Pacific's Reproductive Justice Action Team is recognized with an award from the Washington County Department of Health and Human Services for its efforts to educate the campus community on health issues.
Adelle Monteblanco, PhD
Assistant Professor, Public Health
Areas I Teach
Course Information
PH 200 | Epidemiology
PH 320 | Environmental Health
PH 380 | Public Health Field Experience
PH 491/492 | Senior Capstone
Areas of Research
My primary research interest is in inequality, particularly at the critical nexus of health, gender, and the environment. I hone in on this intersection through hazards and disaster studies. Currently I study extreme heat, examining its health impacts on vulnerable populations, such as pregnant people and youth. My work on extreme heat aims to contribute healthier, more sustainable, and resilient communities. While disasters and extreme heat are my main areas of research, I have also studied innovative and high-impact teaching methods that engage student learning.
Education
PhD in Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO in 2016
Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science, Regis University, Denver, CO in 2007
Published Works (selected)
Monteblanco, A. D. (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic: A focusing event to promote community midwifery policies in the United States. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 3(1), 100104.
Monteblanco, A. D., Vanos, J. K., LeRoy, S., Juarez, P. M., & Garfin, G. M. (2021). An evaluation of a maternal health and extreme heat exposure training. Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, 15(1), 31-42.
Monteblanco, A. D., & Moya, E. M. (2021). Photovoice: Integrating Course-Based Research in Undergraduate and Graduate Social Work Education. The British Journal of Social Work, 51(2), 712-732.
Leyser-Whalen, O., Zareei Chaleshtori, S., & Monteblanco, A. (2020). Another disaster: Access to abortion after Hurricane Harvey. Health care for women international, 41(10), 1111-1127.
Monteblanco, A. D., & Vanos, J. K. (2021). Community-based maternal health workers’ perspectives on heat risk and safety: A pilot qualitative study. Health Care for Women International, 42(4-6), 657-677.
Monteblanco, A. D. (2020). Power dynamics, common pitfalls, and successful strategies associated with co-teaching. College Teaching, 69(2), 63-68.
Monteblanco, A. D., & Leyser-Whalen, O. (2019). Thinking Outside of the Hospital and Nurse-Midwife Paradigms: A Qualitative Examination of Midwifery in Times of Natural Disasters. International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters, 37(2).
Monteblanco, A. D. (2018). Midwives on the margins: Stigma management among out-of-hospital midwives. Deviant Behavior, 1-18.
Headlines
The Pacific University assistant professor is the only academic honoree on Portland Business Journal’s honor roll of influential professionals
Students participated in a tri-county data collection effort that aims to identify "hot zones" and support vulnerable communities who are especially at risk from extreme temperatures.
Public Health Assistant Professor Adelle Monteblanco has been recognized as one of 15 Emerging Scholars-nationally for 2023 in Diverse Issues In Higher Education. Learn more about her research, which focuses on inequality as it pertains to extreme heat and examining its health impacts on vulnerable populations.