RUTH C



Ruth C. White, PhD, MPH, MSW

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ruthcwhite@ | 206.371.7099

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I collaborate with organizations and communities to maximize their human and organizational capacity to meet, and exceed, their objectives in mental health/wellness, and in diversity/equity/inclusion. My insatiable curiousity has developed interdisciplinary skills in sociology, public health, social work and economics that allow me to build bridges and translate ideas across disciplines and professions. Having lived and worked in Canada, the UK and the USA I bring a global perspective to contemporary issues.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Mental health advocate, educator and writer with a popular blog on Psychology Today and author of several books in mental health including The Stress Management Workbook.

• Highly regarded workshop facilitator in diversity, mental wellness, the stigma of mental illness, stress management and compassion fatigue

• Improved health and social welfare outcomes by collaborating with governments, non-profits, and communities in program development, implementation and evaluation.

• Past clients include JPMorgan Chase, Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, Gainsight, Uganda Ministry of Health, Belize Red Cross, Network for Social Work Management

• Media appearances include The Today Show, BBC World Service, The Economist, Financial Times, Black Enterprise, Woman’s Day, Huffington Post, Seattle Times, Marie Claire, among others.

SKILLS

Training, Communication and Presentation

● Developed and implemented professional development curricula for staff in health, education and social services, including department heads, social welfare professionals and community volunteers.

● Delivered keynote addresses, participated on panels and made professional presentations to public and academic audiences in engineering, journalism, social welfare, public health, anthropology and sociology across the globe.

Sought after writer across the media spectrum including Twitter, blogspot, Huffington Post, Psychology Today (online), newspaper op/eds, magazine features, books, and academic journals.

Cited in various media outlets as an expert on mental health, diversity/inclusion, and global health including Thrive Global, The Today Show, Modern Healthcare and Huffington Post.

Organizational Development & Leadership

• Consultation on diversity for industry-leading corporations.

• Founded and managed a highly successful community-based maternal and health project in Uganda that increased utilization of essential health services by 300% in 3 years.

• Planned and oversaw strategic initiatives as an active board member for national, state and local health and social welfare organizations.

• Developed, managed and led an innovative, service-abroad course in Belize for health and social work students.

• Teach management, leadership and program evaluation to graduate social work students.

Research and Data Analytics

Developed innovative research design for the first systematic study of lesbians in Jamaica and became a leading expert in the link between homophobia and HIV/AIDS stigma in Jamaica. Provided expert witness testimony for law schools, human rights and immigration rights organizations in 10+ deportation cases.

Developed some of the first tools that measure ‘belonging’ and community-based metrics of social capital

Provided technical assistance in program evaluation on major projects for the State of California, California Wellness Foundation, Sierra Foundation and community-based projects in Uganda.

More than 15 years experience using SPSS, Stata and Excel to conduct data analyses.

Taught data analysis and research methods to hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students at UC Berkeley, San Francisco State and Seattle University for more than 10 years.

• Review research articles for leading journals and professional organizations such as the American Academy of Health Behavior, the American Public Health Association among others.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Evaluated community-based and state-level initiatives in education, health and human services funded by governments and foundations.

• Provided technical assistance in evaluation to organizations and governments in the US, Canada, Belize and Uganda.

• Produced comprehensive evaluation reports for various stakeholders including governments, universities, donors, and communities.

EMPLOYMENT

2013 – present Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Southern California

2010 Social Worker, Child Protection & Assessment Team, London Borough of Redbridge, UK

2009 – 2013 Associate Professor, Dep’t of Anthropology, Sociology & Social Work, Seattle U.

2002 – 2009 Assistant Professor, Dep’t of Anthropology, Sociology & Social Work, Seattle U.

1999 – 2002 Adjunct Professor, School of Social Work, San Francisco State University, CA

1997 – 2002 Research Analyst, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, USA

1994 – 1998 Research Assistant, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, USA

1993 – 1994 Social Worker/Intake Coordinator, Florence Crittenton Services, San Francisco, CA, USA

1991 – 1993 Social Worker, Metro Toronto West Detention Center, Toronto, ON Canada

EDUCATION

Ph.D. U. of California, Berkeley (Social Welfare)

MPH U. of California, Berkeley (Maternal & Child Health; Global Health)

MSW McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada

BSW McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada

B.Soc.Sci. University of Ottawa, ON Canada (Sociology)

Other

London School of Economics and Political Science: Public Finance; Political Economy of Public Policy.

Seattle University: Financial Accounting; Economics of Gender and Family; Human Resource Management; Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate macroeconomics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books

White, R. C. (2018). The Stress Management Workbook. Althea Press

White, R. C. (2014) Preventing Bipolar Relapse. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Press.

White, R. C. & J. Preston (2009). Bipolar 101: A practical guide to identifying triggers, managing medications, coping with symptoms, and more. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Popular Media

White, R. C. (2019). Why we need role models to de-stigmatize mental illness. Thrive Global. January 29

White, R. C. (2018). Culturally competent care can help African American mental illness stigma. Modern Healthcare. September 22.

White, R. C. (2018). We need to normalize mental health in the black community. Thrive Global. July 27. Op/Ed

White, R.C. (2011 - ). Culture in Mind. Blog. Psychology Today

White, R.C. (2018 - ). Rant.Rave.Reason.

White, R.C. (2017 - ).

White, R.C. (2011). So what if I’m crazy? Black Voices. Huffington Post. August 15. (column)

SELECTED TALKS/WORKSHOPS

Mental health at work. California Diversity Council Meeting. July 9, 2019. Speaker.

De-stigmatizing Mental Illness Among African Americans & Transition Age Youth, (all-day) Los Angeles Department of Mental Health, June 25, 2019

Out at work. LGBTQ+ Summit. San Francisco, CA. Jun 11, 2019. Panelist

Building Emotional Resilience to Combat Compassion Fatigue, Public Counsel, LA, February 1, 2019.

Improving mental health among African Americans. NAACP National Convention. July 16, 2018. Keynote.

Preventing Burnout in Human Services, Network for Social Work Management, February 21, 2018

Beating Burnout: Organizational and personal strategies for stress management in human services organizations, Seattle University, February 7, 2018.

Mental Wellness: Managing Stress and Building Emotional Resilience. Oakland Rotary Club, September 27, 2017. Keynote

Managing for Mental Health & Well-Being, San Francisco Evening Rotary, June 15, 2017

Best Practices in Workplace Mental Health. Annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Denver, CO, October 31, 2016. (peer reviewed)

Prevention Strategies in Workplace Mental Health: Best Practices. International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Singapore, June 22, 2016. (peer reviewed)

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

American Journal of Public Health, Editorial Board (2015 - present)

Health Behavior and Policy Review, Consulting Editor (2013 – present)

American Journal of Health Behavior, Review Board (2007 – present)

Washington State Public Health Association, Board of Directors (2010 - 2011)

Board of Directors, Health Alliance International, 2006 -2013

Board of Directors, Atlantic Street Center, Seattle, 2005 – 2008

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