Office Phone
(414) 288-3027
Specialization / Certification
ANCC – Clinical Nurse Specialist in Adult Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing
Highest Degree and Institution
Ph.D., Wayne State University
Brief Statement of Scholarly Interests
My program of research focuses on migration and health with an emphasis on Mexican immigrant women’s experiences. My current research explores dating relationships and dating violence perspectives of adolescent Latino/as.
Descriptive Titles of Courses Recently Taught
- HEAL 1025 - Culture and Health
- HEAL 1931 - Migration and Health: Mexico and the U.S..
- HEAL 6931 – Health Issues in the Urban Latino Immigrant Population
- NURS 8010 – Vulnerable Populations
Scholarly Publications
Belknap, R.A. (2010). “As Time Goes by We Improve a Little More”: Relationship Expectations as Described by Young Women in Mexico. Health Care for Women International, 31(10), pp. 873 - 890.
Belknap, R.A. and VandeVusse, L. (2010). “Listening sessions with Latinas:documenting life contexts and creating connections”, Public Health Nursing, 27(4), 337-346.
Schumacher, A., Jaramillo, D., Uribe, T. DePheils, P., Holzemaer, W. Taylor, D., Tiwari, A., Canaval, G., Flores, M., Belknap, R. A., and Humphries, J. (2010). The Relationship of Two Types of Trauma Exposure to Current Physical and Psychological Symptom Distress in a Community Sample of Colombian Women: Why Interpersonal Violence Deserves More Attention. Health Care for Women International, 31(10), pp. 946 - 961.
Belknap, R.A. (2008). Crossing Borders in Search of the Mother Interdependence Across Time and Distance. Families in Society. 89(4).
Belknap, R.A.(2008). Teaching Social Justice Using a Pedagogy of Engagement. Nurse Educator. 33(1).
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.
Extramural Grants or Awards
2010 Delta Gamma, Sigma Theta Tau Chapter Grant, “Perceptions of Interpersonal Dating Relationships and Violence.” Among Latino Adolescents and Parents
2010 American Nurses Foundation, project title Interrupting and Preventing Peer Violence: A Theatre Based Interactive Intervention Urban Middle School Latinas:
2009 Summer Faculty Fellowship and Regular Research Grant MU, with Kristen Haglund PhD, RN, for research project titled, “Exploring Healthy Relationships With at Risk, Urban, Adolescent Girls: A Community Based, Photovoice Project.”
2009 MU College of Nursing Regner Research Award, project titled “Experiences of Interpersonal Dating Violence Among Latina Adolescents” (co-investigator with K. Haglund)
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
- Sigma Theta Tau International, Delta Gamma Chapter
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses
- Wisconsin Nurses Association/American Nurses Association
- Midwest Nursing Research Society
The Marquette Neighborhood Health Center
