Shavaun Sutton

Shavaun Sutton, MPH, PhD- EDUCATION - PhD Sociology Northeastern University 2016 Master of Public Health Community Health Sciences State University of New York Downstate Summer Institute on Critical Participatory Action Research The Public Science Project, CUNY Graduate Center 2010 Bachelor of Science Major: Behavioral Sciences Emphasis in Public Health Dean’s List: Spring 2008- Spring 2010 Andrews University PUBLICATIONS 2022Dill L.J., Sutton, S., Cowan, E., & Holdbrook-Smith, A. "Oh, we got beef?!: Rifts, Refusals, Ruptures, and Re-Commitments in Academic-Community Partnerships”. Volume 11, Issue 3 Departures in Critical Qualitative Research. 2021Dill L.J., Rivera, B., Sutton S., Ige E. “I Feel Some Type of Way”: Experiences of relationship violence, resilience, and resistance among urban Black girls.” In: K. B. Holden & C. P. Jones (Eds.), Resilience: Black Women and Public Health. SUNY Press. Cowan, E. S., Dill, L.J., Sutton, S. 2021. “Collective Healing: A Framework for Building Transformative Collaborations in Public Health.” Health Promotion Practice-. doi: 10.1177/-. 2019Dill, L. J., Sutton, S., Rivera, B., Amory-Powell, A. “I Can Only Do Me”: African- American, Caribbean-American, and West African Girls’ Transnational Nature of Self- Articulation. In: Jordan-Zachery, J., & Harris, M., eds. BlackGirlMagic Offline: Black Girls and Women's Quest for Self-Definition in the 21st Century. 2018Dill, L. J., Rivera, B., Sutton, S. “Don’t Let Nobody Bring You Down”: How Urban Black Girls Write and Learn from Ethnographically based Poetry to Understand and Heal from Relationship Violence. The Ethnographic Edge. 2(1), 56-65. Doi:-/tee.v2i1.30 PRESENTATIONS 2024Reed, J., Mouzaoir, S., Sutton, S., Brathwaite, B., Townsend, S. “I Come From, I Go To”: Honoring Black Feminist Bidirectional Mentorship as Liberatory Praxis. National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meeting Sutton, S. Preliminary Areas of Interest of the Perspectives about Trauma and Health (PaTH) study. December Community Advisory Board Meeting. Northeastern University Sutton, S. “I’m Building Me a Home”: World-making and expansion on traditional notions of place in Black Staten Island. Humanities Center Fellows Works-in-Progress, panelist. Northeastern University 2022Sutton, S. Boadi-Acheampong, N.A., Stone, B., Taylor Williams, T., Lincoln, A.K. “Examining racism declarations: Content and intended impacts” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo 2021Sutton, S., Dill L., Cowan E. “Cultural Collisions and Solutions in Non-Profit-Academic Partnerships Addressing Violence Prevention" National Women’s Studies Association Virtual Annual Conference 2019Sutton, S. “I am complete, unwritten”: A Black feminist autoethnography. National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference 2018Sutton, S. “Jesus and Justice”: Exploring Messages of Health, Faith, and Social Justice. National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference Levine, L., Dreamer, L., Sutton S., Tesfaye Rogoza, A. The Role of Racial Inequities and Stigma in the Opioid Crisis. National Public Health Week Panel Discussion. State University of New York Downstate Sutton, S., Aaron, S. A Love Approach to Anti-racist Work. Core Team Plus Monthly Meeting, Race to Justice Initiative, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Sutton, S., Llewellyn, T., Kowlessar, J. “Radical Christianity”: Social Justice and the Church. Discussion moderator. Kingsboro Temple of Seventh-day Adventists 2017Paone, D., Winklestein, E., Sutton, S., Tesfaye Rogoza, A., Colon-Berezin, C. Race and the War on Drugs. Division of Mental Hygiene Health Equity Training. NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 2016Sutton, S. “Confined”: A Qualitative Approach to the Health Impact of Solitary Confinement on Black Women and Communities. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo Dill, L.J., Sutton, S., Rivera, B. “No One Asked How School Was Going”: Public Schools as Sites of Risk and Potential for Urban Girls of Color. Urban Affairs Association Conference Aiyar, C., Dill, L.J., Sutton, S, Rivera, B, Villa, M. “Homegirls in Homeplaces”: Cultivating Sites of Resistance through Community-Accountable Scholarship. Anna Julia Cooper Center Know Her Truths Conference Dill, L.J., Rivera, B., Sutton, S., Ige, E. “What if I stay?”: Experiences of Teen Dating Violence among Urban African American, Caribbean-American, and Latina Girls. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo ACADEMIC RESEARCH EXERIENCE 2024Research Assistant, Summer and Fall, Perspectives about Trauma and Health Study, Institute for Health Equity & Social Justice Research, Northeastern University 2022Evaluation Assistant, Fall, Philip Guston Exhibit, NUPEL and Museum of Fine Arts, Northeastern University 2023Research Assistant, Summer, East Boston Spatial Justice Lab NUPEL and NULaw Lab, Northeastern University Research Assistant, Spring, Pan African Feminist Praxis and Francia Marquez’s Vice Presidency, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University 2022Research Assistant, Summer, The Reckonings Project Department of History, Northeastern University Research Assistant, Summer 2021-Summer 2022, Racism Declarations Project Institute for Health Equity & Social Justice Research, Northeastern University 2021Research Assistant, Summer Bluegreen Spaces Photovoice Project Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2024Grader, Spring, Race, Ethnicity and Inequality Northeastern University 2023Teaching Assistant, Spring, Ethnographic Field Experience Northeastern University 2022 Teaching Assistant, Fall, Race and Global Human Migration Northeastern University Teaching Assistant, Spring, Research Methods Northeastern University 2021 Teaching Assistant, Spring, Introduction to Sociology Northeastern University 2020 Teaching Assistant, Fall, Introduction to Sociology Northeastern University Guest Lecturer, Introduction to Sociology- Health and Sociology Northeastern University ACADEMIC SERVICE Curriculum Racial Justice Committee Student Member Northeastern University Undergraduate Mentoring/Supervising Northeastern University FUNDING Brudnick Center Student Research Award, 2024, $2,000 Northeastern University Department of Sociology and Anthropology Summer Grants 2021, 2022, 2024, $3,550 (culminative) Northeastern University Humanities Center Inaugural Research Fellow, AY- Northeastern University PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 2017- 19City Research Scientist Designed surveys and interviews guides for fentanyl adaptation study across 5 boroughs of New York. Increased interview participation for qualitative studies on fentanyl adaptation behaviors and buprenorphine treatment in primary care. Conducted semi-structured interviews. Data coding and analysis using Dedoose Software. Conducted literature reviews. Prepared findings reports for Managed budgeting record of transcription services for 100 recorded interviews. NY/NJ High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area 2017Qualitative Research Associate detailed to NYC Department of Health Support the qualitative research component and overall fieldwork activities. Recruit potential interview participants. Assist with data coding and analysis. Contribute to write-up of findings. Conduct literature reviews. Independent Scholar 2016-20 Conduct original scholarship using transdisciplinary lens. Consultant on collective healing and resilience after police violence Robert Wood Johnson funded project. Inform research projects through transcription, analytic memo, thematic coding, spatial analysis, power mapping, narrative analysis. Prepare findings for dissemination. Sadie Nash Leadership Project 2016Summer Institute Facilitator Adapted "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks” into a 6-week curriculum for 15 teen-aged girls of color using popular education approaches. Introduced and incorporated PhotoVoice research methods to challenge and explore single narrative as related to history, contemporary times and self. State University of New York Downstate 2015-16Research Assistant Conducted literature reviews of multidisciplinary scholarly articles. Supported qualitative data collection. Qualitative analysis of violence prevention programming, school pushout, teen dating violence, relationships, transnationalism, and self-articulation as it intersects with public health. Analysis of archival materials. Transcription of interview audio files. Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center 2014Community Liaison-Asthma Program Strengthened connections between North Brooklyn Asthma Action Alliance (NBAAA) and NBAAA members, community leaders and hospital staff in various hospital departments via outreach methods. Developed and maintained calendar of NBAAA events and meetings with programs determined by the New York State Department of Health Grant. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT-Mentor to undergraduate Health Equity Interns, Northeastern University 2017- 20Abstract Reviewer, American Public Health Association 2018- 19Divisional Action Team Member, Division of Mental Hygiene, Race to Justice Initiative, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 2018Arraignment Court Observer, Court Watch NYC 2017- 19Core Team Plus Member, Race to Justice Initiative, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 2015- 16Beyond the Bars Fellow, Center for Justice, Columbia University PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS-Society for Women in Sociology 2020 - PresentAmerican Sociological Association 2020 - 21Black Women’s Studies Association 2018 - PresentNational Women’s Studies Association 2017 – 2020American Public Health Association