Office Phone (414) 288-3027

E-Mail ruth.belknap@marquette.edu

Specialization

Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Highest Degree and Institution

Wayne State University, PhD, Nursing

Brief Statement of Scholarly Interests
Intimate partner violence with a focus on Mexican immigrant women’s experiences. Current research explores what young Mexican women learn about relationships within their family; social/familial support after immigration, and community based participatory research exploring the context of the lives of Latinas in Milwaukee.

Additional Descriptors

• ANCC Board Certification: Clinical Specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Descriptive Titles of Courses Recently Taught

• HEAL 025 - Culture and Health
• HEAL 198 - Migration and Health: Mexico and the United States

Selected Publications
Belknap, R.A. (In Press). Teaching Social Justice Using a Pedagogy of Engagement. Nurse Educator.

Belknap, R.A. (accepted for publication). Crossing Borders in Search of the Mother Daughter Story: Interdependence Across Time and Distance.

Belknap, R.A. & Cruz, N. (2007). When I was in my home I suffered a lot: Mexican women’s descriptions of abuse in family of origin. Healthcare for Women International, 28:506-522.

Fox, P., Burns. Popovich, J., Belknap, R., and Frank-Stromborg, M (2004) Southeast Asian refugee children: Self-esteem as a predictor of depression and scholastic achievement in the U.S. International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Research, 9, 1063-1072

Belknap, R.A. (2003) Understanding abuse and violence against women: A two-day immersion course. Nurse Educator, 28, 170-174.

Belknap, R.A. and Sayeed, P. (2003) Te Contaria mi vida: I would tell you my life, if only you would ask. Healthcare for Women International, 24, 723-737.

Belknap, R. A. (2002). Sense of self: Voices of separation and connection in women who have experienced abuse. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 33(4), 139-154.

Belknap, R.A. (2000). s story: One s life viewed through the interpretive lens of s Theory. Violence Against Women, 6, 586-605.

Belknap, R.A. (1999) Why did she do that? Issues of moral conflict in battered s decision making. Issues of Mental Health Nursing, 20, 387-404.

Belknap, R.A. (Care: A significant paradigm shift and focus in nursing. In L. Leininger and C. Gaut (Eds.) Caring: the Compassionate Healer. New York. NLN.

Campbell, J.C., Kub, J., Belknap, R.A., Templin, T., (1997). Predictors of depression in battered women. Violence Against Women, 9, 271-293.

Campbeel, J.C., Miller, P., Cardwell, M., & Belknap, R.A. (1994). Relationship status of battered women over time. Journal of Family Violence, 9(2), 99-111.

Extramural Grants or Awards

2005      Delta Gamma, Sigma Theta Tau Chapter Grant, project title “Male- Female Relationships: Perceptions and Expectations of Young Mexican Women”.

Professional Affiliations

• Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International, past board member
• Sigma Theta Tau International