Full Time Faculty
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Darcy Freedman
Assistant Professor
Centenary Faculty in Social Disparities in Built Community Environments
1731 College
Street - Room 202
College of Social Work
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: (803)
777-1326
Fax: (803) 777-3498
e-mail
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Educational Background:
PhD: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (2008)
MPH: Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA (2002)
BA: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio (1998)
Research Interests:
Community based participatory health
research
Social production of health
Social justice and health equity
Systems change
Qualitative methodology
Public health literacy
Environmental
and policy interventions
Selected Publications:
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Freedman, D.,
Salazar, L., Crosby, R., & DiClemente, R.
(2005). Environmental barriers to HIV
prevention among incarcerated adolescents: a
qualitative assessment. Adolescence,
40(158), 333-343.
Freedman, D.,
Koenig, L.J., Wiener, J., Abrams, E.J.,
Palumbo, P., Nesheim, S., Tepper, V.,
Carter, R., & Bulterys, M. (2006).
Challenges to reenrolling perinatally
HIV-infected and HIV-exposed but uninfected
children into a prospective cohort study:
strategies for locating and recruiting
hard-to-reach families. Paediatric and
Perinatal Epidemiology, 20, 338-347.
Freedman, D.A.
(2007). A community health case study:
creating a food oasis in a food desert.
The Community Psychologist, 40(2),
67-70.
Freedman, D.A.,
Jones, D., & VanHooser, S.E. (2008)
Experiences in a trans-disciplinary social
science doctoral program. In Transpedagogies:
a roundtable dialogue. Women’s Studies
Quarterly, 36(3/4), 295-296.
Freedman, D.A.,
Bess, K.,D., Tucker, H.A., Boyd, D.L.,
Tuchman, A.M., & Wallston, K.A. (2009).
Public health literacy defined. American
Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(5),
446-451.
Freedman, D.A.
(in press). Local food environments: they’re
all stocked differently. American Journal
of Community Psychology.
Other Publications
Freedman, D.A.
(2007). A community health case study:
creating a food oasis in a food desert.
The Community Psychologist, 40(2),
67-70.
Freedman, D.,
& Johnson, C. (2007, June 16). Tennessee
voices: healthy food, healthy farms should
be focus of Farm Bill. Tennessean.
Technical Reports
Conway, P., Davis, D., Freedman, D.,
Lewis, T., Stephens, A., Swift, D.,
Underwood, G., & Perkins, D. (2004,
October). Interviews with persons
experiencing homelessness. Prepared for the
Nashville Mayor’s Taskforce on Homelessness.
Freedman, D.A.
(2006, April). Summary report: an evaluation
of CHOICES teen pregnancy prevention
project. Prepared for the Metropolitan
Nashville Department of Public Health.
Freedman, D.A.
(2006, October). Evaluation report:
neighborhood-based farmers’ markets in
Nashville, TN. Prepared for the Vanderbilt
Institute for Public Policy Studies.
Freedman, D.A.
(2007, May). Food desert or food oasis? An
examination of food store accessibility
surrounding Boys and Girls Clubs in
Nashville, TN. Prepared for the Monroe
Carrell Jr., Children’s Hospital at
Vanderbilt University and the Boys and Girls
Clubs of Middle Tennessee.
Freedman, D.A.
(2008, October). Evaluation report: Veggie
Project year 2. Prepared for the Monroe
Carrell Jr., Children’s Hospital at
Vanderbilt University and the Boys and Girls
Clubs of Middle Tennessee.
Revels, M., & Freedman, D. (2009,
January). Evaluability assessment site visit
summary report Smart Meal Seal Program
Denver, Colorado. Prepared for the Robert
Wood Johnson and CDC Foundations Early
Assessment of Programs and Policies to
Prevent Childhood Obesity.
Freedman, D.A.,
& Bess, K.D. (2009, March). Evaluation of
the Food Security Partners of Middle
Tennessee: Year 2. Prepared for the Food
Security Partners of Middle Tennessee.
Freedman, D.A.,
& Collins, L.V. (2009, September).
Evaluation report: stakeholder analysis –
Veggie Project (Year 3). Prepared for the
Monroe Carrell Jr., Children’s Hospital at
Vanderbilt University.
Selected Presentations:
Freedman, D.A.
(2009, June).
Local food environments: they’re all stocked
differently. Accepted oral presentation at
the 12th Biennial Conference of the Society
for Community Research and Action,
Montclair, NJ.
Freedman, D.A.
(2009, June). Barriers in context:
ethnographic insights into access to healthy
foods. Accepted oral presentation at the
12th Biennial Conference of the Society for
Community Research and Action, Montclair,
NJ.
Riemer, M., Reich, S., Culley, M.,
Angelique, H., Freedman, D.A.,
Voorhees, C., Bishop, B.J., Dzidic, P.L.,
Tucker, D., Alan, T., PytlikZillig, L.,
Samal, A., Bornstein, B., & Quimby, C.
(2009, June). Research in the cross-section
of community psychology and global climate
change: a call for action. Accepted
roundtable discussion at the 12th Biennial
Conference of the Society for Community
Research and Action, Montclair, NJ.
Freedman, D.A.,
& Joosten, Y. (2009, July). Food Security
Partners of Middle Tennessee: promoting
policy and environmental change to reduce
obesity. Poster presentation at the CDC
Conference on Obesity Prevention and
Control, Washington, DC.
Freedman, D.A.
(2009, October). Expanding the healthcare
debate: the need for public health literacy.
Keynote speaker at the 7th Annual
Health Policy Summit, Columbia, MO.
Barker, D., Simmons, K., Gibbons, E., &
Freedman, D. (2009, November). Care,
motherhood, and identity in diaspora.
Presentation at the National Women’s Studies
Association, Atlanta, GA.
Morland, K.B., Blanck, H.M., Freedman,
D.A., Ayala, G., Cherry, K. (2009,
November). Program and evaluation of
community based participatory projects to
address disparities in food access. Oral
presentation at the 137th
American Public Health Association
Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Freedman, D.A.,
& Bell, B.A. (2009, November). Examining
local food environments: objective and
subjective measures of access to healthful
foods. Oral presentation at the 137th
American Public Health Association
Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Service:
USC/COSW Curriculum Committee, Research
Sequence Chair
USC/COSW Doctoral Committee
USC/COSW Dean’s Advisory Council
USC Early Career Faculty Network, Advisory
Committee
USC Women’s Faculty Network, Steering
Committee
Journal Reviewer: AIDS Care; American
Journal of Public Health; Patient Education
and Counseling; Progress in Community Health
Partnerships: Research, Education, and
Action
Conference Reviewer: Society for Community
Research and Action; Society for Social Work
and Research
Grant Reviewer: National Institutes of
Health, South Carolina Department of Health
and Environmental Control
Honors and Awards:
Blue Ribbon Award for Child Advocacy,
National Association of Children’s Hospitals
and Related Institutions
Newbrough Graduate Student Writing Award,
Vanderbilt University, Department of Human
and Organizational Development
Best Dissertation Relevant to Community
Psychology, American Psychological
Association, Society for Community Research
and Action (Div. 27)
Links:
Curriculum Vitae (in Adobe Acrobat)
Farmers’ Market Research
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