Jennifer R. Wies
Associate Provost & Professor of Anthropology
Education
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Kentucky
- Graduate Certificate in Medical Behavioral Sciences, University of Kentucky
- M.A., Anthropology, University of Kentucky
- Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude), Sociology & Anthropology, Loyola University Chicago
Research & Academic Interests
- Gender-based violence
- Assessment & accreditation
- Evaluation science
Publications
- Wies, Jennifer R. and Hillary J. Haldane, eds. 2022. Applying Anthropology to General Education: Reshaping Education for the 21st Century. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
- Wies, Jennifer R., and Hillary J. Haldane, eds. 2015. Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence. Lanham MA: Lexington Books.
- Wies, Jennifer, Caitlyn D. Placek, and Jean Marie Place. 2023. “Radiating Impacts: Understanding Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Frontline Healthcare Workers in the Opioid Crisis.” Journal of Substance Use. doi:10.1080/14659891.2023.2250850.
- Wies, Jennifer R., Alisha Mays, Shalean Collins, and Sera Lewise Young. 2020. “As long as we have the mine, we’ll have water: Cultural models of water insecurity in Appalachian Kentucky.” Annals of Anthropological Practice 44(1): 65-76. doi:10.1111/napa.12134.
- Wies, Jennifer R. 2020. “Voices: A Memorial, a History, and a Call for the Future of the Practice and Application of Feminist Anthropology.” Feminist Anthropology 1(1): 108-117. doi: 10.1002/fea2.12012.
Associations, Affiliations & Work History
- Society for Applied Anthropology, President (2021-present)
- Association for Feminist Anthropology, President (2017- 2021)
Awards & Accolades
- Gender Equity Award, American Anthropological Association, 2019
- National Science Foundation Short Courses on Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology- Statistics in Ethnographic Research, 2013
- Violence Against Women 2012 Best Article Award Nominee for "Mobilizing Culture as an Asset: A Transdisciplinary Effort to Rethink Gender Violence,” 2013
