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Katherine Fennelly
(612)625-6685
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Current:Professor emerita, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Senior Fellow, Immigration Policy Center, Washington, DC
Director, Understanding Immigration: Online education company
4/99-2013Professor of Public Affairs
Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Adjunct Professor of Public Health
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Graduate faculty appointments in Public Policy, Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Urban and Regional Planning, and Public Affairs. Population Studies; Faculty advisor in Population,Human Rights and Family Policy. Affiliate faculty in Public Health Practice. Research and teaching on public policy related to the integration of immigrants and refugees in the U.S., and the preparedness of communities and public institutions to adapt to demographic change. Extensive outreach with schools, community groups and public officials at local and national levels on immigrant integration and comprehensive immigration reform.
1/96-3/99Dean and Director
University of Minnesota Extension Service
240 Coffey Hall, 1420 Eckles Avenue
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN 55108
Director of one of the premier extension organizations in the country, with over 1,000 faculty and staff, and $60,000,000 annual budget. Initiated emphases on accountability and impact evaluation, resource development, and helping the University of Minnesota work with more diverse populations and communities.
6/92 - 12/96Professor and Head
Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Leadership of a diverse department of 25 faculty and professional staff involved in research, agricultural extension, youth development, and international development programs. Senior Faculty Associate in the Population Research Institute and Demography Program. Chair of the Coordinating Council responsible for establishing policy for 117,000 youth in the Penn State Youth Development Program. Research on racism and discrimination faced by Latino youth in Pennsylvania, and on the nutritional consequences of adolescent pregnancy in Santiago, Chile.
8/88 - 6/92Associate Professor of Health Education
Department of Health Education
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Grant supported research on: 1) the impact of participation in voluntary youth organizations upon American youth; 2) the health status of Mexican migrant farm workers in Pennsylvania; and 3) adolescent childbearing among Hispanics in the United States and in Latin America. Undergraduate and graduate courses on program design and evaluation. Senior faculty Associate, Population Research Issues Center; Faculty Affiliate, Women's Studies. Associate Editor, Demography.
6/87 - 8/88Associate Professor of Clinical Public Health
1/80 - 6/87Assistant Professor of Clinical Public Health
Columbia University, New York, New York
Grant supported research on adolescent childbearing and community programs for high-risk youth. Coordination of a liaison between US. and Dominican Republic Schools of Public Health. Evaluation consultant to numerous agencies in the US. and Latin America. Courses on population and social science research methods for public health and medical students; doctoral advisement of Public Health graduate students.
7/75 - 12/79Senior Staff Associate
7/73 - 6/75Program Coordinator
International Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction
Columbia University, New York, New York
Design of the Women's Reproductive Health Care Program at Presbyterian Hospital, and a model for increased emphasis on primary care in teaching hospitals. Supervision of family planning clinic services. Research on methods of fertility control.
11/71 - 5/73Field Representative in Quito, Ecuador
CARE, Inc.
660 First Ave.
New York, New York
First female overseas Field Representative employed by CARE, Inc. Formulation, and evaluation of family planning and nutrition programs in Ecuador in conjunction with Ministries of Social Welfare, Health, and Education, and NGOs.
EDUCATION
1/80Ph.D.; Adult Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
Thesis: High School Completion after Childbearing
6/75M.S.; Health Education (Population Concentration), Joint Program: Teachers College and Columbia University School of Public Health
6/73M.A.; Health Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
6/69 B.A.; Political Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
6/68Certificate of Studies in Philosophy, University of Madrid, Spain
HONORS
Princeton UniversityVisiting Senior Research Scholar
Princeton University, fall semester, 2008
University of MinnesotaNominated for the Distinguished Women Scholars Award, 2008 and 2009
University of MinnesotaAwarded the 2006-2007 Fesler-Lampert Chair in Urban and RegionalAffairsfor a study of study on support groups in suburban and rural Minnesota that help to integrate immigrants into local communities.
University of Malmö, SwedenWilly Brandt Professor of International Migration and Ethnic Relations, 2003
Scholar in ResidenceRockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, October 14-November 11, 2003
Public Strategies GroupRecognition as one of 18 “public servants who has led their organization toward dramatically improved services to citizens.” May, 2002
FellowCIC Academic Leadership Program
Pi Lambda Theta National Academic Honorary for Women in Education
LANGUAGES
Bilingual Spanish/English
Interpreter Skills Training updated 6/09
Elementary Persian (Farsi)
Reading comprehension of Portuguese, Italian and French
GRANTS (Principal Investigator)
2014-2015 UMRA Grant for Online Training on Immigration Topics
2012-2013Grant-in-Aid, Co-PI with Kathryn Pearson, University of Minnesota. “The Effects of Partisan Polarization on Immigration Policymaking in the U.S. Congress
2010-2011Office of Equity and Diversity, “Preparing Culturally Competent Professionals to Work in Diverse Communities.” Fennelly (Principal Investigator). Co-investigators: Stauffer, William (Medical School), Jones-Webb, Rhonda (School of Public Health)
2010Northwest Area Foundation. Dissemination of Report on the Economic Impacts of Immigration in Minnesota
2009-2010Presidential Authority Grant for Research on New Immigrant Destinations, Russell Sage Foundation
2009Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Study of the Economic Impacts of Immigrants
2007-2008Core PI (with Douglas Massey, Marta Tienda, Michael Jones-Correa and Gordon Hanson) of a pilot study for “New Immigrant Destinations” project, Russell Sage and MacArthur Foundations.
7/07-6/08Grant-in-Aid, University of Minnesota. Study of Attitudes toward Immigrants on the Part of Adolescents in 28 Countries: Analysis of Data from the IEA Civic Education Study (co-investigator: Prof. Judith Torney-Purta, U Maryland)
1/07-6/07Otto Bremer Foundation: “Promoting Networking among Diversity Coalitions in Non-Metro Minnesota Communities”
8/04-7/05University of Minnesota Medical School grant to prepare a rotation in Immigrant Health for 3rd/4th year medical students
7/04-8/04Minnesota Population Center grant for development of a course on Immigration and Public Policy
9/02-8/03Bremer Foundation, Rice County Family Service Collaborative and Faribault School District: “Development and Dissemination of a Regional Model for Diversity Training in Rural Communities”
1/02-8/02President’s Multicultural Award for Continued Research on Immigrants in Rural Minnesota (with Helga Leitner).Second award
4/01-5/02Russell Sage Foundation. Immigrants in Small Town, Rural America: Immigrant-Host Relations and Identities in a Changing Environment (with Helga Leitner).
1/02-8/02Second Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Grant for Curriculum Innovation: Distance Education Course on Immigrant Health Issues.
11/00-6/02Grant-in-Aid, University of Minnesota. “Immigrants and Sustainable Communities in Rural Minnesota.” (with Helga Leitner)
January, 2002Curriculum Transformation and Disabilities (CTAD), University of Minnesota
11/00-12/00Southeast Initiative Fund. Needs Assessment of Immigrants in Faribault, Minnesota.
4/01-8/01President’s Multicultural Research Award for Research on Immigrants in Rural Minnesota (first award)
10/00-6/01First Technology Enhanced Learning Grant for Curriculum Innovation: Distance Education Course on Immigrant Health Issues.
1/00-8/00Bush Foundation Diversity Funds for Research and Teaching on Rural Immigration
9/00-6/01Center for Urban and Regional Affairs. Funds for Research on
Diversity in Rural Communities
9/99-5/00Several internal grants for development of a course on Immigrants in Minnesota and publication of related policy recommendations in Just in Time Research volume
1/96-4/99Administrative responsibility for $10,000,000 in external grants from federal, state and private sources for state-wide Extension programs on nutrition, agriculture, youth development, community development, diversity, and environmental issues
1/96-4/99On-going relationships with federal U.S.D.A., Minnesota State Legislature and county governments for the continuation of $60,000,000 in funding for state-wide Extension programs
9/94-8/95Pennsylvania Department of Education: Video on Latinos in the Eastern United States
1/93-7/94Co-Principal Investigator: Carnegie Corporation: Collaborative Community Intervention Strategies for Adolescents
7/92-6/93Pennsylvania Department of Health: Migrant Farm Worker Perspectives on Health, Health Services, and AIDS
7/92-6/93Pennsylvania Department of Health: Development of AIDS Prevention Curriculum for the Children of Migrant Farm workers
5/91-8/92Kellogg Foundation and National 4-H Council: Analysis of the Impact of Voluntary Organizations upon American Youth
1/92-12/93Mellon Foundation PRI: Collaboration with John Beard and Mary Frances Picciano, Nutrition Faculty, on the Health Consequences of Early Childbearing In Latin America.
8/91-9/91Pennsylvania State Department of Education: Identification of Health and Social Services for Migrant Workers
8/91-9/91Pennsylvania State Department of Health: Need for Health Services among Migrant Workers in Reading, Pennsylvania
1/91-3/91Survey of the Health Abuses of Political Asylum Seekers
in the United States (with Lawyer's Committee for Human Rights)
5/88-8/89Ford Foundation: Comparisons of Hispanic adolescent childbearing in Puerto Rico, New York and the Dominican Republic
1/87-12/87Carnegie Corporation: Dissemination of research findings on Hispanic adolescent childbearing
1/85-12/86 Carnegie Corporation: A state-of-the-art report
concerning the fertility-related behavior of Hispanic adolescents in the US.
1/86-12/86Community Service Society: Analysis of data regarding barriers to the use of prenatal care
7/82-6/84William T. Grant Foundation: Study of barriers to birth control among Black and Latino teens
1980-1988Secured renewal of various core grants from Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services and USAID in collaboration with colleagues at the Columbia School of Public Health
ADVISORY COMMITTEES, BOARDS, AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Pace Community Law Practice: Spanish language interpreter for clients seeking legal advice on immigration
Neighbors Link: Collaboration on face-to-face and on-line training of law enforcement and health professionals on immigration.
Chicago Council on Global Affairs - Member of Midwest Coalition on Immigration and the Region's Future convened by Chet Culver (former Governor, Iowa), Richard M. Daley (former Mayor of Chicago), Doris Meissner, (former Commissioner, INS), and others.
Advisory Committee, Immigration Policy Center, Washington, DC, 2005-2013
Member, Scholars’ Strategy Network (Theda Skocpol, Harvard University)
Member, Advisory Board, CAPI-USA (refugee-serving organization). 2011-2013.
Volunteer consultant to Sheriff Matt Bostrom, 2011-2013. Consultations on conditions of immigrant detention in the Ramsey County Detention Center. Training for jail personnel.
Member, Inter-faith Immigration Coalition of Minnesota, 2011-2013
Member, National Detention Watch Network, 2011-2013.
Member, Advisory Council, Heartland Democracy, 2009-2013.
Member, Faculty and Student Advisory Council of the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC), 2009-2013.
Member, “Welcoming America” project (with Mexican Consulate and Advocates for Human Rights), 2011-2013.
Member, Advisory Panel, National Evaluation Advisory Group, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Foundation, 2010.
Member, Advisory Board of HACER (Hispanic Research and Advocacy)
2007-2009.
National Immigration Study Committee, League of Women Voters of the U.S.,
2006-2009.
Advisory Board, Minnesota Population Center, 2005-2008.
Research liaison, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD) at Iowa State University, 2003-2008.
Member, Strategic Planning Study Commission, Minneapolis Television Network. 2008.
Member, Advisory Committee, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees: report on “Expanding Immigrant and Refugee Funding in Minnesota: What Foundations and Nonprofits Can Do,” 2005-2007.
Member, Advisory Committee, Masters Degree in Community Development, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, 2006.
Mentor to McNair Scholars interested in immigration and public policy: summer program for promising students of color, 2006 and 2007.
Advisory Board, local outreach related to The New Americans (series of PBS documentaries on immigrants and refugees) 2003-2006.
Member, Board of Directors of Center for Cross-Cultural Health, 2005-2007.
Member research team on rural poverty, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, NC-1100, FY2004-2008.
Member, Advisory Council, Center for Victims of Torture Project “New Neighbors/Hidden Scars”, 2003-2004.
Member, Advisory Board of MADAA Board (Minnesota Arab Development and Art Association).
Member, Board of Directors, Women’s Association of Hmong and Lao, 2003.
Member, Steering Committee of Immigrant and Refugee Policy Coalition, 2001-2003.
Steering Committee on Human Rights, European Studies Consortium, University of Minnesota. 2001-2003.
Board member and Chair, Strategic Planning for Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights1998 to 2002.
Strategic Planning Committee, National Extension Organization (ECOP), ‘97-‘99.
American Council on Education Department Leadership Program, June, 1995.
Associate Editor, Demography, 1991-1993.
MANUSCRIPT, PROPOSAL, AND BOOK REVIEWS
Manuscript Reviewer for : Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research, Sage Publications, Social Science Quarterly, Studies in Family Planning, Social Forces, Rural Sociology, Minority Voices, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Demography, Family Planning Perspectives, American Journal of Public Health, The Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Journal of Adolescent Health, Journal of Immigrant Health and Sociological Focus, Action Research Journal.
Grant Proposal Reviewer for: the National Institutes of Health, the Carnegie Corporation, the W. T. Grant Foundation, the National Institute of Education, the March of Dimes, the Population Crisis Committee, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and the National Research Council, Intellectual Exchange Program at the Center for Global Partnership (CGP) and the Japan Foundation, Center for Rural Policy and Development.
Book reviewer for Russell Sage Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Oxford University Press
COURSES TAUGHT
Immigrant Health Issues: Humphrey Institute & School of Public Health, U of M (taught each fall semester)
Developing an interdisciplinary undergraduate honors course on immigration with Prof. Erika Lee, Dept. of History (2012)
Graduate course on Intercultural Competence(2012-2013)
Qualitative Research Methods, Humphrey Institute, U of M (2011-2013)
Courses Taught in Prior Years:
Seminar on Refugee Resettlement, Humphrey Institute, U of M
Immigration and Social Justice: Humphrey Institute, U of M
Immigration and the Media: Humphrey Institute, U of M
Immigration and Public Policy: Humphrey and MN. Population Center, U of M
Immigrant Health Issues: Humphrey Institute & School of Public Health, U of M
Topics in Immigrant Health: U of M Medical School Rotation
Cross Cultural Communication Workshop: Humphrey Institute, U of M
Social Policy Topics: Immigrants in Minnesota: Humphrey Institute, U of M
Leadership for the Common Good: core course in Executive Masters in Public
Affairs, Humphrey Institute, U of M
Needs Assessment of Community Programs :Penn State University
Evaluation of Community Health Programs: Penn State University
Evaluation of Health Promotion Programs: Penn State University
Measurement Issues in Public Health Research: Columbia University
Seminars on Program Evaluation: Penn State and Columbia University
Practical Skills in Social Science Research: Penn State and Columbia University
Sections of an International Training Course in Family Planning and Primary Health Care: Columbia University
Introduction to Population: Columbia University
Social Determinants of Fertility: Columbia University
Food and Population Growth (for Introductory Ag Courses): Penn State
INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Performance Review Board, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Washington, D.C. (2004 and 2005)
Member of an advisory team to Adolfo Rodriguez Saa, Governor of the province of San Luis, Argentina (“Reinventing Government” project with the Public Strategies Group), 2001-2002
Member of an advisory team working with Sila Calderon, Governor of Puerto Rico (“Reinventing Government” project with the Public Strategies Group), 2000-2001
Numerous trips to Latin America to work on maternal-child health and family planning program evaluations while working at IPPF and Columbia University Center for Population and Family Health. These included projects in Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Chile and Colombia.
PUBLICATIONS: JOURNAL ARTICLES
Fennelly, Katherine; Kathryn Pearson and Silvana Hackett. 2013. “The U.S. Congressional Immigration Agenda: Partisan Politics, Policy Stalemate, and Symbolism”. (Under review, 2014).
Barber, Carolyn, Katherine Fennelly and Judith Torney-Purta. 2013. “Nationalism and Support for Immigrant Rights among Adolescents in Twenty-five Countries.” Applied Developmental Science.
Chin, Jacob, Katherine Fennelly, Charles Miles, and Jose Pacas.2011.“Policy Brief: Protecting the Civil Rights of Detained Immigrants in Minnesota,” CURA Reporter1(2).
Alexio, Marina, Jacob Chin, Allison Shurilla and Katherine Fennelly.2011. “Analysis of Policies toward Applications from Undocumented Students”Journal of Law and Inequality 30(1). (At the request of the editor of The CURA Reporter, a revised version of this paper was published there as aPolicy Brief, summer of 2011.)
Fennelly, Katherine. 2010.“Attorneys’ Perspectives on the Rights of Detained Immigrants in Minnesota.”CURA Reporter. Spring Issue;Reprinted by the Human Rights Working Group Clearinghouse Related blog printed in "Immigration Impact" of the Immigration Policy Center in Washington, D.C. light-on-detainee-rights-violations-in-minnesota/
Hatch, P. and K. Fennelly. 2010. “Unauthorized Immigrants: The Case for Earned Immigration,” in Gale, Cengage Learning. At Issue: What Rights Should Illegal Immigrants Have?, Vol. 2.
Ilias, Shayerah, Katherine Fennelly and Christopher Federico. 2008. “American Attitudes toward Guestworkers.” International Migration Review 42(4)(winter).
Fennelly, Katherine and Christopher Federico. 2008. “Rural Residence as a Determinant of Attitudes Toward US Immigration Policy.” International Migration46(1):151-190.
Hatch, P. and Katherine Fennelly. 2008. “The Case for a Path to Earned Legalization,”National Voter, June.
Downs-Schwei, Tamar and Katherine Fennelly. 2007. “Diversity Coalitions in Rural Communities.”CURA Reporter, Winter.
Fennelly, Katherine. 2007. “US Immigration, A Historical Perspective,” NationalVoter, February.
Fennelly, Katherine. 2006. “Listening to the Experts: Provider Recommendations on the Health Needs of Immigrants and Refugees.” Journal of Cultural Diversity 13(4)(winter):190-201.
Shandy, Dianna and Katherine Fennelly. 2006. “A Comparison of the Integration Experiences of Two African Immigrant Populations in a Rural Community.” Social Thought 25(1). (Reprinted in the Religion in Contemporary Africa Series, edited by Gerrie ter Haar and James Cox, Africa WorldPress, Trenton, 2010; and African Christian Presence in the West New Immigrant Congregations and Transnational Networks in North America and Europe, 2011, edited byFrieder Ludwig and J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu. Africa World Press.
Fennelly, Katherine and Nicole Palasz. 2003. “English Language Proficiency ofImmigrants and Refugees in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.”International Migration 41(5): 93-125.
McHale, Susan et al.1996. “Community-based interventions for young adolescents.”Journal of Research on Adolescence 6: 73-88.