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C. Jeff Jacobson

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Research Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
481 Braunstein Hall
513-556-5780
jeffrey.jacobson@uc.edu

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Education

Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2001 (Medical Anthropology. Dissertation: "Spirits, Demons, and Nightmares: Moral Images of Self and Other in Puerto Rican Life History and Religious Discourse").

M.A., Case Western Reserve University, 1993 (Medical Anthropology).

M.A., Tulane University, 1990 (Latin American Studies).

B.A., Colorado College, 1986 (Chemistry, with distinction).

Positions & Work Experience

2007 to Present , Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, University fo Cincinnati, Department of Anthropology, .

2001 to Present , Research Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Department of Anthropology, .

2001 to Present , Research Assistant Professor, UC Department of Family Medicine, .

2001 to Present , Research Fellow, UC Institute for the Study of Health, .

1998-2000, Education and Training Specialist, Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Board, Cleveland, Ohio.

1997-2001, Language Instructor, Echo International, .

1991-1995, Language Instructor, CWRU English Language Services, .

1988-1990, Language Instructor, Tulane Institute for English as a Second Language, Tulane University.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Baker, J., A. Bazemore, C.J. Jacobson. 2007. "Rapid Assessment of Access to Care: Using GPS to Examine Access to Primary Care in Remote Parts of the Developing World." Field Methods.

Zink, T., C.J. Jacobson, S. Pabst. 2006. "How Victims View Their Abusers." Violence Against Women 12(9).

Luke, R.L., P.J. Obermiller, C.J. Jacobson, T. Shaw, V.E.J. Wells. 2006. "Sometimes It's Hard to Figure: The Functional Health Literacy of Appalachians in a Metropolitan Area." Journal of Appalachian Studies 12(1): 7, 25.

Zink, T., C.J. Jacobson, S. Pabst, S. Regan, B. Fisher. 2006. "A Lifetime of Intimate Partner Violence: Coping Strategies of Older Women." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 21: 634, 651.

Jacobson, C.J., S. Luckhaupt, S. Delaney, J. Tsevat. 2006. "Religio-Biography, Coping, and Meaning-Making Among Persons with HIV/AIDS." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 45(1): 39, 56.

Elder, N.C., C.J. Jacobson, S. Regan, T. Zink, L. Hasse. 2005. "I Never Thought It Would Happen to Me": How Experiencing Medical Error Has Changed Patient Interactions in Primary Health Care." Annals of Family Medicine 3(6): 537.

Zink, T., C.J. Jacobson, S. Regan, S. Pabst. 2004. "Hidden Victims: The Healthcare Needs and Experiences of Older Women with IPV in Abusive Relationships." Journal of Womens Health 13(8): 898, 914.

Zink, T., N. Elder, C.J. Jacobson, B.K. Klostermann. 2004. "Medical Management of Intimate Partner Violence Considering the Stages of Change: Precontemplation and Contemplation." Annals of Family Medicine 2(3): 231, 239.

Zink, T., S. Regan, C.J. Jacobson, S. Pabst. 2003. "Cohort, Period and Aging Effects: A Qualitative Study of Older Women's Reasons for Remaining in Abusive Relationships." Violence Against Women 9(12).

Jacobson, C.J. 2003. "Espirtus? No. Pero la Maldad Existe": Religious Change and the Problem of Evil in Puerto Rican Ethnopsychology." Ethos 13(3): 1, 34.

Zink, T., N. Elder, C.J. Jacobson. 2003. "How Children Affect the Mother/Victim's Process in Intimate Partner Violence." Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 157: 587, 592.

Zink, T., C.J. Jacobson. 2003. "Screening for Intimate PArtner Violence When the Children Are Present: The Victim's Perspective." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 18(8): 872, 890.

Jenkins, J.H., M. Warren, M. Strauss, F. Bloom, C.J. Jacobson, A. Frasca. 1995. "Sociocultural Dimensions of "Family Burden": The Specificity of Ethnic, Gender, and Diagnostic Effects." Schizophrenia Research 15(1-2): 217.

Jacobson, C.J. "The Nightmares of Puerto Ricans: An embodied "altered states of consciousness approach," Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, Vol 33:2, June 2009.

Fujihiro, K., Gong, F., Baron, S,. Jacobson C.J., et al "Translating questionnaire items for a multi-lingual worker population: The iterative process of translation and cognitive interviews with English-, Spanish-, and Chinese- speaking workers," American Journal of Industrial Medicine,

Baik, S-Y, Susuman, J., Bowers, B., Tidjani, B., Jacobson, C.J. "Conditions that Influence the Primary Care Clinician's Decision to Refer Patients for Depression Care," Rehabilitation Nursing

Other Publications

Mayfield, L., A. Roe, C.J. Jacobson, et al. 2007. "Student Manual (English): PArtnerships to Educate on Environmental Genetics Issues (PEEGI)."

Mayfield, L., A. Roe, C.J. Jacobson, et al. 2007. "Manual del Estudiante: Sociedad para Educar sobre Asuntos en la Genetica Ambiental."

Mayfield, L., A. Roe, C.J. Jacobson, et al. 2007. "Trainer's Manual: Partnerships to Educate on Environmental Genetics Issues (PEEGI)."

Ricer, R., C.J. Jacobson. 2005. "Teaching Points - A two minute mini-lecture on leg weakness in an Appalachian male." The Teaching Physician, 4 (1).

Tobias, B., C.J. Jacobson. 2004. "Teaching Points - A two minute mini-lecture on somatization in a Mauritanian Migrant." The Teaching Physician, 3 (2).

Jacobson, C.J., B. Gebhardt. 2003. "Teaching Points - A two minute mini-lecture on fainting spells." The Teaching Physician, 3 (1), 5.

Student Advising

Vanya Joseph, Master, Supervisor, Completed 2005.

Carrie Castle, Master, Supervisor, Completed 2007.

Rachel Lawson, Master, Supervisor, Completed 2007.

Nazanin Tork, , Supervisor, Completed .

Michael Flynn, , Supervisor, In Progress .

Emily Balf, Master, Supervisor, In Progress .

Nick Hawes, Master, Supervisor, In Progress .

Maria Venegas, Master, Supervisor, Completed .

Amanda Huber, Master, Supervisor, In Progress .

Sheli Delaney, Master, Committee Member, Completed 2007.

Sara Stoudamire, Master, Committee Member, Completed 2007.

Jennifer Stallo, , Committee Member, Completed 2007.

Pamerla Vierheller, , Committee Member, Completed 2007.

Matthew Powers, , , Completed .

Justin Bonar-Bridges, , , In Progress .

Matthew Maroon, , , In Progress .

Brian Schroer, , , In Progress .

Sarah Barth, , , In Progress .

Karen Ross, , , In Progress .

Courses Taught

15-ANTH-101 CULTURAL ANTHROPOL.

15-ANTH-279 MEDICAL ANTHROPOL.

15-ANTH-779 ADV MEDICL ANTH SEM .

15-ANTH-379 MEDICAL ANTHROP II.

15-ANTH-879, Advanced Topics in the Anthropology of Health and Illness.

15-ANTH-333, Peoples of the Caribbean.

15-ANTH-733, Caribbean Ethnography.

15-ANTH-504, Ethnographic Methods.