Maranda C. Ward, Ed.D, MPH

Maranda C. Ward, Ed.D, MPH

Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Dr. Maranda C. Ward is an Assistant Professor and Director of Equity in the Department of…

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Education

  • The George Washington University Graphic

    The George Washington University

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    Activities and Societies: The Society of Young Black Public Health Professionals, Office of Minority Affairs, Student Health Advisory Committee, Student Government Association

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    Activities and Societies: Bonner Scholar, Toni Cade Bambara Writers Collective, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance (FMLA), Student Health Associates and Peer Educators (SHAPE), Sister Love

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Volunteer Experience

  • Mentor

    SisterMentors

    - Present 11 years

    Education

    SisterMentors provides women pursuing their doctoral degree with peer-based support while investing time as a mentor to a young girl.

Publications

  • Beyond Academic Walls: Paradigms for Inter-community and Inter-disciplinary Collaboration

    Book arised from International Conference on Character Development through Service and Experiential Learning

    This chapter in the book, Character Development Through Service and Experiential Learning, provides a wide array of service learning models in practice around the world It bridges the theory-practice gap with detailed examples of community-based service-learning efforts at different levels of education such as schools, colleges, universities. Models presented in this book can be adapted for use in other institutions.

    Other authors
    • Kim Bullock
    • Donna Cameron
    • Asha Subramanian

  • Identifying risk factors associated with intimate partner violence amongst youth

    Journal of Knowledge and Best Practices in Juvenile Justice and Psychology

    Exposure to neighborhood violence, witnessing school violence, attitudes toward violence against women, perceived norms about violence, age, and sex, were modeled as risk factors for perpetration of physical violence within dating relationships. A total of 456 ninth grade students in rural Mississippi completed a Youth Dating Violence Survey. Gender (female), having attitudes accepting of violence against women, witnessing violence at school, and exposure to violence occurring in one's…

    Exposure to neighborhood violence, witnessing school violence, attitudes toward violence against women, perceived norms about violence, age, and sex, were modeled as risk factors for perpetration of physical violence within dating relationships. A total of 456 ninth grade students in rural Mississippi completed a Youth Dating Violence Survey. Gender (female), having attitudes accepting of violence against women, witnessing violence at school, and exposure to violence occurring in one's neighborhood were significantly
    related to perpetrating intimate partner violence.

    Other authors
    • Pam McMahon
    • Eben Ingram
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  • The Reproductive and Sexual Health of Jamaican Youth

    Advocates for Youth

    I authored this fact sheet as an Advocates for Youth intern though the University of Michigan Population Fellows Program. A copy of the pdf can be found on my academia.edu profile.

Projects

  • Dissertation Proposal

    - Present

    I am proposing to design an arts-based participatory action research (PAR) study to develop a deeper understanding of how youth negotiate their performed identities as urban youth and as peer educators.

    My combined academic and workforce experiences in community mapping, participatory action research (PAR) and arts-based research methods (i.e. photovoice, identity maps, data poems) contributes alternative ways to tell data stories. My proposed dissertation is a PAR study that uses…

    I am proposing to design an arts-based participatory action research (PAR) study to develop a deeper understanding of how youth negotiate their performed identities as urban youth and as peer educators.

    My combined academic and workforce experiences in community mapping, participatory action research (PAR) and arts-based research methods (i.e. photovoice, identity maps, data poems) contributes alternative ways to tell data stories. My proposed dissertation is a PAR study that uses arts-based research for urban youth to explore their identities as peer educators.

    Other creators
    • Brian Casemore
    • Karen Kortecamp

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    “Want a sharp professional who is passionate and knowledgeable about youth development? Then you have Maranda Ward! From a mustard seed planted in Promising Futures, I have seen her transform the start up youth venture into well-recognized, youth-respected endeavor. She has the recipe for success and I would be happy to work with her again on future projects. ”

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