Dr. Joseph Jean

Biography

Joseph Jean is a queer PhD student in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, specializing in Civil Society and Community Research. He is actively engaged in full-time studies and has held joint positions as a teaching assistant for undergraduate courses in the Department of American Indian and Indigenous Studies. Joseph has also been involved in a program assistantship at the Institute for Research on Poverty and currently works at the Center for Design and Material Culture. His academic pursuits aim to foster the success of students and engage in research evaluation that is centered on community-level programs to improve the well-being of indigenous communities. Joseph is receiving his Master of Public Health from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and previously obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with a minor in biological sciences. His research interests include complementary and alternative medicine, program implementation evaluation, HIV prevention, and sexual health, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Additionally, Joseph has experience as a research assistant in an environmental science laboratory, where he monitored outdoor allergenic airborne pollen and mold. His work in this area was crucial for understanding annual allergen trends in the urbanized desert environment of Las Vegas, Nevada. The findings from this research were presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology annual meeting and published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

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