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Caitlin Bletscher

Caitlin Bletscher
Scholarly Assistant Professor, Human Development 360-546-9714 McClaskey 229, Vancouver   

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Recent Grant Funding

Addressing an Essential, Forgotten Piece of the Land-Grant Mission through International Project-Based Learning: Development of a hybrid, online international agricultural extension undergraduate course through Clark County Refugee Behavioral Health Redesign Project (Lutheran Community Services Northwest). Southwest Washington Accountable Community of Health (SWACH) Community Impact Grant (2023). Bletscher, C.G., & Waters, S.

HD205 UCORE High Impact DEI Retreat. WSU Transformational Change Initiative (TCI) Grant for Advancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (2022). Bletscher, C. G., & Whitehall, A.

Addressing an Essential, Forgotten Piece of the Land-Grant Mission through International Project-Based Learning: Development of a hybrid, online international agricultural extension undergraduate course through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). WSU Smith Teaching and Learning Grant (2019). PI: Bletscher, C. G.

Internationalizing our Agricultural Curriculum through Undergraduate Research. WSU CAHNRS Small Teaching Grant (2019). PI: Bletscher, C. G.

Selected Publications

Bletscher, C. G. (2023). Global migration crisis, Symposium Guest Editor. Journal of Leadership Studies, 17(2), 1-74.

Bletscher, C. G., & Spiers, S. (2023). “Step by Step we are okay now:” An exploration of the impact of social connectedness on the well-being of Congolese and Iraqi refugee women resettled in the United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Special Issue: Migration and Migration Status: Key Determinants of Health and Well-being, 20(7), 5324.

Bletscher, C. G., & Galindo, S. (2023). Challenges with using transformative mixed methodologies among vulnerable populations: Reflections among US-resettled refugees. Journal of Mixed Methods Research.

Bletscher, C. G., & Council, A., (2022). Podcasting as an instructional tool for leadership education. Journal of Leadership Educators, 21(4).

Bletscher, C. G., & Hellmann, K. (2022). “We come from different countries, but we all have one earth:” Enhancing intercultural competencies through international and domestic student service learning. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 11(2). ISSN 2166-268.

Whitehall, A., Bletscher, C. G., & Yost, D. (2021). Reflecting the wave, not the title: Increasing self-awareness and transparency of authentic leadership through online graduate student leadership programming. Journal of Leadership Studies, 20(1), 114-123.

Bletscher, C. G., & Lee, S. (2020). The impact of Active Empathetic Listening on an introductory communication course. Journal of College Teaching, 69(3), 161-168.

Bletscher, C. G., & Niewoehner-Green, J. E. (2020). Re-evaluating gendered, Western conceptualizations of ‘leadership’ in international development. International Community Development Practice Insights Journal, 15, 49-51.

Bletscher, C. G. (2019). Communication technology and social integration: Access and use of communication technologies among Floridian resettled refugees. Journal of International Migration and Integration. DOI 10.1007/s12134-019-00661-4.

Qu, S., Bletscher, C. G., & Lamm, A. J. (2018). Undecided or decided: Using mixed methods to explore undergraduate students’ attitudes towards undocumented immigration. Journal of Agricultural Education, 59(3), 124-138.