Biography
Jessica Cassyle Carr is adjunct faculty at the UNM College of Population Health, where she has taught graduate writing and other courses, and co-coordinates the MPH Culminating Experience. She began her career in journalism, first as a public radio reporter (KUNM-FM), then as an editor in the alternative press (Weekly Alibi). Today her work is focused on interdisciplinary, intersectoral collaboration and participatory approaches to promote healthy communities. Carr is also a consultant at UNM’s Design and Planning Assistance Center, a contractor at the New Mexico Department of Health, and a first-year Doctor of Public Health student at the University of California, Berkeley.
Areas of Specialty
- Partnerships and intersectoral approaches
- Community-based participatory research (CBPR)
- Storytelling for health communication
- Neighborhood and built environment
Key Publications
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Carr, J.C. “Homelessness: Definitions and Typologies”—expert spotlight in Dak Kopec, Environmental Psychology for Design (fourth edition). Bloomsbury/Fairchild Books, February 8, 2024.\
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Carr, J.C. The Social Construction of Infectious Disease—chapter in Annamarie Bliss & Dak Kopec (Eds.), Architectural Factors for Infection and Disease Control. Taylor & Francis/Routledge, September 5, 2022.
Courses Taught
- MPH Culminating Experience co-coordinator