Abigail Borron

Biographic Data

ID4192197
NAMEAbigail Borron
GIVEN NAMESAbigail
FAMILY NAMEBorron
SIGNATUREBORRON A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Georgia
ORCID0000-0002-9242-9570
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Proposing an identity-in-context framework for culturally responsive evaluation

    Open AccessCatherine E Sanders, Alexa J Lamm et al.ARTICLEEvaluation and Program Planning2026

  • A critical discourse analysis of a rural health promotion project

    Open AccessCatherine E Sanders, Alexa J Lamm et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2026

  • Mapping Disparities in Charitable Food Access in Georgia

    Open AccessMaya Rao, Jerry Shannon et al.ARTICLEThe Professional Geographer2026

  • Analyzing Focus Groups Through Poetic Dialogues

    Open AccessCatherine E Sanders, Alexa J Lamm et al.ARTICLEQualitative Report2025

    Evaluating programs in rural communities can present challenges when large, observable successes, such as infrastructure additions, are limited due to resource challenges. These successes are often quantifiable and easily identified by external stakeholders. However, there are often intangible and social impacts that should be captured as successes of rural community-focused programs that may not fit the more quantitative methodology. Arts-based …

  • Recreational Therapists and the Duty of Care

    Open AccessKerrie A Bethel, Nick E Fuhrman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Experiential Education2024

    Background: A variety of residential and experiential therapeutic programs exist for youth who experience emotional, behavioral, or substance abuse problems that are not adequately responsive to traditional treatment options. While evaluations of programs are available in the literature, investigation of the experiences of professionals who undergird these programs and oversee reentry of youth back into their communities is lacking. Purpose: The …

  • Using dialogue-centered approaches to community-engaged research

    Open AccessCatherine E Sanders, Abigail Borron et al.ARTICLEDiscover Global Society2024

    Rural communities across the United States experience increased risk and prevalence of chronic diseases associated with both individual and community-based factors. Thus, there is a need for rural capacity development for chronic disease prevention. Traditional health promotion and intervention approaches often focus on diet-related health disparities from a positivist, evidence-based paradigm. To counter positivist bias within health promotion r…

  • Exploring identity-oriented evaluation for rural community development

    Catherine E Sanders, Alexa J Lamm et al.ARTICLECommunity Development2023Cited by: 3References: 41

    Many practitioners use culturally responsive approaches for community development; however, identity-oriented frameworks may enhance holistic engagement with communities and foster increased participatory collaboration. The current study identifies components of identity narratives within a community-based health-promotion initiative focused on rural food access through a culturally responsive lens to develop a preliminary theory of identity-orie…

  • Perceptions of personal agency within communities

    Abigail Borron, Kevan W Lamm et al.ARTICLECommunity Development2021Cited by: 2References: 23

    The uniqueness of communities precludes a homogenous approach to program design, delivery, and evaluation. To account for such uniqueness, such approaches should necessitate that program managers have a thorough understanding of the targeted participants or consumers. This understanding can be achieved by determining residents’ perceived personal ability, or personal agency, to act and function within the community. This paper represents an effor…

  • Re-envisioning Emergency Food Systems Using Photovoice and Concept Mapping

    Open AccessJerry Shannon, Abigail Borron et al.ARTICLEJournal of Mixed Methods Research2020Cited by: 1References: 22

    Researchers engaging in participatory planning initiatives can enhance participant involvement by using concept mapping integrated with photo-elicitation. Focusing on a research collaboration between the University of Georgia and the Atlanta Community Food Bank, our research used these methods to identify sources of instability for food insecure households and generate new program ideas. Our results underscore clients’ capacity for procuring food…

  • Community food assistance, informal social networks, and the labor of care

    Open AccessHilda E Kurtz, Abigail Borron et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2019Cited by: 3References: 8

  • TPACK to GPACK? The examination of the technological pedagogical content knowledge framework as a model for global integration into college of agriculture classrooms

    Open AccessEmily Urban, Emily R Urban et al.ARTICLETeaching and Teacher Education2018References: 4

  • Show Horse Welfare

    Open AccessMelissa Voigt, Mark Russell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Agricultural and…2015References: 8