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Designing and facilitating Photovoice-Inspired programs for public school students
Diana, a photographer and teaching artist specialized in the Photovoice, Literacy Through Photography, Therapeutic Photography, and Visual Thinking Strategies methods, has led participatory photography workshops for over a thousand participants since 2014. In Canada, she founded Project Kids & Cameras, a social enterprise that encouraged youth ages 5-13 to explore their voices and the world around them through photography and personal narratives. Now in the U.S., she is the Partnership Development Lead & Educator at Photovoice Worldwide, aiming to expand its training and consultancy for universities and organizations using photovoice in qualitative research. Diana is passionate about visual storytelling and continues to innovate in the field of participatory photography.
She received her B.A. in Communications/Photojournalism from Temple University, her Teaching Artist Certification from The University of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and her certification in Therapeutic Photography for Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Re-thinking writing: Giving voice to academic abstracts
Dr. Aspasia Dania (PhD), is an Assistant Professor and researcher at the School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She lectures on the Doctoral, Master (hons) and Undergraduate Program of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy and has an extensive record of research publications in leading education research journals in the topics of Sport Pedagogy, Social Pedagogy, Physical Education Teacher Education, Coach Education and Qualitative Research, all with a focus on equity, equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Photovoice in Translation: Care in multi-lingual photovoice discussions (online)
Jenny Fan is the manager for the Institute of Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion(IMTFI) based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Since 2008, IMTFI (imtfi.uci.edu) has been focusing on research looking at the everyday use and implication of financial technologies in people’s monetary practices around the world.
Photovoice in Academic Settings
Dr. Hopper is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Hopper’s research focuses on 1) utilizing community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships to address MCH issues that impact families of color; and 2) improving student mental wellness among first-generation college students. Dr. Hopper has utilized the art of Photovoice to investigate how First Generation College Students manage stress and balance their mental health. In his role at UNC Charlotte, Dr. Hopper is actively involved in curriculum development, accreditation, and student mentorship. Beyond the classroom, Dr. Hopper enjoys the outdoors and spending time with his family in Shelby, NC.
Photovoice and ethics
Dr Nicole Brown is a social researcher and author, whose expertise lies with social research practice. She works at Social Research & Practice and Education Ltd, University College London and London South Bank University. Nicole conceptualises her work as sitting on the cusp of practice/teaching/research, thereby emphasising that through thinking-doing-being each area of expertise intersects with and impacts on another. In that sense, her practices as a fiction writer, poet, and educator as well as her activist work in response to, on the back of and as research represent an extension of her conceptualisation of research practice. Her publications include Making the Most of Your Research Journal, Embodied Inquiry: Research Methods, Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia: Strategies for Inclusion in Higher Education, and Ableism in Academia: Theorising Experiences of Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses in Higher Education. Her latest books are Photovoice Reimagined and Creativity in Education: International Perspectives.
Photovoice facilitation: Tips and tricks
Stephanie J. Lloyd, MA brings more than a decade of experience in the non-profit, academic, and social impact sectors where she has both implemented and evaluated numerous volunteer and youth development programs. Her ambition and expertise lie in working with organizations to design effective programs and evaluation tools, and use data to inform strategy and recommendations that positively impact individuals and communities. Stephanie holds a Master of Arts in Applied Sociology from University of Massachusetts Boston. Stephanie has been passionate about photovoice since graduate school and has served as a trainer and project consultant for PhotovoiceWorldwide LLC since 2018. Stephanie believes in the power of people being asked to share their opinion and community service to change our world. Outside of working and volunteering, Stephanie enjoys snaping way too many photos, seeing the world with her family, and watching sports.
Erica Belli
Erica Belli
Focusing on photo in photovoice: Brainstorming images and arts-based methods to support your group
A photographer and educator based in Italy, Erica graduated from the Italian Institute of Photography and specialized in semiotics at CFP Bauer, a vocational school in Milan. Working across nations to implement participatory photography projects, she is a member of Voce, a collective dedicated to participatory art actions. Her past work has focused on communities, migration, trauma, and current issues.
At PhotovoiceWorldwide, Erica combines her role as a project manager with that of an instructor for our Creative Facilitation course, where she shares her expertise in arts-based techniques. Involved in a number of projects, she likes to be able to diversify her work.
Photovoice and disabilities: Supporting Success
Laura discovered photovoice in 2000 while exploring arts-based approaches to youth programming and civic engagement for a Master’s of Education in Instructional Design. Having previously worked as a photojournalist in Africa and Asia, the script was flipped in 2001 when Laura designed a photovoice civic engagement project that put cameras in the hands of teenage girls. That award-winning project led to a photovoice facilitator’s guide and projects with diverse groups, including South African youth, adults with brain injuries, and people living with anxiety disorder, among others.
Since 2008, Laura has led photovoice trainings for community organizations, government agencies, medical schools, and professional societies. In 2018, she launched the online professional development course “Talking with Pictures: Photovoice” and in 2019 she founded PhotovoiceWorldwide.
Using photography in medical teaching
Psychologist (PhD), lawyer (MA). Associate Professor at the Department of Health Psychology at the Jagiellonian University Medical College. Academic teacher, trying to apply photography with his students. Chair of photography association "SPOT Kolektyw". Author of publications on using photography in teaching.
Using Photovoice as a Teaching Tool
Mala L. Matacin, Ph.D. (she/her), is a professor of Psychology at the University of Hartford, who currently serves as Co-Chair and Director of the Undergraduate Program. She is the founder and faculty sponsor Women for Change, an activist-campus based organization dedicated to issues of gender, race, and other social inequities. She has received several outstanding teaching awards and has used photovoice in her undergraduate classes to engage and empower students. She recently co-edited a book entitled bell hooks’ Engaged Pedagogy for the 21st Century Classroom: Radical Spaces of Possibility. Her chapter in this volume—Picturing Possibility: Photovoice as Liberatory Pedagogy—details how she has used photovoice in the classroom.
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