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Kim Hopper, PhD
Research Scientist
Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health,
Columbia University
140 Old Orangeburg Road
Orangeburg, NY 10962
Phone: 914-398-6578
Email: hopper@nki.rfmh.org
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When at UAF
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Phone: 907-474-6186
Dr. Hopper is a medical anthropologist who works as a Research Scientist at the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, where he co-directs the Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health. He is also Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, and lecturer at the Law School. Since 1979, he has done ethnographic and historical research on psychiatric care and on homelessness, chiefly in New York City. His current research interests include the reconfiguration of public mental health (the so-called “de facto” system), cross-cultural long-term follow-up studies of psychotic disorder, modalities of coercion, moral economies of care, working clergy and mental health, and applying Sen’s capabilities approach to recovery from severe psychiatric disorder. Dr. Hopper has also been concerned with technical issues of field research – including interview results that are simply “too good to be true,” difficulties in mixed-methods team research, and ethical quandaries arising in field settings (e.g., informed consent), especially when research is undertaken under contract. He has been active in homeless advocacy efforts (locally and nationally) for some time. A co-founder of both the New York Coalition for the Homeless and the National Coalition for the Homeless, he served as President of the latter organization from 1991-1993. As an anthropologist, he is especially interested in cultural struggles to define the terms and debate the merits of rights and reciprocities as they take shape in policy and practice in mental health and social welfare.
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