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Caroline Ellender Compretta, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vitae
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Office Address:
Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
601-815-4965
Fax: 601-984-2970
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
PhD in Anthropology
December 2012
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Dissertation Title: Growing Gaps: Children’s Experiences of Inequality in a Faith-based
Afterschool Program in the US South
MA in Anthropology
December 2006
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Thesis: Through the Eyes of Little Ones: Child and Adolescent Agency in the Urban
Environment
BA in English, Magna cum Laude
Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
Area of Concentration: Contemporary Southern Literature
Minor: Anthropology
May 1998
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015-Present Assistant Professor
Dept. of Preventive Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics, & Center for Bioethics and
Medical Humanities
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
2013-2015
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
2009-2011
Adjunct Instructor
Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
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2007-2011
Director of Children’s Services
Stewpot Community Services, Jackson, MS
2003-2006
Teaching Assistant
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2004-2006
Evaluation Consultant
One Community One Voice (OCOV), Lexington, KY
2000-2002
Director of Children and Youth Services
Stewpot Community Services, Jackson, MS
1999-2000
AmeriCorps Volunteer
Stewpot Community Services, Jackson, MS
1999-2000
Jackson Servant Leadership Corps
Jackson, MS
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE___________________________________________________
“Cook Well, Live Right”: Solutions for Obesity in the Mid-South
June 2015-Present
Co-PI, Alan Penman PI
Study examining the affects of cooking classes and community support on the health and dietary
patterns of low-income, urban residents. Funded by the Bower Foundation
“FOOD: For Thought, For Life”: Educational Series
January 2014-Present
PI
Created and implemented a traveling educational exhibit detailing important health and nutrition
information for Mississippi residents, displayed in MS public and community college libraries.
Funded by the Mississippi Humanities Council.
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Ethics Knowledge Survey
Sept 2014-Present
Co-PI, Mobolaji Famuyide PI
Developed, implemented, and analyzed ethics survey for MS Neonatal Nurse Practitioners
(NNP) for the development of NNP ethics training.
Medical Resident Grief Preference Survey
January 2015-Present
Tested and analyzed physician grief preference survey through qualitative methods.
Doctoral Research
Aug 2009-June 2010
Jackson, Mississippi
Ethnographic research examining the construction of low-income children’s needs in out-ofschool programming. Findings suggest that children and families’ needs are understood
differently by local agencies, affecting educational opportunities and services. Funded by the
PEO Scholar Award and Dissertation Enhancement Award, University of Kentucky.
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Archival Research & Stakeholder Interviews
June---August 2005
Jackson, Mississippi
Conducted secondary research and interviews with community leaders, nonprofit staff, and
neighborhood children. Research funded by the Susan Abbott-Jamieson Award.
Urban Neighborhood Study
May---August 2003
Jackson, Mississippi
Conducted an ethnographic study with children and adult community members to investigate
children’s perceptions of and negotiations in a low-income, urban neighborhood.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor
Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
Fall 2011:
Spring 2011:
Fall 2010:
Spring 2010:
Spring 2009:
Jan 2009-Dec 2011
Freshman Seminar: Critical Thinking & Academic Literacy
Sociology of Children and Families
Urban Life: Sociology of Modern U.S. Cities
Sociology of the American South
Urban Life: Sociology of Modern U.S. Cities
Teaching Assistant
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Spring 2006:
Fall 2005:
Spring 2005:
Fall & Spring 2004:
Fall 2003:
Spring 2003:
Spring 2003:
Jan 2003-May 2006
Cultural Diversity in the Modern World
Cultural Diversity in the Modern World
Native Peoples of North America
Cultural Diversity in the Modern World
Introduction to Physical Anthropology
Ethnographic Methods
Introduction to Zooarchaeology
Microteach Facilitator
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
August 2005
Ford Fellowship
Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
1996-1998
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GRANTS AND AWARDS______________________________________________________
Cook Well, Live Right: Solutions for Obesity in the Mid-South
Bower Foundation
June 2015—Present
“FOOD: For Thought, For Life” Award
Mississippi Humanities Council, Jackson, MS
Jan 2014-Present
Dissertation Fellowship
University of Kentucky
July 2011-June 2012
Association of Emeriti Faculty Endowed Fellowship
University of Kentucky, Association of Emeriti Faculty
November 2010
P.E.O. Scholar Award
Philanthropic Education Organization (P.E.O.) International
Dissertation Funding
Aug 2010-June 2011
Dissertation Enhancement Award
University of Kentucky, Graduate School
March 2009
Emerging Scholar Travel Grant
December 2005
Awarded by the Association for Feminist Anthropology and the American Anthropological
Association in conjunction with the Race and Human Variation Project
Participant in NSF Summer Institute for Research Design
In Cultural Anthropology
National Science Foundation
July---August 2005
Susan Abbott-Jamieson Award for Preliminary Research
University of Kentucky, Anthropology Department
May 2005
First Place, Graduate Student Paper Competition
Southern Anthropological Society
March 2004
PUBLICATIONS
In Press. Compretta. Caroline E. and Ralph Didlake.
2015. Nutrition Friendly School Initiative. SAGE Encyclopedia of Nutrition and Health.
Didlake, Ralph and Caroline E. Compretta
May 2015. Attitudes Toward Diversity in the Healthcare Environment. Journal MSMA:
56(5): 144-146.
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Ellender, Caroline.
Spring 2008. Through Their Eyes: Child and Adolescent Agency in the Urban
Environment. VOICES: A Publication of the Association for Feminist Anthropology,
8(1):12-16.
Guskey, Tom with Caroline Ellender and Sunwoo Kang.
Winter 2007. Evaluating a Community Wide Parent and Family Involvement Program.
Journal of School Public Relations. 28: 6-31.
Ellender, Caroline.
April 2004. Through the Eyes of Little Ones: Child Agency in the Urban Environment.
Southern Anthropological Society
PAPERS PRESENTED
“Racial Tension and Student Resistance in a Faith-based Afterschool
Program”
AAA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO
AAA Anthropology of Children & Youth Interest Group Conference
Long Beach, CA
Nov/ March 2015
“Analyzing the Role of Choice in Mississippi Food Movements”
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
Washington D.C.
December 2014
“I Know the Holy Ghost:” Children’s Spiritual Experiences Amidst Staff November 2013
Misconceptions in a Faith-Based Afterschool Program in the US South
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
Chicago, IL
“Evaluating a Community Wide, Parent/Family Involvement Program”
Guskey, Tom with Caroline Ellender and Sunwoo Kang.
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA
April 2006
“Through Their Eyes: Child and Adolescent Agency in the Center City”
American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
Dec 2005
“Through the Eyes of Little Ones: Child Agency in the Urban Environment”
Southern Anthropological Society Annual Meeting
Decatur, GA
March 2004
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POSTERS_______________
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FOOD: For Thought, For Life Panel Series:
A Community Outreach Program Exploring the Ethics and Culture of Food
Post-doctoral Research Symposium
University of Mississippi Medical Center
October 2014
“Interrogating Benevolence: The Provision of Faith-based Social Services in the Deep South”
Multiple Childhoods/Multidisciplinary Perspectives:
March 2011
Interrogating Normativity in Childhood Studies
Rutgers University -- Camden
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Cultural Perspectives on Children’s Health & Well-being
AAA Anthropology of Children & Youth Interest Group Conference
Long Beach, CA
March 2015
“Medical Humanities: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Humanities”
Post-Doctoral Research Symposium
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Nov 2014
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Advisory Board
MS Rural Allied Health Professionals Scholarship
UMMC, Jackson, MS
August 2015-Present
Advisory Board
Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group
American Association of Anthropology
November 2014-Present
Jackson Friends of the Library Board
Jackson Public Library System
Jackson, MS
March 2014—Present
Millsaps Task Force on MidTown Partnerships
Millsaps Col0lege, Interdisciplinary Committee
Jackson, MS
May 2010---March 2011
Search Committee for Department Chair
University of Kentucky, Anthropology Department
Lexington, KY
September---December 2005
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Governor Appointee
Commission for Volunteer Service
Jackson, MS
2000-2002
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American Anthropological Association
Association for Feminist Anthropology
Association of Black Anthropologists
Association for Medical Anthropology
Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology
National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
Society for Applied Anthropology
AAA NGP/Nonprofit Special Interest Group
Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group
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