Maya Lefkowich
Biographic Data
| ID | 4220144 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maya Lefkowich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maya |
| FAMILY NAME | Lefkowich |
| SIGNATURE | LEFKOWICH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Global Reporting Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3588-7150 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Empowerment Journalism - Commentary for Special Issue of Journalism Studies
Growing literature critiques the “parachute reporting” model of journalism. Briefly visiting communities as an outsider, overlooking local and cultural nuances, and prioritizing “audiences back home” can make this reporting practice problematic. Instead, we developed an approach called “empowerment journalism.” Learning from foreign correspondence, citizen journalism, media activism, and community-based research, we challenge reporting inequities…
When Women Study Men
As a White cis female researcher, I am often asked about my capacity to conduct meaningful, credible, and safe research with men. Questions often center on my experiences in men's spaces, ability to understand or represent men's experiences, and safety protocols to mitigate against looming threats of male-perpetrated violence. I am curious about how my gender continues to be a point of contention in my role as a qualitative researcher. In this me…
Men’s health in alternative spaces
Men often struggle to find or gain access to meaningful health services. Despite, or because of this trend, men are increasingly seeking out alternative sources of support for their wellbeing. Global health conversations and policies are calling for a greater awareness of men's heath issues, uptake of gender-sensitive strategies and integration of community and voluntary sectors. Men's Sheds, which are community and volunteer-run spaces for men, …
I don't really have any issue with masculinity’
A process evaluation of a Training of Trainers (TOT) model of men’s health training
This study set out to identify the mediators of diffusion of a Training of Trainers (ToT) programme; focusing on ENGAGE, Ireland's national men's health training programme, we explored the process (planning, implementation and maintenance) of using a ToT model of training to affect change in gender sensitive health and social service provision for men. Our findings indicate that an experiential learning approach in combination with mechanisms for…
I don't really have any issue with masculinity’
When Women Study Men
As a White cis female researcher, I am often asked about my capacity to conduct meaningful, credible, and safe research with men. Questions often center on my experiences in men's spaces, ability to understand or represent men's experiences, and safety protocols to mitigate against looming threats of male-perpetrated violence. I am curious about how my gender continues to be a point of contention in my role as a qualitative researcher. In this me…
A process evaluation of a Training of Trainers (TOT) model of men’s health training
This study set out to identify the mediators of diffusion of a Training of Trainers (ToT) programme; focusing on ENGAGE, Ireland's national men's health training programme, we explored the process (planning, implementation and maintenance) of using a ToT model of training to affect change in gender sensitive health and social service provision for men. Our findings indicate that an experiential learning approach in combination with mechanisms for…
Men’s health in alternative spaces
Men often struggle to find or gain access to meaningful health services. Despite, or because of this trend, men are increasingly seeking out alternative sources of support for their wellbeing. Global health conversations and policies are calling for a greater awareness of men's heath issues, uptake of gender-sensitive strategies and integration of community and voluntary sectors. Men's Sheds, which are community and volunteer-run spaces for men, …
I don't really have any issue with masculinity’
Empowerment Journalism - Commentary for Special Issue of Journalism Studies
Growing literature critiques the “parachute reporting” model of journalism. Briefly visiting communities as an outsider, overlooking local and cultural nuances, and prioritizing “audiences back home” can make this reporting practice problematic. Instead, we developed an approach called “empowerment journalism.” Learning from foreign correspondence, citizen journalism, media activism, and community-based research, we challenge reporting inequities…
When Women Study Men
As a White cis female researcher, I am often asked about my capacity to conduct meaningful, credible, and safe research with men. Questions often center on my experiences in men's spaces, ability to understand or represent men's experiences, and safety protocols to mitigate against looming threats of male-perpetrated violence. I am curious about how my gender continues to be a point of contention in my role as a qualitative researcher. In this me…
Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)