Jenn Lilly
Biographic Data
| ID | 4228131 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jenn Lilly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jenn |
| FAMILY NAME | Lilly |
| SIGNATURE | LILLY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fordham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2485-943X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Examining mental and sexual health themes in Latina youth zines
Multiple, convergent risk factors place Latina youth at disproportionate risk for mental and sexual health issues. Yet, their firsthand perspectives and experiential knowledge of how to navigate mental and sexual health challenges is rarely the subject of scholarly inquiry. This article presents a multi-modal content analysis of themes and messages conveyed by two digital zines created by Latina young adults for Latina teens through an arts-based…
Engaging Through Story
a short, research-based narrative film developed through participatory screenwriting with Latina young adults. The film was designed to communicate qualitative findings about family mental health communication to Latine/x/a/o parents and caregivers. This article describes the participatory screenwriting process and examines Latine/x/a/o parents/caregivers' perceptions of the film. Using a culture-centric model of narratives in health promotion fr…
“I Learned to Bottle Up My Feelings From a Young Age”
Latina young people report high levels of mental health problems and low levels of help-seeking compared with their white peers, but little research has examined factors influencing their mental health views. Inductive analysis of 25 participants’ narratives revealed that Latina young people described three stages in the development of their mental health-related beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors: undergoing a process of family mental health soci…
Putting my life into a story
This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a digital narrative intervention that combined participatory video (PV) and narrative therapy practices to engage Latinx immigrant young people in processes of personal and societal change. Drawing on ethnographic field notes, process recordings, audio recordings of intervention implementation, and focus group data, this program evaluation offers empirical evidence of the i…
Barriers and bridges to well-being for Latinx immigrant youth in a new Latinx destination
The AltaVoces project
Although digital narrative methods lend themselves well to participatory, action-oriented inquiry, these relatively new methods also raise questions about potential risks involved in using digital technologies to engage marginalized groups in social work research. This article examines the feasibility, challenges, and opportunities of using digital narrative methods in anti-oppressive social work research (AOSWR) by providing empirical insights f…
A “Totally, Acceptably Racist Environment”
Social work education is considered an important venue for advancing the field’s commitment to anti-racism. This research employed collective autobiographical methods within a Critical Race Theory framework to explore Black social work students’ experiences of anti-Black racism in the learning environment of a Predominantly White Institution. Data was analyzed through a collaborative, inductive approach. Analysis revealed four interrelated themes…
Y tu novio? Where’s Your Boyfriend
There is a dearth of research examining the dating experiences of Latina teens—a large and rapidly growing population in the U.S. that reports high rates of teen dating violence. The purpose of this qualitative research was to explore Latinas’ teen dating experiences and the familial and sociocultural factors that impact them using a cultural-ecological perspective. Twenty-five first-, second-, and third-generation immigrant Latinas between the a…
“It's in the family circle”
“There's so much they don't cover
Access to healthcare is an essential component in addressing health disparities. However, the limitations of insurance coverage, and other barriers in paying for and accessing healthcare have seldom been researched for Indigenous peoples. In addition, state recognized tribes do not have access to the healthcare services provided by the Indian Health Service, and there is a need for research documenting their unique healthcare needs. Qualitative d…
It doesn’t matter how good the school is if you don’t learn to socialize”
When You Come Together and Do Everything, It'll be Better for Everybody
Prior to the imposition of patriarchal colonial norms, Native American (NA) gender relations were characterized as complementary and egalitarian; however, little research has explored gender relations within NA communities today. This study used a community-based critical ethnography to explore contemporary NA gender relations with a purposive sample of 208 individuals from the 'Coastal Tribe' and 228 participants from the 'Inland Tribe.' After p…
A learning experience’
Research indicates that effective disciplinary practices, such as offering praise and teaching acceptable versus non-acceptable behaviour, can act as protective factors against the social and behavioural health disparities experienced by Native Americans (NA). The purpose of this critical ethnographic study ( n = 436 qualitative elder, adult, youth and professional participants) was to use the Framework of Historical Oppression, Resilience, and T…
A Dad Can Get the Money and the Mom Stays at Home”
She’s the Center of My Life, the One That Keeps My Heart Open”
Historically, Native American (NA) mothers have proven essential to the survival of their families and communities, yet scant research has examined their roles today. Current gender roles in NA communities are influenced by historical oppression (both historic and contemporary forms) that acted to reverse matrilineal gender norms in favor of patriarchy. The present study sought to explore norms and expectations for women among two NA tribes locat…
Returning to their roots
This article examines the reintegration experiences of Indigenous migrant youth returned to Guatemala from the United States and Mexico, thereby filling a gap in extant literature. This qualitative study employed a critical ethnographic approach with reflexive thematic analysis of fieldwork and interviews with social service providers working with this population through the lens of Critical Latinx Indigeneities. Four major themes emerged: identi…
A Dad Can Get the Money and the Mom Stays at Home”
Y tu novio? Where’s Your Boyfriend
There is a dearth of research examining the dating experiences of Latina teens—a large and rapidly growing population in the U.S. that reports high rates of teen dating violence. The purpose of this qualitative research was to explore Latinas’ teen dating experiences and the familial and sociocultural factors that impact them using a cultural-ecological perspective. Twenty-five first-, second-, and third-generation immigrant Latinas between the a…
She’s the Center of My Life, the One That Keeps My Heart Open”
Historically, Native American (NA) mothers have proven essential to the survival of their families and communities, yet scant research has examined their roles today. Current gender roles in NA communities are influenced by historical oppression (both historic and contemporary forms) that acted to reverse matrilineal gender norms in favor of patriarchy. The present study sought to explore norms and expectations for women among two NA tribes locat…
When You Come Together and Do Everything, It'll be Better for Everybody
Prior to the imposition of patriarchal colonial norms, Native American (NA) gender relations were characterized as complementary and egalitarian; however, little research has explored gender relations within NA communities today. This study used a community-based critical ethnography to explore contemporary NA gender relations with a purposive sample of 208 individuals from the 'Coastal Tribe' and 228 participants from the 'Inland Tribe.' After p…
Returning to their roots
This article examines the reintegration experiences of Indigenous migrant youth returned to Guatemala from the United States and Mexico, thereby filling a gap in extant literature. This qualitative study employed a critical ethnographic approach with reflexive thematic analysis of fieldwork and interviews with social service providers working with this population through the lens of Critical Latinx Indigeneities. Four major themes emerged: identi…
She’s the Center of My Life, the One That Keeps My Heart Open”
Historically, Native American (NA) mothers have proven essential to the survival of their families and communities, yet scant research has examined their roles today. Current gender roles in NA communities are influenced by historical oppression (both historic and contemporary forms) that acted to reverse matrilineal gender norms in favor of patriarchy. The present study sought to explore norms and expectations for women among two NA tribes locat…
Returning to their roots
This article examines the reintegration experiences of Indigenous migrant youth returned to Guatemala from the United States and Mexico, thereby filling a gap in extant literature. This qualitative study employed a critical ethnographic approach with reflexive thematic analysis of fieldwork and interviews with social service providers working with this population through the lens of Critical Latinx Indigeneities. Four major themes emerged: identi…
A learning experience’
Research indicates that effective disciplinary practices, such as offering praise and teaching acceptable versus non-acceptable behaviour, can act as protective factors against the social and behavioural health disparities experienced by Native Americans (NA). The purpose of this critical ethnographic study ( n = 436 qualitative elder, adult, youth and professional participants) was to use the Framework of Historical Oppression, Resilience, and T…
A Dad Can Get the Money and the Mom Stays at Home”
“It's in the family circle”
“There's so much they don't cover
Access to healthcare is an essential component in addressing health disparities. However, the limitations of insurance coverage, and other barriers in paying for and accessing healthcare have seldom been researched for Indigenous peoples. In addition, state recognized tribes do not have access to the healthcare services provided by the Indian Health Service, and there is a need for research documenting their unique healthcare needs. Qualitative d…
It doesn’t matter how good the school is if you don’t learn to socialize”
When You Come Together and Do Everything, It'll be Better for Everybody
Prior to the imposition of patriarchal colonial norms, Native American (NA) gender relations were characterized as complementary and egalitarian; however, little research has explored gender relations within NA communities today. This study used a community-based critical ethnography to explore contemporary NA gender relations with a purposive sample of 208 individuals from the 'Coastal Tribe' and 228 participants from the 'Inland Tribe.' After p…
The AltaVoces project
Although digital narrative methods lend themselves well to participatory, action-oriented inquiry, these relatively new methods also raise questions about potential risks involved in using digital technologies to engage marginalized groups in social work research. This article examines the feasibility, challenges, and opportunities of using digital narrative methods in anti-oppressive social work research (AOSWR) by providing empirical insights f…
A “Totally, Acceptably Racist Environment”
Social work education is considered an important venue for advancing the field’s commitment to anti-racism. This research employed collective autobiographical methods within a Critical Race Theory framework to explore Black social work students’ experiences of anti-Black racism in the learning environment of a Predominantly White Institution. Data was analyzed through a collaborative, inductive approach. Analysis revealed four interrelated themes…
Y tu novio? Where’s Your Boyfriend
There is a dearth of research examining the dating experiences of Latina teens—a large and rapidly growing population in the U.S. that reports high rates of teen dating violence. The purpose of this qualitative research was to explore Latinas’ teen dating experiences and the familial and sociocultural factors that impact them using a cultural-ecological perspective. Twenty-five first-, second-, and third-generation immigrant Latinas between the a…
Putting my life into a story
This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a digital narrative intervention that combined participatory video (PV) and narrative therapy practices to engage Latinx immigrant young people in processes of personal and societal change. Drawing on ethnographic field notes, process recordings, audio recordings of intervention implementation, and focus group data, this program evaluation offers empirical evidence of the i…
Barriers and bridges to well-being for Latinx immigrant youth in a new Latinx destination
“I Learned to Bottle Up My Feelings From a Young Age”
Latina young people report high levels of mental health problems and low levels of help-seeking compared with their white peers, but little research has examined factors influencing their mental health views. Inductive analysis of 25 participants’ narratives revealed that Latina young people described three stages in the development of their mental health-related beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors: undergoing a process of family mental health soci…
Examining mental and sexual health themes in Latina youth zines
Multiple, convergent risk factors place Latina youth at disproportionate risk for mental and sexual health issues. Yet, their firsthand perspectives and experiential knowledge of how to navigate mental and sexual health challenges is rarely the subject of scholarly inquiry. This article presents a multi-modal content analysis of themes and messages conveyed by two digital zines created by Latina young adults for Latina teens through an arts-based…
Engaging Through Story
a short, research-based narrative film developed through participatory screenwriting with Latina young adults. The film was designed to communicate qualitative findings about family mental health communication to Latine/x/a/o parents and caregivers. This article describes the participatory screenwriting process and examines Latine/x/a/o parents/caregivers' perceptions of the film. Using a culture-centric model of narratives in health promotion fr…
Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Narrative (5 works) · Qualitative research (5 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)