Jennifer R Wies
Biographic Data
| ID | 609332 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer R Wies |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer R |
| FAMILY NAME | Wies |
| SIGNATURE | WIES J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Kentucky University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3322-0339 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fear and power
Cultural competence for drug addiction and recovery
Gender-based violence, authoritarianism, and the state
Reflections and Challenges of Pregnant and Postpartum Participant Recruitment in the Context of the Opioid Epidemic
Voices
This article examines Voices: A Publication of the Association for Feminist Anthropology (1995‐2018) as a collection of feminist anthropology articles, arguing that an analysis of Voices represents an interrogation of feminist anthropology in general. Voices was a transformative publication for many in feminist anthropology—somewhat subversive (not peer‐reviewed!), a dedicated space for straightforward truth speaking over time, a space for an ali…
As Long As We Have the Mine, We'll Have Water
Water insecurity is a condition when affordability, reliability, adequacy, or safety of water is significantly reduced or unattainable resulting in jeopardized well-being. Water insecurity co-occurs with poverty and social and economic exclusion. It is gaining increasing attention from the scholarly community, but most work has focused on low- and middle-income countries. In this article, we explore water insecurity in Appalachian Kentucky. Throu…
Feminist Anthropology for Our Times
Perceptions of Risk, Lives in Sacrifice
In the Appalachian mountains, residents experience disproportionately high rates of poverty, exorbitant rates of incarceration, above-average mortality rates across the lifespan, and epidemically low educational attainment rates. The complexities of this region prompt consideration of the possibilities for an anthropology-inspired, liberation-focused pedagogy to redress structural inequalities. Experiential pedagogical approaches to learning mobi…
Field Notes on the Profession
Teaching Anthropology in the Sacrifice Zone
Advancing Equity in Higher Education
Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence
Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence: Global Responses, Local Practices addresses the gaps in theory, methods, and practices that are currently used to engage the problem of gender-based violence. This book complements the work carried out in the legal, social work, and medical fields by demonstrating how a focus on local issues and local responses can better inform a collaborative global response to the problem of gender-based violence…
I
Title IX and the State of Campus Sexual Violence in the United States
In 2010, 21 million individuals were categorized as full- or part-time students in institutions of higher education in the United States. As the enrollment figures continue to grow, it is necessary to sharpen our focus on the lived experiences of those attending colleges and universities. Data indicate that one out of four college women are victims of sexual violence. Though the amount and magnitude of campus sexual violence federal legislation i…
Engaged Ethnography in Appalachia
This article explores how indigenous Appalachian students create meaning systems related to poverty, and how they move towards liberating themselves from hegemonic discourses of the transglobal political economy through engaged ethnography. In so doing, I accomplish two goals. First, I outline a pedagogical process for including indigenous Appalachian students in engaged ethnography and how that process can be layered to accomplish multiple aims.…
Measuring Violence
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) are now commonplace in the continuum of care for victims of sexual violence in the United States. The presence of SANE programs has increased precision in the use of rape kits, improved patient care, and increased the effectiveness of expert court testimony. However, SANEs are exposed to a working environment that demands a professional response to devastating acts of trauma and violence perpetrated towards …
Mobilizing Culture as an Asset
The contested relationship between gender violence and the "culture concept" can be found in the cultural defense of gender violence, gender violence linked to postcolonial retraditionalizations of family life, the underpolicing of gender violence associated with communities labeled as culturally backward, and the overpolicing of activities categorized by human rights advocates as harmful traditional practices. Culture has been used to defend, ex…
Practicing Political Economy
Domestic violence affects a quarter of women in the United States over the course of their lifetime and includes physical assault, sexual violence, emotional abuse, and stalking behavior perpetrated by a spouse, boyfriend/girlfriend, or live-in partner (Tjaden and Thoennes 2000). The profound number of individuals affected by domestic violence has given rise to the domestic violence shelter service sector. Domestic violence shelters in the United…
Anti-domestic Violence Coalition Practice
The persistence of domestic violence continues to be a significant social problem throughout the world. In the United States, approximately one in four women will experience at least one form of violence during the course of her lifetime. In response to this epidemic, community-based coalitions have emerged to provide emergency shelter and advocacy services to victims and their families. This article focuses on one anti-domestic violence coalitio…
Boundaries in carework
Recent decades have witnessed the professionalisation of carework in the USA, including the work of caring for the elderly, people living with mental/physical disabilities and other vulnerable populations. In the past, carework was primarily performed by family members or others as a service. Using an ethnographic case study of domestic violence shelter advocacy as a sector in the carework industry, this article defines boundaries as a mechanism …
Professionalizing Human Services
Recent decades have witnessed a shift in the provision of human services in America in multiple forms, including the work of caring for the elderly, people living with mental/physical disabilities, and other vulnerable populations. Using a case study of domestic violence shelter advocates, this paper explores the professionalization of advocating for and providing human services to victims of domestic violence. The introduction of the rhetoric of…
Mobilizing Culture as an Asset
The contested relationship between gender violence and the "culture concept" can be found in the cultural defense of gender violence, gender violence linked to postcolonial retraditionalizations of family life, the underpolicing of gender violence associated with communities labeled as culturally backward, and the overpolicing of activities categorized by human rights advocates as harmful traditional practices. Culture has been used to defend, ex…
As Long As We Have the Mine, We'll Have Water
Water insecurity is a condition when affordability, reliability, adequacy, or safety of water is significantly reduced or unattainable resulting in jeopardized well-being. Water insecurity co-occurs with poverty and social and economic exclusion. It is gaining increasing attention from the scholarly community, but most work has focused on low- and middle-income countries. In this article, we explore water insecurity in Appalachian Kentucky. Throu…
Perceptions of Risk, Lives in Sacrifice
In the Appalachian mountains, residents experience disproportionately high rates of poverty, exorbitant rates of incarceration, above-average mortality rates across the lifespan, and epidemically low educational attainment rates. The complexities of this region prompt consideration of the possibilities for an anthropology-inspired, liberation-focused pedagogy to redress structural inequalities. Experiential pedagogical approaches to learning mobi…
Teaching Anthropology in the Sacrifice Zone
Anti-domestic Violence Coalition Practice
The persistence of domestic violence continues to be a significant social problem throughout the world. In the United States, approximately one in four women will experience at least one form of violence during the course of her lifetime. In response to this epidemic, community-based coalitions have emerged to provide emergency shelter and advocacy services to victims and their families. This article focuses on one anti-domestic violence coalitio…
Professionalizing Human Services
Recent decades have witnessed a shift in the provision of human services in America in multiple forms, including the work of caring for the elderly, people living with mental/physical disabilities, and other vulnerable populations. Using a case study of domestic violence shelter advocates, this paper explores the professionalization of advocating for and providing human services to victims of domestic violence. The introduction of the rhetoric of…
Boundaries in carework
Recent decades have witnessed the professionalisation of carework in the USA, including the work of caring for the elderly, people living with mental/physical disabilities and other vulnerable populations. In the past, carework was primarily performed by family members or others as a service. Using an ethnographic case study of domestic violence shelter advocacy as a sector in the carework industry, this article defines boundaries as a mechanism …
Practicing Political Economy
Domestic violence affects a quarter of women in the United States over the course of their lifetime and includes physical assault, sexual violence, emotional abuse, and stalking behavior perpetrated by a spouse, boyfriend/girlfriend, or live-in partner (Tjaden and Thoennes 2000). The profound number of individuals affected by domestic violence has given rise to the domestic violence shelter service sector. Domestic violence shelters in the United…
Anti-domestic Violence Coalition Practice
The persistence of domestic violence continues to be a significant social problem throughout the world. In the United States, approximately one in four women will experience at least one form of violence during the course of her lifetime. In response to this epidemic, community-based coalitions have emerged to provide emergency shelter and advocacy services to victims and their families. This article focuses on one anti-domestic violence coalitio…
Mobilizing Culture as an Asset
The contested relationship between gender violence and the "culture concept" can be found in the cultural defense of gender violence, gender violence linked to postcolonial retraditionalizations of family life, the underpolicing of gender violence associated with communities labeled as culturally backward, and the overpolicing of activities categorized by human rights advocates as harmful traditional practices. Culture has been used to defend, ex…
Measuring Violence
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) are now commonplace in the continuum of care for victims of sexual violence in the United States. The presence of SANE programs has increased precision in the use of rape kits, improved patient care, and increased the effectiveness of expert court testimony. However, SANEs are exposed to a working environment that demands a professional response to devastating acts of trauma and violence perpetrated towards …
Engaged Ethnography in Appalachia
This article explores how indigenous Appalachian students create meaning systems related to poverty, and how they move towards liberating themselves from hegemonic discourses of the transglobal political economy through engaged ethnography. In so doing, I accomplish two goals. First, I outline a pedagogical process for including indigenous Appalachian students in engaged ethnography and how that process can be layered to accomplish multiple aims.…
Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence
Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence: Global Responses, Local Practices addresses the gaps in theory, methods, and practices that are currently used to engage the problem of gender-based violence. This book complements the work carried out in the legal, social work, and medical fields by demonstrating how a focus on local issues and local responses can better inform a collaborative global response to the problem of gender-based violence…
I
Title IX and the State of Campus Sexual Violence in the United States
In 2010, 21 million individuals were categorized as full- or part-time students in institutions of higher education in the United States. As the enrollment figures continue to grow, it is necessary to sharpen our focus on the lived experiences of those attending colleges and universities. Data indicate that one out of four college women are victims of sexual violence. Though the amount and magnitude of campus sexual violence federal legislation i…
Teaching Anthropology in the Sacrifice Zone
Advancing Equity in Higher Education
Field Notes on the Profession
Perceptions of Risk, Lives in Sacrifice
In the Appalachian mountains, residents experience disproportionately high rates of poverty, exorbitant rates of incarceration, above-average mortality rates across the lifespan, and epidemically low educational attainment rates. The complexities of this region prompt consideration of the possibilities for an anthropology-inspired, liberation-focused pedagogy to redress structural inequalities. Experiential pedagogical approaches to learning mobi…
Feminist Anthropology for Our Times
Voices
This article examines Voices: A Publication of the Association for Feminist Anthropology (1995‐2018) as a collection of feminist anthropology articles, arguing that an analysis of Voices represents an interrogation of feminist anthropology in general. Voices was a transformative publication for many in feminist anthropology—somewhat subversive (not peer‐reviewed!), a dedicated space for straightforward truth speaking over time, a space for an ali…
As Long As We Have the Mine, We'll Have Water
Water insecurity is a condition when affordability, reliability, adequacy, or safety of water is significantly reduced or unattainable resulting in jeopardized well-being. Water insecurity co-occurs with poverty and social and economic exclusion. It is gaining increasing attention from the scholarly community, but most work has focused on low- and middle-income countries. In this article, we explore water insecurity in Appalachian Kentucky. Throu…
Reflections and Challenges of Pregnant and Postpartum Participant Recruitment in the Context of the Opioid Epidemic
Fear and power
Cultural competence for drug addiction and recovery
Gender-based violence, authoritarianism, and the state
Sociology (15 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Poison control (6 works) · Suicide prevention (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Domestic violence (5 works)