Jeff Halvorsen, PhD is a Post-doctoral Associate at the University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work on Blackfoot and Treaty Seven territory and an uninvited settler on T’sou-ke territory. His research area is white men’s allyship focused on anti-racism, anti-colonization, and gender justice and is currently the research coordinator for the Canada site of the SSHRC funded international project, Stories of personal transformation: Men working for violence prevention and gender equity. He has 17 years experience in a community based settings working with individuals experiencing family violence and abuse, homelessness, and sex work and has been a credentialed evaluator with the Canadian Evaluation Society. His research interest is in social justice, ally roles, masculinities, whiteness, and anti-oppressive practice.
Experience
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2023–presentPostdoctoral associate, University of Calgary
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2021–presentInstructor, Univeristy of Calgary
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2023–presentStudent Mentor (Academic Lead) MA Justice Studies Program, Royal Roads University
Education
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2022University of Calgary, PhD in Social Work
Publications
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2023Transforming Masculinities Through Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Reflections on Building a Community of Practice Framework, Journal of Participatory Research Methods
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2023Book Review: Almassi, Ben (2022) Non-toxic: Masculinity, allyship, and feminist philosophy, Men and Masculinities
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2022Interrogating White Men’s Allyship: Implications of Performativity for Qualitative Methodologies, Qualitative Inquiry
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2022Book Chapter: White entitlement in antiracism and anticolonialism, White Benevolence
Grants and Contracts
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2019Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships—Doctoral
- Role:
- Doctoral Scholar
- Funding Source:
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Article Feed
- jeffery.halvorsen@ucalgary.ca
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