Kathleen Ragsdale, PhD

Assistant Research Professor
Mississippi State University
Social Science Research Center
PO Box 5287
Mississippi State, MS
USA 39762-0868
Email: kathleen.ragsdale@ssrc.msstate.edu

Biographical Sketch: A medical anthropologist, Dr. Kathleen Ragsdale has over 14 years experience conducting multimethods projects among culturally diverse and economically vulnerable populations in international and domestic settings. Funded by the CDC, NIH, UNIFEM, and USDA, Ragsdale’s research focuses on how sociocultural values and practices and gender/power dynamics shape critical health issues among marginalized groups—with a special emphasis on resource-limited women and children. Her expertise includes development/implementation of culturally informed community-based research, needs assessments, and program evaluation.

Papers:
3267.0 House bill 999: Adoption and implementation of state-mandated abstinence-only or comprehensive sex education curriculum in Mississippi public schools 3364.0 Women's health efficacy in agricultural households in Bangladesh, Guatemala and Uganda: Comparing 2012 weai pilot data across three countries 4376.0 Results from a three-year evaluation of parents' knowledge/attitudes towards mandated school-based health initiatives in Mississippi