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CURRICULUM VITAE
Shedra Amy Snipes, Ph.D.
Department of Biobehavioral Health
The Pennsylvania State University
225 Biobehavioral Health Building
University Park, PA 16802
Office (814) 865-4668; Fax (814) 863-7525
[email protected]
Dr. Snipes' research has a strong commitment to the underserved. Borrowing from her home discipline of
anthropology, she examines ways in which social inequality imposes risks for Latino immigrant farmworkers
and other populations. In doing so, she invokes an awareness that risks occur in several overlapping
“environments”, including the social environment, the work environment, the economic environment, the
political/structural environment, and the cultural environment. Dr. Snipes’ approach uses community-engaged
tools stemming primarily from ethnography and public health to understand the conditions and constraints on
“environments” in which people find themselves at risk. Finally, Dr. Snipes’ research is aimed toward solutionfinding. She designs intervention programs that are culturally appropriate to the contexts and lived experiences
of communities, and explores implications for health policy to protect the socially vulnerable.
Education:
PhD in BioCultural Anthropology
University of Washington, 2007
MA in BioCultural Anthropology
University of Washington, 2003
BS in Anthropology and Human Biology
Emory University, 2000
Positions and Employment:
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) and Director of BioQual Mixed Methods Laboratory
Pennsylvania State University Department of Biobehavioral Health, 2010 - Current
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Texas School of Public Health Division of Health Promotion, 2009 - 2010
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer, Center for Research on Minority Heath within the Department of
Health Disparities, 2007 - 2009
Graduate Research Assistant
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Cancer Prevention, 2002 - 2007
Research Assistant
BIMORA Biodemography Laboratory, University of Washington Department of Anthropology, 2000 - 2002
Fellowships
National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Education and Career Development Program; 2009 – 2010,
Training Site: University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, Grant
#2R25CA57712
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Health Disparities Scholars Program, Multidisciplinary Track; 2007 – 2010,
Training Site: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
American Anthropological Association (AAA) Minority Dissertation Fellowship; 2006-2007
University of Washington Arts & Humanities/ Social Sciences & Social Professions Fellowship; 2006-2007
Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health (ASPH)/Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Fellowship, Cancer Track (Cancer Prevention); Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center; 2004-2006
Awards
National Advisory Committee on Migrant Health, Appointed by the US Secretary of the Department of Health
and Human Services, 2017-2021 term
Distinguished Research Highlight on Health Policy. Featured for innovation in using mobile technology and its
applications in affecting the health of farmworker communities. Farmworker Justice, 2017
American Association of Health Behavior (AAHB) Program Award, 2011-2012
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research, “Migrant
Farmworker Ethno-Occupational Health Assessment” (L60 MD003115-01 and L60 MD003115-02), 20082011
Selected as Emerging Scholars of 2010, Featured in Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Emerging
Scholar Award, Diverse Issues in Higher Education (page 11)
http://diverseeducation.com/article/13450/ http://mydigimag.rrd.com/publication/?i=29479
Media Features
Pennsylvania State University News: “Farmworkers’ perceived discrimination affects work experience, injury
treatment.” (February 2017) http://news.psu.edu/story/448556/2017/02/01/farmworkers’-perceiveddiscrimination-affects-work-experience-injury
Pennsylvania State University News: “Public health anthropologist uses ethnography to improve
farmworker safety: Understanding cultural background can help limit pesticide exposures.” (October 2013)
http://news.psu.edu/story/292950/2013/10/28/research/public-health-anthropologist-usesethnographyimprove-farmworker
Article “Cultural Beliefs about Pesticides Put Farmworkers at Risk”, published online by the Health
Behavior News Service, Center for the Advancement of Health (November 2009)
http://www.cfah.org/hbns/archives/getDocument.cfm?documentID=2137
University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences Newsletter (March 2006)
http://www.artsci.washington.edu/news/winterspring06/Snipes.htm
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE) Web Spotlight (May 2005)
http://csde.washington.edu/events/spotlight/spotlight05.09.21.shtml
Featured on “CNN News Room” as part of Black History in Science Programming (February 2000)
Funding:
Pending:
Primary Investigator (External Award), National Institutes of Health (NIH) R03 “Does Parental Legal
Status Influence Health Insurance Access for Children of Mexican Immigrant Farmworkers? The Role of
CHIP Reauthorization (CHIPRA)”
Current:
Co-Principal Investigator (External Award), National Science Foundation (NSF) “Advanced Self-Powered
Systems of Integrated Environmental Health Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST)”; 2012 – Present;
Principal Investigator: Veenra Misra
Principal Investigator, Population Research Institute (SSRI) Faculty Fellows Award, Pennsylvania State
University, “Mexican Immigrant Parent’s Documentation Status and Children’s Access to Health
Insurance”; 2014 – 2016
Completed:
Principal Investigator, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) Faculty Fellows Award, Pennsylvania
State University, “Mexican Immigrant Parent’s Documentation Status and Children’s Access to Health
Insurance”; 2014 – 2016
Principal Investigator, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI), Pennsylvania State University,
“Preventing Pesticide Exposure (PPE): An Intervention to Improve Farmworker Health”; 2012 – 2014
Co-Investigator, Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) /Clinical Translational Research Institute
(CTSI) Cancer Control Seed Funding, Pennsylvania State University, “Patterns of Modifiable Behaviors
for Cancer Prevention among U.S.- and Foreign-Born Vulnerable Populations”; 2012 – 2014; Principal
Investigator: Patricia Miranda
Principal Investigator, Center for Diverse Families and Communities Pilot Funding, Pennsylvania State
University, “Preventing Pesticide Exposure (PPE): Formative Work Toward Intervention Development”;
2011 – 2013
Principal Investigator (External Award), Kaiser Permanente Burch Minority Leadership Award for
Emerging Scholars in Health Disparities Research, “Injuries, Exposures and Occupational Health: Policy
Implications for Mexican Farmworkers”; 2010 – 2013
Co-Investigator, Research Royalty Fund (RRF) Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE)
Seed Grant, Population Research Infrastructure Program, University of Washington, “Health Initiatives for
Men (HIM): A Pilot Study”; 2009 – 2010; Principal Investigator: Kathleen O’Connor
Principal Investigator (External Award), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education (SWAgC). “The Migrant
Farmworker Experience: An Ethno-Occupational Health Assessment”; 2007 – 2009
Principal Investigator (External Award), National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation
Research Improvement Grant, Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division, Physical Anthropology,
“Pesticides and Cortisol: A Bio-cultural Model”; 2004 – 2006
Funding for Students:
The Sloan Foundation, Doctoral Fellowship (for advisee FA Montiel-Ishino) 2016-Present
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
(for advisee FA Montiel-Ishino) 2014-Present
Publications (PEER REVIEWED):
* indicates student or postdoctoral advisee
Miranda, P.Y., Yao, N., BeLue, R., Snipes, S.A, Hillemeier, M., Lengerich, E., Weisman, C. "Citizenship,
Length of Stay, and Screening for Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer in Women, 2000-2010"
[Conditionally Accepted] Cancer Causes and Control
Snipes, S.A., Cooper, S.A., Shipp, E. “The only thing I wish I could change is that they treat us more like
people and less like animals: An exploration of injury and discrimination among Mexican immigrant
farmworkers.” Journal of Agromedicine 22 (1), 36-46 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1059924X.2016.1248307.
PMID: 27749157
Snipes, S.A., Montiel-Ishino, F.A.*, Smyth, J.M., Murphy, D., Miranda, P.Y. “A mobile pesticide safety
intervention for immigrant farmworkers: measures of acceptance, usability and satisfaction.” JMIR mHealth
and uHealth 2016: 4:2:e28. doi:10.2196/mhealth.4455. PMID: 27066727.
Snipes, S.A., Smyth, J.M., Murphy, D., Miranda, P.Y., Montiel-Ishino, F.A.* “Provision increases reported
PPE use for Mexican immigrant farmworkers: An mHealth pilot study.” Journal of Environmental and
Occupational Medicine 2015: 57:12. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000563; PMID: 26641832
Snipes S.A., Hayes-Constant T., Trumble, B.C., Goodreau, S.M., Morrison, D.M., Shell- Duncan, B.K.,
Pelman, R.S., O’Connor K. “Masculine perspectives about work and family concurrently promote and
inhibit men’s healthy behaviors.” International Journal of Men’s Health 2015: 14:1. doi: 10.3149/jmh.1401.1
[no PMID].
Thierry A.*, Snipes S.A. “Why do farmworkers delay treatment after debilitating injuries? Thematic
analysis explains if, when, and why farmworkers were treated for injuries”. American Journal of Industrial
Medicine 2015:58(2):178-92. doi:10.1002/ajim.22380. PMID: 25603940
Williams N.J., Grandner, M., Snipes S.A., Rogers, A., Williams, O., Airhihenbuwa, C., Jean- Louis. G.
“Racial/ethnic disparities in sleep health and healthcare: Importance of the sociocultural context” Sleep
Health 2015:1:1:28-35. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2014.12.004; PMID: 26229976
Pasha, S.K., Kaushik, A., Vasudev, A.*, Snipes, S.A., Bhansali, S., Electrochemical immunosensing of
salivary cortisol in occupational populations. Journal of The Electrochemical Society.
2014:161:2:B3077-B3082. doi:10.1149/2.017402jes. [no PMID].
Wafula E, Snipes SA. "Barriers to health care access faced by black immigrants in the US: Theoretical
considerations and recommendations." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 2013 September 5.
doi:10.1007/s10903-013-9898-1. PMID: 24006174
Snipes SA, Sellers SL, Tafawa AO, Cooper LA, Fields JC*, Bonham VL. Is race medically relevant? A
qualitative study of physicians' attitudes about the role of race in treatment decision-making. BMC Health
Services Research. 2011:11:183. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-11-183. *Designated “Highly Accessed”* PMID:
21819597
King DW, Miranda PY, Gor B, Fuchs-Young R, Chilton J, Hajek R, Torres-Vigil I, Hernandez-Valero M,
Snipes SA, Jones LH. Addressing cancer health disparities using a global biopsychosocial approach.
Cancer. 2010;116: 264-269. doi:10.1002/cncr.24765; NIHMS155309; PMID: 19924792.
Herrera AP, Snipes SA, King DA, Torres I, Laufman L, Weinberg A. Disparate inclusion of older adults in
clinical trials: Priorities and opportunities for policy and practice change. American Journal of Public Health.
2010;100(Suppl 1):s105-s112. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.162982; PMID: 20147682.
Snipes SA, Thompson B, O’Connor K, Shell-Duncan B, King D, Herrera AP, Navarro B. Pesticides
protect the fruit, but not the people… Using community-based ethnography to understand farmworker
pesticide exposure risks. American Journal of Public Health. 2009;99(Supp 3):s16-s21.
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.148973; PMCID: PMC2774205; PMID: 19890166.
King D, Snipes SA, Herrera AP, Jones LA. Health and healthcare perspectives of African American
residents of an unincorporated community: A qualitative assessment Health and Place. 2009;15:420- 428.
doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.07.006; PMC2661620; PMID: 18835739.
Snipes, SA, O'Connor, K, Thompson, B. Low-dose organophosphate pesticide exposure and salivary
cortisol levels among farmworkers in Washington State. American Journal of Human Biology. 2007: 19(2):
278. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.20629 [no PMID].
Snipes SA, Thompson B, O’Connor K, Godina R*, Ibarra G. An anthropological and psychological merge:
Design of a stress measure for Mexican immigrant farmworkers. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry.
2007;31(3):359-388. doi: 10.1007/s11013-007-9054-2; PMCID: PMC2917630; PMID: 17955350.
Thompson B, Coronado G, Islas I, Snipes SA. Methodologic advances and ongoing challenges in
designing community-based health promotion programs. Annual Review of Public Health. 2003; 24:31540. doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.24.100901.140819; PMID: 12471272.
Publications (BOOK CHAPTERS):
Snipes SA, Jones LA, Wilson D, Ezparza A (2009). “Cancer Burden of African Americans” in Health
Issues in the Black Community. Ronald Braithwaite and Sandra Taylor, Eds. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Hoboken, NJ.
Publications (UNDER REVIEW/REVISION)
Wafula E.*, Snipes S.A. "Self-Rated Health among Immigrants: The Role of Global Region of Birth.” **Revise
and Resubmit**
Potter, L.*, Zadawski, M.J., Eccleston, C. Cook, J. Snipes, S.A., Sliwinski, M.J., Smyth, J.M. “Prevalence
and Attributions of Perceived Discrimination: An Intersectional Approach” **Revise and Resubmit**
Snipes, S.A., Airhihenbuwa. “Why Culture Matters When Moving from the Conceptual to the Practical: The
‘Head–Heart–Hand’ Model for Cultural Intervention Practice”
Snipes, S.A., Miranda, P.Y., Campbell, A.*, Montiel-Ishino, F.A.* “PPE Protects Hispanic Immigrant
Farmworkers from Pesticide Exposure: The Role of Acculturation.”
Mentoring of Graduate Students
* indicates student of racial/ethnically diverse background
Francisco Alejandro Montiel-Ishino, MS*
Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University
Chair of Dissertation Committee, Fall 2013 – present
Michelle Martin, MS*
Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University Committee Member, Fall 2012 – Present
Nyesha Black, PhD*
Sociology and Demographcy, Penn State University Committee Member, Spring 2012 – Spring 2015
Kayla Harris, MS, PhD*
Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, Penn State University Committee Member, Spring 2012 –
Spring 2015
Sulamunn Coleman, MS*
Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University Committee Member, Fall 2012 – Spring 2013
Abhay Vasudev, PhD*
Bioengineering, Florida International University Committee Member, Fall 2012 – Spring 2013
Lindsey Varvil-Weld, MS, PhD
Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University
Committee Member and NRSA Fellowship Co-Advisor, Fall 2011 – Spring 2014
Donaldson Conserve, PhD*
Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University Committee Member, Fall 2011 – Spring 2013
Valerie King, PhD*
Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University Committee Member, Spring 2011 – Spring 2013
Amy Danielle Thierry, MS*
Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University Primary Advisor, Fall 2011 – Spring 2013
Heather Eastman-McArthur, MS Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University Committee Member, Fall
2011 – Spring 2012
Supervision of Undergraduate Research
Rita Seith
2015 Graduate of Penn State University Major: Biobehavioral Health
Supervised Research: Fall 2012 – Spring 2015
Current Position: 2015 – Masters Student at University of Michigan Epidemiology
Maritza Zavala
2014 Graduate of Penn State University Major: Biobehavioral Health
Supervised Research: Fall 2012 – Spring 2014
Current Position: 2014 – Nursing Student at Johns Hopkins University
Hanna Grow
2011 Graduate of Penn State University Major: Health Policy and Administration Supervised
Research: Fall 2011 – present
Current Position: 2012 – 2015 Peace Corp Volunteer
Brian Beachler
2011 Graduate of Penn State University (with Honors) Major: Biobehavioral Health
Supervised Honors Research: Fall 2010 – Summer 2011
Current Position: 2015 Medical student at Penn State University, Former Operations Coordinator
for Health Leads, Providence, RI
Honors Thesis: “Assessing the Relationship between Discrimination and Health among Mexican
Immigrant Farmworkers”
Julie Fields
2007 Graduate of the University of Maryland Major: Biology
Supervised Research: Summer 2007 – Fall 2008
Current Position: 2011 Graduate of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; 2012 Medical Intern at
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Currently practicing
Papers Published: Snipes SA, Sellers SL, Tafawa AO, Cooper LA, Fields JC, Bonham VL. Is
Race Medically Relevant? A Qualitative Study of Physicians' Attitudes about the Role of Race in
Treatment Decision-Making. BMC Health Services Research. 2011:11:183. doi:10.1186/14726963-11-183.
Ruby Godina
2007 Graduate of the University of Washington Major: Sociology
Supervised Research: Fall 2003 – Spring 2005
Current Position: 4th year PhD Student in Social Work at the University of Washington Papers
Published: Snipes SA, Thompson B, O’Connor K, Godina R, Ibarra G. An
anthropological and
psychological merge: Design of a stress measure for Mexican immigrant
farmworkers. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry. 2007;31(3):359-388. doi: 10.1007/s11013-0079054-2; PMCID: PMC2917630; PMID: 17955350.
Editorial Responsibilities
Sage Open (Manuscript Section Editor), 2015-Present
Leadership Roles
Advisor on Community-based Participatory Research, New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and
Health (NYCAMH), 2015 – Present
Member, Penn State President’s Commission on Race, Equity and Diversity (CORED), 2014 – Present
Advisor on Health Policy, Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health, 2011 – Present Advisor on Health Policy,
Texas Migrant Council, 2006 – 2010
Member, American Anthropological Association Workgroup on Issues of Race, Human Variation and
Health Inequality, 2008
Conference Planning
American Anthropological Association Presidential Executive Program Committee, 2008-2019
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Annual Networking Meeting, Washington, DC., 2009-2010
Grant Reviews
National Science Foundation (NSF) Smart and Connected Health Social and Behavioral Sciences Review
Panel
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Early Career Review Program at the Center for Scientific Review
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Health Scholars Fellowship Program
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Harriet G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship, Penn
State Institute for Energy and Environment Research
Social Science Research Institute
Manuscript Review Duties
Environmental Justice
PLoS One
Social Science and Medicine
American Journal of Public Health
American Journal of Industrial Medicine Agromedicine
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health PLoS ONE (Published by the Public
Library of Science)
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Professional Memberships
American Public Health Association (2013-Present); Reviewer for Occupational Health Section American
Academy of Health Behavior (2011-Present); Reviewer for Health Behavior
Kellogg Health Scholars Alumni Network (2009-Present) American Anthropological Association (2006Present) Society for Applied Anthropologists (2006-Present)
Research Community Memberships
Cross-National Initiative for Migration, Place and Health, Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation (RWJF) and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (2009-Present)
Redes En Acción, The National Latino Cancer Research Network – Central Region, Funded by the
National Cancer Institute, NCI (2007)
Texas LINCC: Latinos in Action for Cancer Control of the Cancer Prevention and Control Network,
CPCRN, Funded by the Centers for Disease Control, CDC (2007)
Institutional Service
Member, University Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity
Member, Biobehavioral Health Committee on Diversity and Sustainability
Member, Search Committee for Interdisciplinary Health Scientist,
Member, Search Committee for Department Head of Biobehavioral Health
Member, Search Committee for Global Health Faculty Position
Member, Search Committee for Health Disparities Faculty Position
Member, Search Committee for Genetics Faculty Position
Chair, Colloquium Committee