Center for Public Health Studies

HEATHER L. HARTLEY
Department of Sociology
Portland State University, P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
Phone: (503) 725-8161
hartleyh@pdx.edu
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Education

Ph.D. 1999. Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
M.S. 1993. Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
B.A. 1991. Sociology/History, University of Missouri-Columbia.
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Employment

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Portland State University,
September 1999 - present.
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Dissertation

"The Influence of Managed Care on Certified Nurse-Midwives: An Evaluation of Health System Change." Completed under direction of Dr. Pamela Oliver.
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Refereed Publications

1. Articles

Hartley, Heather. Forthcoming. The System of Alignments Challenging Physician Professional Dominance: An Elaborated Theory of Countervailing Powers.Sociology of Health & Illness.

Hartley, Heather and Tricia Drew. 2001. Gendered Messages in Sex Ed Films: Trends and Implications for Female Sexual Problems.Forthcoming in Women and Therapy 24. Also appearing in Kaschak, Ellen and Leonore Tiefer (eds.), A New View of Women's Sexual Problems. Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press, 2001.

Hartley, Heather. 1999. What's My Orientation? Using the Teacher-as-Text Strategy as Feminist Pedagogical Practice. Teaching Sociology 27:398-406.

Hartley, Heather. 1999. Influence of Managed Care on Supply of Certified Nurse-Midwives: An Evaluation of the Physician Dominance Thesis. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 40:87-101.

2. Book reviews

Hartley, Heather. Forthcoming. 'Promising Liberation But Delivering Business As Usual?' A Review of For Women Only: A Revolutionary Guide to Overcoming Sexual Dysfunction and Reclaiming Your Sex Life (Jennifer Berman and Laura Berman, with Elisabeth Bumiller; New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2001). Sexualities 5 (1).
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Non-Refereed Publications

Working Group on a New View of Women's Sexual Problems. 2001. A New View of Women's Sexual Problems. Forthcoming in Women and Therapy 24. [NOTE: Dr. Hartley is one of 12 authors of this document]

Hartley, Heather. 2000. Challenges Facing Midwives on Both Sides of the Atlantic: Observations from a Midwifery Conference. Midwifery Today 56: 51-53.

Noren, Jay, Heather Hartley, Aaron Katz, Ed Perrin, Patricia Lichiello, Jack Thompson. 1999. Academic Health Centers: Analysis of Community Perceptions.In Creating the Future: Innovative Programs and Structures in Academic Health Centers. Washington: Association of Academic Health Centers.

Hartley, Heather. 1998. Certified Nurse-Midwife Supply. [Letter; comment] Health Affairs 17(5): 258-260.

Hartley, Heather. 1998. The Impact of Managed Care on Certified Nurse-Midwives: A Case Study in Oregon. Selection included in Pew Health Professions Taskforce Report on Managed Care and Certified Nurse-Midwives. The Center for the Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco.
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Presentations at Professional Meetings

Hartley, Heather and Christina Gasbarro. "An Analysis of Forces Behind the Changing Health Insurance Policies Regarding Coverage of Homebirth." American Sociological Association annual meeting, Anaheim, CA, August 18-21, 2001.

Hartley, Heather and Tricia Drew. "Gendered Messages in Sex Ed Films: Trends and Implications for Female Sexual Dysfunction." New Perspectives in the Management of Women's Sexual Dysfunction Conference, Boston University School of Medicine. Boston, MA, October 26-29, 2000 and the Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 29-April 1, 2001.

Hartley, Heather. "The Increasing Use and Autonomy of Certified Nurse-Midwives within a System of Managed Care in the United States." Midwives Marking the Millenium Conference. Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth University. Bournemouth, United Kingdom. June 8-9, 2000.

Hartley, Heather. "Navigating Interprofessional Competition: The Role of Health Care Administrators in the Changing Patterns of Stratification Among Health Care Workers." Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting. San Diego, CA, March 23-29, 2000.

Hartley, Heather. "The Use of Self in Teaching: An Experiment with Feminist Pedagogy." Wisconsin Sociological Association annual meeting. Waukesha, WI, Oct. 22-23, 1998.

Hartley, Heather. "The Influence of Managed Care and Other Factors on Supply of Certified Nurse-Midwives." Association for Health Services Research annual meeting, Washington, D.C., June 21-23, 1998 and the American Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 21-25, 1998.

Noren, Jay, Heather Hartley, Ed Perrin, Aaron Katz, Patricia Lichiello, and Jack Thompson. "The Academic Health Center in the Community." Poster presentation at the Association for Health Services Research annual meeting, Washington, D.C., June 21-23, 1998.

Hartley, Heather. "Managed Care and Certified Nurse-Midwives: Research Directions." American Sociological Association annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario, August 9-13, 1997.

Hartley, Heather. "Technological Savior or Threat? The Pro-choice Feminist Debate Over RU-486." The Women, Gender, and Science Conference, University of Minnesota, May 12-14, 1995.
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Honors, Grants, and Fellowships

1. Funded Research Grant Applications (External)

Co-Investigator. "The Impact of the Oregon Health Plan on TANF Leavers' Ability to Care for their Families' Health." With Karen Seccombe, Principal Investigator; David Morgan, Co-Investigator; and Clyde Pope, Co-Investigator. In review at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), submitted May 2000; resubmitted March 2001. Status = awarded. Amount = $886,170.

2. Pending or Unfunded Research Grant Applications (External)

Principal Investigator, with Liana Winett as Co-PI and Nancy Vuckovic as Co-Investigator. "An Analysis of Televised Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertisements: Content and Controversies." The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, first stage proposal, submitted July 2001. Status = rejected. Amount = $262,835.

Principal Investigator, with Liana Winett as Co-PI and Nancy Vuckovic as Co-Investigator. "An Analysis of Televised Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertisements." The Pew Charitable Trusts, first stage proposal, submitted May 2001. Status = rejected. Amount = $295,000.

Principal Investigator. "Understanding The Medicalization Of Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD)." Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, first stage proposal submitted April 2001. Status = rejected. Amount = $29,050.

Principal Investigator. "Understanding The Medicalization Of Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD)." National Science Foundation (NSF) grant application, submitted January 2001. Status = rejected. Amount = $51,051.

Principal Investigator. "Understanding The Medicalization Of Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD)." Jacobs Institute - Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Scholar in Women's Health Care Grant Application, submitted October 2000. Status = rejected. Amount = $29,020.

Co-Investigator. "The Impact of the Oregon Health Plan on TANF Leavers' Ability to Care for their Families' Health." With Karen Seccombe, Principal Investigator; Sharon Lee, Co-Investigator; and Clyde Pope, Co-Investigator. Full proposal submitted to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, September 1999. Status = rejected. Amount = $740,169.

Project Evaluator. "Women's Health Clinic Project." Submitted by the Neighorhood Health Clinics (Portland, Oregon) to the Avon Breast Care Fund, June 2000. Status = rejected. Amount = $50,294 for full project ($5000 for my role as project evaluator).

3. Funded Grant Applications (Internal)

Principal Investigator. "Evaluation of Health Care Services at the Neighborhood Health Clinic (NHC)." Portland State University (PSU) Foundation Faculty Development Grant, submitted January 2001. Amount = $1000.

Principal Investigator. "Understanding The Medicalization Of Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD)." Portland State University (PSU) Faculty Enhancement Program Funding Application, submitted December 2000. Amount = $7011 total.

Principal Investigator. "Changing Health Insurance Policies Regarding Coverage of Homebirth." Portland State University (PSU) Faculty Enhancement Program Funding Grant, submitted February 2000. Amount = $5600 total.

Travel Grant. Portland State University (PSU), Office of Graduate Studies and Research. For travel to 2001 Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, submitted December 2000, Amount = $250.

4. Honors and Awards

Lumpkin Award for Best Dissertation of the Year. Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. June 2000.

Outstanding Instructor Recognition. Delta Delta Delta sorority. University of Wisconsin-Madison. November 1998.

Travel grant. Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. July 1997.

Hyde Dissertation Research Award. Women's Studies Research Center. University of Wisconsin-Madison. February 1997.

Distinction, Preliminary Examination, Sociology of Gender, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994.

Distinction, Preliminary Examination, Political Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993.

Summa Cum Laude (GPA of 4.0). University of Missouri-Columbia. May 1991.

Phi Beta Kappa, University of Missouri-Columbia. May 1991.
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Scholarly Works In Progress

Hartley, Heather and Christina Gasbarro. "Forces Promoting Health Insurance Coverage of Homebirth: A Case Study in Washington State." In review at Women & Health.

Hartley, Heather and Leonore Tiefer. "Taking A Biological Turn: The Push For a 'Female Viagra' and the Medicalization of Women's Sexual Problems." In review at Women's Studies Quarterly.
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Other Research and Creative Achievements

In conjunction with teaching Sociology 595: Research Practicum, collaborated with community partner (Neighborhood Health Clinics) to do research on new element of their practice.

In effort to facilitate research partnerships, regularly attended and participated in informational sessions, grant preparation meetings, lectures, and banquets at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (CHR), Portland, Oregon. 1999-2000.

Research Intern, Alameda County Department of Public Health, Oakland, CA. 1996.
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Other Teaching, Mentoring and Curricular Achievements

Chaired thesis committees for Tricia Drew (M.A. 2001), Christina Gasbarro (M.A. 2001), Kathy Muenzenberg (M.A. in progress) and served on five other committees.

Since I started work at PSU in Fall 1999, I prepared 5 new courses and adapted a previously prepared course for use at PSU:

• Sociology 200: Introduction to Sociology
• Sociology 344: Gender & Sexualities
• Sociology 410/510: Sociology of Gender
• Sociology 459/559: Sociology of Health and Medicine
• Sociology 595: Research Practicum
• Sociology 585/685: The Medicalization of Women's Bodies
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Other Community Outreach Achievements

Working with All Women's Health clinic, Portland, Oregon, to revive community speaker's bureau. 2001.

Founder, Women's Health Community Research Consortium (WHCRC). June 2000-present.

Steering Committee Member. Women's Health Network. Oregon Health Division (OHD), State of Oregon. April 2000-December 2000.

Letter to the Editor. Oregonian, August 3, 2000. "Sexual dysfunction causes debated."

Lecture on Gender and Sexuality. Reynolds High School, Troutdale, Oregon. February 2001.
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Significant Professional Development Activities

Member of group organizing conference entitled: "The New 'Female Sexual Dysfunction': Promises, Prescriptions, and Profits." Scheduled for March 9, 2002, San Francisco, CA.

Active Member in Center for Public Health Studies, School of Community Health, Portland State University. 2001-present.

Speaker and member of group that organized and held press conference on "A New View of Women's Sexual Problems." Boston, MA. October 25, 2001.
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Governance and Other Professionally Related Service

University

President's Commission on the Status of Women. Portland State University, January 2000-present.

Advisor to student branch of Feminist Majority Foundation. Portland State University, 2000-2001.

College

Evaluation Committee. Women's Studies Scholarship Program. 2000.

Department

Curriculum Committee, 1999-2000.

Graduate Committee, 2000-2001.

Personnel Committee, 2001-2002.

Ad Hoc Committee to Research Medical Sociology Program Feasibility,
2001-2002.

Hiring Committee (advisory role), 2001-2002.
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Membership in Professional Societies

American Sociological Association, 1997-present.
Pacific Sociological Association, 1999-present.