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    Annie Harper, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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    Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health

    Erector Square Bldg #1, 319 Peck street

    New Haven, CT 06513

    United States

    About

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    Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

    Biography

    Annie Harper has a PhD from Yale University in cultural anthropology. She conducts research on how vulnerable populations, particularly low income people with mental illness, cope with poverty and financial difficulties, and how to support them in this area. She is particularly interested in understanding how the financial services and retail industries could better serve low income people generally, and people with mental illness in particular. She is committed to combining rigorous research with practical work that makes a difference now, to which end she works closely with the City of New Haven and the broader community’s efforts to provide support to low income residents struggling with financial difficulties. She is originally from the UK, but has lived for many years in New Haven with her husband, who is originally from Pakistan, and their three children.

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    Education & Training

    PhD
    Yale University, Cultural Anthropology (2010)
    MSc
    School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Political Economy of Development (2001)
    BSc
    London School of Economics, Social Anthropology/Economics (1993)

    Research

    Overview

    After a career as a researcher and practitioner working internationally on issues of finance and poverty, I completed my doctoral research in cultural anthropology at Yale University, dealing with urban poverty and inequality in South Asia. Living in New Haven piqued my interested in US concerns, and after graduating with my PhD, I began work researching mental illness, poverty and finances locally.

    My work currently falls into three related areas: i) research that supports creating just banking/financial services that support everyone, including low-income and racialized people generally, people who are/have been incarcerated, and people with serious mental illness, including through supported financial decision-making arrangements; ii) research that supports creating a just social welfare system that supports everyone, particularly people with mental health disabilities; iii) research that supports a just energy system, in which everyone has affordable utility services that enable them to live safely and comfortably and that have minimal negative impact on our climate.

    Public Health Interests

    Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Mental Health; Poverty and Economic Security

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Annie Harper's published research.

    Publications

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    Activities

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      Wilbur Cross High School Parent-teacher Association

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      BankOn Connecticut

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      American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

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      Yale School of the Environment

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      The Housing Collective

    Honors

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      Connecticut Credit Union Volunteer of the Year

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      Fahs-Beck Faculty/Post-Doctoral Fellowship

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      Public Voices Fellow with the Oped project, Yale University

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      Pinnacle Award

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      John F. Enders Fellowships & Research Grant

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    Mailing Address

    Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health

    Erector Square Bldg #1, 319 Peck street

    New Haven, CT 06513

    United States