought of as a driving force for development, this may not be the case due to power discrepancies between companies and local communities, as well as lack of protection provided by the government. In response, communities have begun to challenge mining companies. The industry itself has countered by developing negotiation techniques to gain local support. This study contributes to the literature on mining and ecosocial work…
Building resilience to environmental problems in Kenya: Lessons for Aid Organizations From Three Successful Community-Based Processes
Vulnerable communities are disproportionately affected by environmental changes and problems. Developing interventions that aim to foster resilience by utilizing existing local strengths can support these communities. This study explored experiences of community resilience to environmental problems in Kenya. This article offers 3 successful processes of mutual support: culturally appropriate charity, community-based micro financing, and community…
Understandings of environmental injustice and sustainability in marginalized communities: A qualitative inquiry in Nevada
As eco‐social work practice and scholarship continues to grow, multiple frameworks are emerging to help guide the work. In this study, we interviewed 59 people affected by environmental injustice. Participants identified components within both environmental injustice and sustainability, as well as gaps that these models individually do not support. Therefore, we suggest that merging environmental justice with sustainability through centering just…
Making the invisible visible: Documenting slow violence through photovoice with youth in Nevada
Conditions for slow violence, a type of environmental injustice that is hidden and occurs over time, are rife in Nevada. Research can be used to make these hidden problems visible in order to solve them, which this study aims to do through photovoice with youth in Nevada. The youth found that slow violence was common in their neighborhoods, slow violence impacted vulnerable people in their neighborhoods more than others, and accumulated due to in…
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