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Associate ProfessorKirstie McAllum

Associate Professor

Media and Communication

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  • Associate Professor
    Media and Communication
  • +6433694583 (Work)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My current research projects explore issues such as

  • How the performing arts transform healthcare workers' experience of their workplace
  • How doctors understand medical touch and how they learn to touch their patients
  • How family caregivers and healthcare workers (de)value each other's expertise as they interact with each other

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Compassion and collective care in long-term care settings: A communicative perspective
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council4 May 2020 - 30 Apr 2024
  • GRANT
    Resistance to personal care by home care clients with dementia or mental health problems: Perspectives of family caregivers and personal care assistants
    Réseau Québécois de Recherche sur le Vieillissement7 Nov 2016 - 30 Apr 2018
  • GRANT
    Caring heroes or workplace zeroes? Negotiating the role of paid home-based care workers within care teams
    Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et culture2 May 2016 - 30 Apr 2020
  • GRANT
    On-road/off-road relationships: How ambulance crews negotiate volunteer and paid staff roles
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council4 Aug 2014 - 30 Apr 2016