Catherine A. Marshall, PhD

Senior Scholar, National Center of Excellence in Women's Health

E-Mail Address: 
marshall@email.arizona.edu
Phone Number: 
(520) 626-8528
Short Bio: 

Cancer as Chronic Illness/Disability; Families and Chronic Illness/Disability; Participatory Action Research and Indigenous Communities; Indigenous People and Disability; Women and Disability/Rehabilitation

Research Information
Research Program: 
4. Cancer Prevention and Control
Member Status: 
Associate Member
Year of Membership Acceptance: 
2007
Summary of Research Activity: 
El Rio Health Center Foundation
12/01/2009 – 11/31/2010
Principal Investigator: MARSHALL, CATHERINE A PHD
Project Title: Un Abrazo Para La Familia
Role: Project Director for Psychoeducational Intervention

 

Selected Publications: 
Caldwell, J.Y., Davis, J.D., Du Bois, B., Echo-Hawk, H., Erickson, J.S., Goins, R.T., Hill, C., Hillabrant, W., Johnson, S.R., Kendall, E., Keemer, K., Manson, S.M., Marshall, C.A., Running Wolf, P., Santiago, R.L., Schacht, R., & Stone, J.B. (2005). Culturally competent research with American Indians and Alaska Natives: Findings and recommendations of the First Symposium of the Work Group on American Indian Research and Program Evaluation Methodology (AIRPEM). American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 12(1), 1-21
 
Cochran, P., Marshall, C.A., Garcia-Downing, C., Kendall, E., Cook, D., McCubbin, L., & Gover, R.M.S. (2008). Indigenous ways of knowing: Implications for participatory research and community. American Journal of Public Health, 98, 22-27.
 
Marshall, C.A., Kendall, E., Catalano, T., & Barnett, L. (2008). The spaces between: Partnerships between women researchers and indigenous women with disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation, 30(3), 191- 201.
 
Marshall, C.A. (2008). Family and culture: Using autoethnography to inform rehabilitation practice with cancer survivors. Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling. 39(1), 9-19.
 
Johnson, S.R., Finifrock, D., Marshall, C.A., Jaakola, J., Setterquist, J., Burross, H.L., & Hodge, F.S. (in press). Cancer, employment, and American Indians: A partipatory action research pilot study. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin.
 
Niemelä, M., Väisänen, L., Marshall, C.A., Hakko, H., & Räsänen, S. (in press). The experiences of mental health professionals utilizing structured child and family-centered interventions in families with parental cancer. CANCER NURSING: An International Journal for Cancer Care.
Professional Information
Professional Affiliations: 
2007- Present, Member, International Psycho-Oncology Society
 
2006-Present, Member, American Evaluation Association                    
 
2005-Present, Member, American Association for Cancer Education
 
2005-Present, Member, American Psychosocial Oncology Society
 
1997-Present, Member, American Public Health Association, Mental Health Section
 
1989-Present, Member, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 22, Rehabilitation Psychology
 
1983-Present, Member, National Council on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE)

 

Honors: 
Switzer Scholar - "Rehabilitation Support Systems for Persons
with Long-Term Mental Illness: Preparing for the Next Decade,"
Washington, DC, National Rehabilitation Association
 
Fellowship in International Development, Partners of the Americas-W. K. Kellogg Foundation
 
National Council on Rehabilitation Education Outstanding Researcher 
of the Year. Given for research with American Indians who have
disabilities; in particular, documenting the importance of working  within
the context of family as an indicator of culturally-respectful practice.
 
Fulbright Scholar Teaching & Research Award, Mexico: Indigenous
People with Disabilities 
 
Leo B. Hart Humanitarian Award. Given for “Outstanding Contributions to
Social Justice,”  Arizona Alumni Association, University of Arizona
 
Participant; Cancer, Culture and Literacy Institute; H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute,  University of South Florida Cancer