Jeff Halvorsen

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Jeff Halvorsen, PhD is a Post-doctoral Associate at the University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work on Blackfoot and Treaty Seven territory and an uninvited settler on T’sou-ke territory. His research area is white men’s allyship focused on anti-racism, anti-colonization, and gender justice and is currently the research coordinator for the Canada site of the SSHRC funded international project, Stories of personal transformation: Men working for violence prevention and gender equity. He has 17 years experience in a community based settings working with individuals experiencing family violence and abuse, homelessness, and sex work and has been a credentialed evaluator with the Canadian Evaluation Society. His research interest is in social justice, ally roles, masculinities, whiteness, and anti-oppressive practice.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Postdoctoral associate, University of Calgary
  • 2021–present
    Instructor, Univeristy of Calgary
  • 2023–present
    Student Mentor (Academic Lead) MA Justice Studies Program, Royal Roads University

Education

  • 2022 
    University of Calgary, PhD in Social Work

Publications

  • 2023
    Transforming Masculinities Through Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Reflections on Building a Community of Practice Framework, Journal of Participatory Research Methods
  • 2023
    Book Review: Almassi, Ben (2022) Non-toxic: Masculinity, allyship, and feminist philosophy, Men and Masculinities
  • 2022
    Interrogating White Men’s Allyship: Implications of Performativity for Qualitative Methodologies, Qualitative Inquiry
  • 2022
    Book Chapter: White entitlement in antiracism and anticolonialism, White Benevolence

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships—Doctoral
    Role:
    Doctoral Scholar
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Contact Jeff for

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  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision