Galen Joseph, PhD

Education

Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, B.A., 1988, Anthropology
University of California, Santa Cruz, M.A., 1993, Cultural Anthropology
University of California, Santa Cruz, Ph.D., 1999, Cultural Anthropology
Yale University, Center for International & Area Studies, Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2001, Migration, Globalization, & Citizenship

Professional Experience

• 1988-1989
  Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation, Immigrant Advocate Permanent Housing Program for Homeless Families
• 1989-1991
  National Council of Jewish Women Program Manager Child Care Program for Working Women
• 1991-2000
  University of California, Santa Cruz Instructor, Teaching Fellow, Teaching Assistant Departments of Anthropology, Sociology, Women's Studies
• 1999-2002
  Institute for the Future , Research Manager , Palo Alto, CA
• 2002-2003
  Criterion Consulting Ethnographic Research Consultant, Health Insurance for Faith Organizations Project
• 2003-2004
  University of California, San Francisco, Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine; Comprehensive Cancer Center; Institute for Health and Aging
• 2008-present
  University of California, San Francisco, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, History & Social Medicine

Honors & Awards

• 1999
  Advanced Studies Fellowship; Anthropology and Education Institute
  Spencer Foundation


• 1998
  Spencer Foundation Dissertation Writing Fellowship
  Spencer Foundation


• 1994
  Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Research Fellowship
  Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research


• 1991
  UCSC Graduate Division Fellowship
  University of California, Santa Cruz


• 1993
  Sigma Xi Graduate Research Grant
  Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society


• 1992
  Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention
  National Science Foundation


• 1992
  UCSC Anthropology Department Research Grant
  University of California, Santa Cruz


• 1987
  Wesleyan University Anthropology Department Research Grant
  Wesleyan University

Selected Publications

1. Beattie MS, Kopeland C, Fehniger J, Joseph G, Cheung E, Lee R, Luce J. . . Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved August 2013. Genetic Counseling, Cancer Screening, Breast Cancer Characteristics and General Health among a Diverse Population of BRCA Genetic Testers. 2013; 24(3).
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2. Joseph G, Dohan D. Recruitment practices and the politics of inclusion in cancer clinical trials. Med Anthropol Q. 2012 Sep; 26(3):338-60.
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3. Joseph G, Kaplan C, Luce J, Lee R, Stewart S, Guerra C, Pasick R. Efficient identification and referral of low-income women at high risk for hereditary breast cancer: a practice-based approach. Public Health Genomics. 2012; 15(3-4):172-80.
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4. Joseph G, Kaplan C, Luce J, Lee R, Stewart S, Guerra C, Pasick R. Public Health Genomics. Efficient Identification and Referral of Low-Income Women at High Risk for Hereditary Breast Cancer: A Practice-Based Approach. 2012; (15):172-180.
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5. Joseph G, Beattie MS, Lee R, Braithwaite D, Wilcox C, Metrikin M, Lamvik K, Luce J. Pre-counseling education for low literacy women at risk of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC): patient experiences using the Cancer Risk Education Intervention Tool (CREdIT). J Genet Couns. 2010 Oct; 19(5):447-62.
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6. Mozersky J and Joseph G. BioSocieties. Case Studies in the Co-Production of Populations and Genetics: the Making of 'At Risk' Populations. 2010; 4(5):415-439.
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7. Gibbon S, Joseph G, Kalender U, Kampriani E, Mozersky J, Nieden AZ and Palfner S. . BioSocieties. Perspectives on globalising genomics: The case of ‘BRCA’ breast cancer research and medical practice. 2010; 4(5):407-414.
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8. Burke NJ, Joseph G, Pasick RJ, Barker JC. Theorizing social context: rethinking behavioral theory. Health Educ Behav. 2009 Oct; 36(5 Suppl):55S-70S.
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9. Joseph G, Burke NJ, Tuason N, Barker JC, Pasick RJ. Perceived susceptibility to illness and perceived benefits of preventive care: an exploration of behavioral theory constructs in a transcultural context. Health Educ Behav. 2009 Oct; 36(5 Suppl):71S-90S.
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10. Pasick RJ, Barker JC, Otero-Sabogal R, Burke NJ, Joseph G, Guerra C. Intention, subjective norms, and cancer screening in the context of relational culture. Health Educ Behav. 2009 Oct; 36(5 Suppl):91S-110S.
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11. Washington PK, Burke NJ, Joseph G, Guerra C, Pasick RJ. Adult daughters' influence on mothers' health-related decision making: an expansion of the subjective norms construct. Health Educ Behav. 2009 Oct; 36(5 Suppl):129S-44S.
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12. Pasick RJ, Burke NJ, Barker JC, Joseph G, Bird JA, Otero-Sabogal R, Tuason N, Stewart SL, Rakowski W, Clark MA, Washington PK, Guerra C. Behavioral theory in a diverse society: like a compass on Mars. Health Educ Behav. 2009 Oct; 36(5 Suppl):11S-35S.
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13. Joseph G, Dohan D. Recruiting minorities where they receive care: Institutional barriers to cancer clinical trials recruitment in a safety-net hospital. Contemp Clin Trials. 2009 Nov; 30(6):552-9.
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14. Joseph G, Dohan D. Diversity of participants in clinical trials in an academic medical center: the role of the 'Good Study Patient?'. Cancer. 2009 Feb 1; 115(3):608-15.
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15. Joseph G, Kaplan CP, Pasick RJ. Recruiting low-income healthy women to research: an exploratory study. Ethn Health. 2007 Nov; 12(5):497-519.
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16. Joseph G. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. Taking Race Seriously: Whiteness in Argentina's National and Transnational Imaginary. 2000; 3(7).
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