Fielding Graduate University

Scholarly & Professional Interests:

• Identity construction, social and structural inequality, social recognition, systems of oppression, gender inequity, organizational readiness for inclusion, transformational learning and critical pedagogy.
• Constructions of self-esteem and identity development, the interplay of media on constructing images and ideology of beauty, and the impact of inequality upon the health, development, and well-being of black women.
• Research specialties include hermeneutics, narrative analysis, and qualitative inquiry.
• Diversity & social justice
• Human development within systems of oppression
• Critical self-reflective dialogue
• Spirituality  and consciousness

Professional Memberships:

• Association of Black Women in Higher Education
• American Association of Blacks in Higher Education
• Association of Black Sociologist
• American Public Health Association
• American Association of University Women

Honors and Awards:

• Oregon Health & Science University Golden Rose Award for Excellence
• Who’s Who Among Executive, Professional & Entrepreneurial Women
• Woman of Achievement, YWCA of Clark County
• Outstanding Leadership, Oregon MPH Program
  

Publications:

• Messecar, D. and Parker Walsh, C. forthcoming. Caregivers and caregiving. In Victor A. Hirth (Ed.), Case Based Geriatrics: A Global Approach. McGraw-Hill.
• (Parker Walsh) Terhune, C. (2008). Doing Black feminist research. In Four Arrows (Don “Four Arrows” Trent Jacob) (Ed.), The Authentic Dissertation: Alternative Ways of Knowing, Research and Representation. Routledge of London.
• (Parker Walsh) Terhune, C. (2008). Coping in isolation: Black women in White environments. Journal of Black Studies, 38 (4), 547-564.
• (Parker Walsh) Terhune, C. (2006). Biculturalism, code-switching, and shifting: the experiences of Black women in a predominately White environment. International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations, 5 (6), 9-15.
• (Parker Walsh) Terhune, C. (2006). Can we talk? Using critical self-reflection and dialogue to build diversity and change organizational culture in nursing schools. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 13(3), 141-145.
• (Parker Walsh) Terhune, C. (2005). Finding, developing, and (re)defining self: human development in a structurally unequal society. Journal of Diversity and Social Justice, 1(1), 15-35.
• (Parker Walsh) Terhune, C. (2004). From desegregation to diversity: how far have we really come? Journal of Nursing Education, 43(5), 1-2. (Invited Guest Editorial).

Professional Experience:

• Editorial Board, Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 2007-present
• Conference Reviewer, International Conference on Violence, Abuse, & Trauma, 2008-present
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations, 2006
• Clark County Civil Service Commissioner, Appointed Member, 2006-2011 (5-year term)
• Faculty, Oregon Health & Science University, MPH Program, 2003-present
• Director, Oregon MPH Program, 2007-2008
• The Village P.R.O.J.E.C.T.S, Advisory/Executive Board Member, 2005-present