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Jean Scandlyn, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Professor, UC Denver, Health and Behavioral Sciences and Anthropology

Research Interests

• Adolescence and adolescent health
• Migration
• Global health and development
• Contemporary US society
• Social justice
• Medical Anthropology

Courses Taught

• Global Health Studies: Bio Cultural Basis-Health
• Theoretical Perspectives in HBSC
• Human Migration: Nomads, Sojourners & Settlers

Education

• Middlebury College, B.A., Religion, magna cum laude.
• Columbia University, New York, NY, B.S.N. Nursing. 
• Columbia University, New York, NY, M.A. Anthropology. 
• University of California at San Francisco, M.S.N. International and Cross-Cultural Nursing. 
• Columbia University, New York, NY, M.Phil. Anthropology. 
• Columbia University, New York, NY, Ph.D., Anthropology

Selected Publications

Referred Publications, Invited Chapters, and Other Contributions

Articles and Book Chapters

Scandlyn, Jean N.  (forthcoming, 2006).  Learning from Practice:  Reframing the Scholarly Dialogue on Children’s Rights and Sexuality. Human Rights and Human Welfare.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  (forthcoming).  Local Conflicts, Global Forces: Fighting for Public Education in a New York Suburb. In Border Crossings: Transnational Americanist Anthropology.  Kathleen Fine-Dare and Stephen Rubenstein, eds.  Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska Press.

Scandlyn, Jean N, Suzanne Discenza, and James Van Leeuwen.  (forthcoming).  Integrating Interventions: Outreach and Research among Street Youths in the Rockies.  In Globalizing the Streets: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Youth, Social Control and Empowerment in the New Millennium.  New York: Columbia University Press.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  2005.  Local Conflicts, Global Forces: Fighting for Public Education in a New York Suburb.  Working Paper #2005-03. Denver, Colorado: University of Colorado at Denver Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences Department.  http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/hbsc/workingpapers.

Erzinger, Sharry, and Jean N. Scandlyn.  2005.  From Pity to Promise: The Challenge of Youth Participation in Meeting the Needs of Children Made Vulnerable by AIDS.  Health and Behavioral Sciences Working Paper #2005-01. Denver, Colorado: University of Colorado at Denver Health and Behavioral Sciences Department.  http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/hbsc/workingpapers.

Scandlyn, Jean N, Suzanne Discenza, and James Van Leeuwen.  2005.  Integrating Interventions: Outreach and Research among Street Youths in the Rockies.  Working Paper #2005-02. Denver, Colorado: University of Colorado at Denver Health and Behavioral Sciences Department.  http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/hbsc/workingpapers

Scandlyn, Jean N.  2004.  Exploring Children’s Rights in the World of Work.  Human Rights and Human Welfare 4:1-10.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  2002.  Review of Gender and Anthropology.  Frances Mascia-Lees and Nancy Johnson-Black.  American Anthropologist 104(1):365-267.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  2000.  When AIDS Became a Chronic Disease.  Western Journal of Medicine 172(2): 130-133.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  2000.  Common Ground: On Nursing and Anthropology.  Anthrowatch 5(1): 13, 16.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  1995.  State of the Art.  Anthrowatch 8(1): 13.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  1993.  Changing Our Images.  Faces 10(4): 4-9.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  1988.  Social Aspects of AIDS.  Orthopaedic Nursing Journal 7(5): 26-32.

Scandlyn, Jean.  1988.  Introduction, Part Two: Mozambique and Zimbabwe.  In Women’s Health and Apartheid: The Health of Women and Children and the Future of Progressive Primary Health Care in Southern Africa.  Marcia Wright, Zena Stein, and Jean Scandlyn, eds.  Pp. 163-164.  New York: Columbia University.

Wright, Marcia, Zena Stein, and Jean Scandlyn, eds.  1988.  Women’s Health and Apartheid: The Health of Women and Children and the Future of Progressive Primary Health Care in Southern Africa.  New York: Columbia University.

Wright, Marcia, and Jean Scandlyn.  1988.  Debates and Issues.  In Women’s Health and Apartheid: The Health of Women and Children and the Future of Progressive Primary Health Care in Southern Africa.  Marcia Wright, Zena Stein, and Jean Scandlyn, eds.  Pp. 159-162.  New York: Columbia University.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  1987.  How to Read the Research Article.  Orthopaedic Nursing Journal 6(5): 21-27.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  1985.  Campus Programs Help Students with Stress.  Synapse 29(16): 1,3.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  1984.  East Java. US Embassy Magazine Summer: 19.  Jakarta, Indonesia: U.S. Embassy.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  1984  Staying Healthy in Indonesia (editor and contributor).  Jakarta, Indonesia: American Women’s Association.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  1984.  Nurses Move into Political Arena.  Synapse 29(9): 5.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  1984.  The Indian Nursing Experience.  Synapse 29(11): 1,3.

Scandlyn, Jean N.  1984  Finals Stress?  UCSF Students Cope Well.  Synapse 29(12): 1,5.

Reports

2000  Needs Assessment for Downtown Outreach Office for Urban Peak.  Report prepared for Urban Peak, Denver, Colorado.