Christina Risley-Curtiss
Biographic Data
| ID | 5940461 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina Risley-Curtiss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Risley-Curtiss |
| SIGNATURE | RISLEY-CURTISS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 140 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
College Students’ Experiences of Nonhuman Animal Harm in the United States and The Bahamas
This study compares and contrasts experiences of harm to nonhuman animals in the lives of 830 college students in The Bahamas and the United States. Overall, students in The Bahamas were more likely to have been exposed to seeing animals harmed (65%) than those in the United States (16%), and they were more likely to have seen an animal killed (22% in The Bahamas and 12% in the United States). Bahamian students reported a higher rate of participa…
Connecting Animals and Children in Early Childhood
My Dog Always Eats First
Animals and Social Work
Book Review| April 01 2013 Animals and Social Work: A Moral Introduction Animals and Social Work: A Moral Introduction. By Thomas Ryan. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Hardback. $85. ISBN: 978-0-230-27250-7.). Christina Risley-Curtiss Christina Risley-Curtiss Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Animal Ethics (2013) 3 (1): 112–114. https://doi.org/10.5406/janimalethics.3.1.0112 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon S…
Redefining Social Welfare
A growing body of research supports the notion that human well-being is inextricably connected to the welfare of other animals. Social scientists are exploring these connections in research in social work and various subfields of sociology, including those focusing on the environment, deviance, the family, health, social inequality, and religion, as well as the emerging field of animals and society. This special issue taps researchers and theoris…
Expanding the Ecological Lens in Child Welfare Practice to Include Other Animals
Sixty-nine million U.S. households have companion animals and most of these families consider these animals to be family members. Research shows that children have powerful emotional connections with animals that can be both beneficial and harmful. Considerable research findings report that violence against animals often co-occurs with, indicates, or predicts other forms of family violence, including child abuse. A companion animal may be an abus…
Factors Affecting Social Workers' Inclusion of Animals in Practice
Experts suggest that social work practitioners can improve their client service with a more thorough understanding of the impact of other animals on individuals and families. Studies indicate that some social work practitioners are including animals in their practices through assessment and interventions. Little is known about what factors contribute to this inclusion, especially because there is a lack of attention in social work education and r…
Placement stability in the context of child development
Milk Teeth
Book Review| October 01 2011 Milk Teeth: A Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog Milk Teeth: A Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog. By Robbie Pfeufer Kahn. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2008. 335 pp. Paperback. $20.95. ISBN: 978-0-8135-4371.). Christina Risley-Curtiss Christina Risley-Curtiss Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Animal Ethics (2011) 1 (2): 232–233. https://doi.org/10.5406/janimalethics.1.2.0232 …
Social Work Practitioners and the Human--Companion Animal Bond
Extensive research documents powerful relationships between humans and companion animals, and 62 percent of U.S. households report having a companion animal. Social workers are likely to work with individuals and families with companion animals; thus, the inclusion of such animals in both practice and research as a natural extension of social work with humans, and their challenges, coping mechanisms, and resiliency factors, seems called for. Yet …
It’s Not Scary”
To increase their research skills and confidence, students in a nonresearch-focused elective MSW course gathered qualitative data through cross-ethnic interviews for a formal research project. Qualitative findings from a focus group of students were used to examine the perspectives of the students, all but one of whom were women, about (a) changes in their knowledge of and attitudes toward research, (b) the struggles they experienced, and (c) whe…
She Was Family”
Most families with companion animals regard them as family members, and affectionate relationships with pets can enhance health. Research suggests that these relationships are complicated and vary, depending on many factors, including ethnicity, but there has been little research on animal-human relationships in communities of color in the United States. This qualitative study explored beliefs about and experiences with companion animals of women…
The Animal-Human Bond and Ethnic Diversity
Affectionate relationships with animal companions have health-enhancing effects on people and enrich their quality of life, and the majority of families with companion animals regard their animals as family members. Research has also suggested that these relationships are complicated and vary depending on a number of factors, yet there has been almost no exploration of ethnic diversity in relationships with companion animals. This descriptive stu…
American Indian Women and Domestic Violence
During the past 25 years we have witnessed die growth and establishment of domestic violence as a field of inquiry. What has been noticeably absent, however, is research that explores the experience of American Indian women survivors of domestic violence. The data for this study were gathered from audiotaped, in-depth phe-monenological interviews with 13 women from 10 American Indian Nations. This paper reports the findings of the study with part…
Gender Biases in Child Welfare
Gender biases are pervasive in child welfare research and practice. Although these biases have been addressed to some extent in the literature, there continues to be a lack of information on fathers and an overrepresentation of information on mothers, and thus the biases continue. This article explores how these biases are currently manifested in both research and practice and makes recommendations for changes in research, policy, and practice
Current Challenges and Future Directions for Collaborative Child Welfare Educational Programs
This paper presents a brief overview of the Title IV-E and 426 investments in schools of social work that are presented in this special collection and discusses current and future challenges and issues for building effective educational programs for child welfare practice. Recommendations for future research and educational agendas are also presented
Harnessing the Positive Power of Language
Reflecting biases that permeate the U.S. culture, professional accounts generally interpret stories of minority women from a deficit perspective. Problems such as substance abuse, domestic violence, and teenage pregnancy are often presented from an outsider's viewpoint and cast as intrapersonal phenomena independent of historical, political, and cultural context. This article suggests that stories and their implications change significantly depen…
Sexual Harassment of Social Work Students
This article reports on a study that examined the sexual harassment experiences among 226 bachelor's of social work and master's ofsocial work students in one school of social work and in their field placements. The prevalence and severity of sexual harassment on campus and in fieldwork agencies are discussed, as are the implications of the findings and issues for further investigation
Health Care Utilization by Children Entering Foster Care
This is a study of the referral completion status of a cohort of children entering foster care, and the ability of selected factors to explain the completion of those referrals. It was found that although the children had multiple health problems their needs continued to go unmet. Two variables that accounted for 9% of the variance in referral completion were identified. The implications of these findings are discussed and issues for additional i…
Predicting Birth Weight
This study uses the 1980 National Natality Study to examine the relative importance of sociodemographic factors, medical-risk factors, and prenatal care in predicting birth weight. Findings indicate that both sociodemographic and medical-risk factors are important in predicting birth weight, with medical risks accounting for slightly more variance (after accounting for social variables) in birth weight. Although prenatal care accounts for only 1 …
Gender Biases in Child Welfare
Gender biases are pervasive in child welfare research and practice. Although these biases have been addressed to some extent in the literature, there continues to be a lack of information on fathers and an overrepresentation of information on mothers, and thus the biases continue. This article explores how these biases are currently manifested in both research and practice and makes recommendations for changes in research, policy, and practice
The Animal-Human Bond and Ethnic Diversity
Affectionate relationships with animal companions have health-enhancing effects on people and enrich their quality of life, and the majority of families with companion animals regard their animals as family members. Research has also suggested that these relationships are complicated and vary depending on a number of factors, yet there has been almost no exploration of ethnic diversity in relationships with companion animals. This descriptive stu…
Social Work Practitioners and the Human--Companion Animal Bond
Extensive research documents powerful relationships between humans and companion animals, and 62 percent of U.S. households report having a companion animal. Social workers are likely to work with individuals and families with companion animals; thus, the inclusion of such animals in both practice and research as a natural extension of social work with humans, and their challenges, coping mechanisms, and resiliency factors, seems called for. Yet …
She Was Family”
Most families with companion animals regard them as family members, and affectionate relationships with pets can enhance health. Research suggests that these relationships are complicated and vary, depending on many factors, including ethnicity, but there has been little research on animal-human relationships in communities of color in the United States. This qualitative study explored beliefs about and experiences with companion animals of women…
It’s Not Scary”
To increase their research skills and confidence, students in a nonresearch-focused elective MSW course gathered qualitative data through cross-ethnic interviews for a formal research project. Qualitative findings from a focus group of students were used to examine the perspectives of the students, all but one of whom were women, about (a) changes in their knowledge of and attitudes toward research, (b) the struggles they experienced, and (c) whe…
Current Challenges and Future Directions for Collaborative Child Welfare Educational Programs
This paper presents a brief overview of the Title IV-E and 426 investments in schools of social work that are presented in this special collection and discusses current and future challenges and issues for building effective educational programs for child welfare practice. Recommendations for future research and educational agendas are also presented
Health Care Utilization by Children Entering Foster Care
This is a study of the referral completion status of a cohort of children entering foster care, and the ability of selected factors to explain the completion of those referrals. It was found that although the children had multiple health problems their needs continued to go unmet. Two variables that accounted for 9% of the variance in referral completion were identified. The implications of these findings are discussed and issues for additional i…
Factors Affecting Social Workers' Inclusion of Animals in Practice
Experts suggest that social work practitioners can improve their client service with a more thorough understanding of the impact of other animals on individuals and families. Studies indicate that some social work practitioners are including animals in their practices through assessment and interventions. Little is known about what factors contribute to this inclusion, especially because there is a lack of attention in social work education and r…
Placement stability in the context of child development
American Indian Women and Domestic Violence
During the past 25 years we have witnessed die growth and establishment of domestic violence as a field of inquiry. What has been noticeably absent, however, is research that explores the experience of American Indian women survivors of domestic violence. The data for this study were gathered from audiotaped, in-depth phe-monenological interviews with 13 women from 10 American Indian Nations. This paper reports the findings of the study with part…
College Students’ Experiences of Nonhuman Animal Harm in the United States and The Bahamas
This study compares and contrasts experiences of harm to nonhuman animals in the lives of 830 college students in The Bahamas and the United States. Overall, students in The Bahamas were more likely to have been exposed to seeing animals harmed (65%) than those in the United States (16%), and they were more likely to have seen an animal killed (22% in The Bahamas and 12% in the United States). Bahamian students reported a higher rate of participa…
Harnessing the Positive Power of Language
Reflecting biases that permeate the U.S. culture, professional accounts generally interpret stories of minority women from a deficit perspective. Problems such as substance abuse, domestic violence, and teenage pregnancy are often presented from an outsider's viewpoint and cast as intrapersonal phenomena independent of historical, political, and cultural context. This article suggests that stories and their implications change significantly depen…
Sexual Harassment of Social Work Students
This article reports on a study that examined the sexual harassment experiences among 226 bachelor's of social work and master's ofsocial work students in one school of social work and in their field placements. The prevalence and severity of sexual harassment on campus and in fieldwork agencies are discussed, as are the implications of the findings and issues for further investigation
Predicting Birth Weight
This study uses the 1980 National Natality Study to examine the relative importance of sociodemographic factors, medical-risk factors, and prenatal care in predicting birth weight. Findings indicate that both sociodemographic and medical-risk factors are important in predicting birth weight, with medical risks accounting for slightly more variance (after accounting for social variables) in birth weight. Although prenatal care accounts for only 1 …
Predicting Birth Weight
This study uses the 1980 National Natality Study to examine the relative importance of sociodemographic factors, medical-risk factors, and prenatal care in predicting birth weight. Findings indicate that both sociodemographic and medical-risk factors are important in predicting birth weight, with medical risks accounting for slightly more variance (after accounting for social variables) in birth weight. Although prenatal care accounts for only 1 …
Health Care Utilization by Children Entering Foster Care
This is a study of the referral completion status of a cohort of children entering foster care, and the ability of selected factors to explain the completion of those referrals. It was found that although the children had multiple health problems their needs continued to go unmet. Two variables that accounted for 9% of the variance in referral completion were identified. The implications of these findings are discussed and issues for additional i…
Harnessing the Positive Power of Language
Reflecting biases that permeate the U.S. culture, professional accounts generally interpret stories of minority women from a deficit perspective. Problems such as substance abuse, domestic violence, and teenage pregnancy are often presented from an outsider's viewpoint and cast as intrapersonal phenomena independent of historical, political, and cultural context. This article suggests that stories and their implications change significantly depen…
Sexual Harassment of Social Work Students
This article reports on a study that examined the sexual harassment experiences among 226 bachelor's of social work and master's ofsocial work students in one school of social work and in their field placements. The prevalence and severity of sexual harassment on campus and in fieldwork agencies are discussed, as are the implications of the findings and issues for further investigation
Gender Biases in Child Welfare
Gender biases are pervasive in child welfare research and practice. Although these biases have been addressed to some extent in the literature, there continues to be a lack of information on fathers and an overrepresentation of information on mothers, and thus the biases continue. This article explores how these biases are currently manifested in both research and practice and makes recommendations for changes in research, policy, and practice
Current Challenges and Future Directions for Collaborative Child Welfare Educational Programs
This paper presents a brief overview of the Title IV-E and 426 investments in schools of social work that are presented in this special collection and discusses current and future challenges and issues for building effective educational programs for child welfare practice. Recommendations for future research and educational agendas are also presented
American Indian Women and Domestic Violence
During the past 25 years we have witnessed die growth and establishment of domestic violence as a field of inquiry. What has been noticeably absent, however, is research that explores the experience of American Indian women survivors of domestic violence. The data for this study were gathered from audiotaped, in-depth phe-monenological interviews with 13 women from 10 American Indian Nations. This paper reports the findings of the study with part…
She Was Family”
Most families with companion animals regard them as family members, and affectionate relationships with pets can enhance health. Research suggests that these relationships are complicated and vary, depending on many factors, including ethnicity, but there has been little research on animal-human relationships in communities of color in the United States. This qualitative study explored beliefs about and experiences with companion animals of women…
The Animal-Human Bond and Ethnic Diversity
Affectionate relationships with animal companions have health-enhancing effects on people and enrich their quality of life, and the majority of families with companion animals regard their animals as family members. Research has also suggested that these relationships are complicated and vary depending on a number of factors, yet there has been almost no exploration of ethnic diversity in relationships with companion animals. This descriptive stu…
It’s Not Scary”
To increase their research skills and confidence, students in a nonresearch-focused elective MSW course gathered qualitative data through cross-ethnic interviews for a formal research project. Qualitative findings from a focus group of students were used to examine the perspectives of the students, all but one of whom were women, about (a) changes in their knowledge of and attitudes toward research, (b) the struggles they experienced, and (c) whe…
Social Work Practitioners and the Human--Companion Animal Bond
Extensive research documents powerful relationships between humans and companion animals, and 62 percent of U.S. households report having a companion animal. Social workers are likely to work with individuals and families with companion animals; thus, the inclusion of such animals in both practice and research as a natural extension of social work with humans, and their challenges, coping mechanisms, and resiliency factors, seems called for. Yet …
Milk Teeth
Book Review| October 01 2011 Milk Teeth: A Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog Milk Teeth: A Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog. By Robbie Pfeufer Kahn. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2008. 335 pp. Paperback. $20.95. ISBN: 978-0-8135-4371.). Christina Risley-Curtiss Christina Risley-Curtiss Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Animal Ethics (2011) 1 (2): 232–233. https://doi.org/10.5406/janimalethics.1.2.0232 …
Placement stability in the context of child development
Animals and Social Work
Book Review| April 01 2013 Animals and Social Work: A Moral Introduction Animals and Social Work: A Moral Introduction. By Thomas Ryan. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Hardback. $85. ISBN: 978-0-230-27250-7.). Christina Risley-Curtiss Christina Risley-Curtiss Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Animal Ethics (2013) 3 (1): 112–114. https://doi.org/10.5406/janimalethics.3.1.0112 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon S…
Redefining Social Welfare
A growing body of research supports the notion that human well-being is inextricably connected to the welfare of other animals. Social scientists are exploring these connections in research in social work and various subfields of sociology, including those focusing on the environment, deviance, the family, health, social inequality, and religion, as well as the emerging field of animals and society. This special issue taps researchers and theoris…
Expanding the Ecological Lens in Child Welfare Practice to Include Other Animals
Sixty-nine million U.S. households have companion animals and most of these families consider these animals to be family members. Research shows that children have powerful emotional connections with animals that can be both beneficial and harmful. Considerable research findings report that violence against animals often co-occurs with, indicates, or predicts other forms of family violence, including child abuse. A companion animal may be an abus…
Factors Affecting Social Workers' Inclusion of Animals in Practice
Experts suggest that social work practitioners can improve their client service with a more thorough understanding of the impact of other animals on individuals and families. Studies indicate that some social work practitioners are including animals in their practices through assessment and interventions. Little is known about what factors contribute to this inclusion, especially because there is a lack of attention in social work education and r…
My Dog Always Eats First
Connecting Animals and Children in Early Childhood
College Students’ Experiences of Nonhuman Animal Harm in the United States and The Bahamas
This study compares and contrasts experiences of harm to nonhuman animals in the lives of 830 college students in The Bahamas and the United States. Overall, students in The Bahamas were more likely to have been exposed to seeing animals harmed (65%) than those in the United States (16%), and they were more likely to have seen an animal killed (22% in The Bahamas and 12% in the United States). Bahamian students reported a higher rate of participa…
Psychology (18 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social Work (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Animal welfare (4 works)