Ariela Freedman
Adjunct Instructor
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Adjunct or Visiting, Behavioral/Social/Health Educ
INDEPENDENT CONSULTING WORK:
Owner and Founder, MavenTree Consulting, LLC (2014-current)
EDUCATION AND NONPROFIT WORK:
Managing Director, Alumni Learning and Community Engagement, Teach For America - Metro Atlanta (2013-2014)
Director of Health, Parents In Community Action Head Start, Mpls., MN (2005-2007)
Educational Coordinator, Achieve!Minneapolis STEP-UP Program, Mpls., MN (2004-2005)
English, Drama, and Debate Teacher, Benito Juarez Community Academy, Chicago, IL (2000-2002)
ACADEMIC WORK:
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University (2011-2013)
Courses Taught: Translational Public Health Research, Mixed-Methods Research and Evaluation
Evaluation Responsibilities: Emory Public Health Training Center and the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Research Responsibilities: Co-investigator/Lead Qualitative Researcher, Emory Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center: Assessing the Utility of Incident Command Systems and Emergency Operations Centers in Public Health Crises
Areas of Interest
- Behavior and Health
- Evaluation
- Health Communication
- Health Literacy
- Health Promotion
- Public Health Practice
- Public Health Preparedness and Response
Education
- PhD 2011, Emory University
- MPH 2006, University of Minnesota
- MAT 2002, National-Louis University
- BA 2000, Lawrence University
Courses Taught
- BSHE 522: Prin Of Curr&Instr In Hlth Ed
Publications
- Freedman, A.M., Simmons, S. Lloyd, L.M., Redd, T., Alperin, M., Salek, S., Miner, K. , 2014, Public Health Training Center Evaluation: A Framework for Using Logic Models to Improve Practice and Educate the Public Health Workforce. , Health Promotion Practice, 15, 80-S-8S)
- Freedman A.M., Mindlin M., Morley C., Griffin M., Wooten W., Miner K. , 2013, Addressing the gap between public health emergency planning and incident response: Lessons learned from the 2009 H1N1 outbreak in San Diego County. , Disaster Health, ,
- Freedman A.M., Kuester SA, Jernigan J. , 2013, Evaluating public health resources: what happens when funding disappears? , Prev Chronic Dis. , ,
- Freedman, A.M., Parker, R., Echt, K.V., Cooper, H.L.F. & Miner, K.R. , 2012, Better learning through instructional science: A health literacy case study in “how to teach so learners can learn.” , Health Promotion Practice, 13(5), 648-56
- Freedman, A.M., Painter, J., Unzicker, K., LaMont L., Williams, A. , 2012, Creating Classroom to Community: Health Education in Action – a service-learning partnership with Teach For America. , Poster presented at the American Public Health Association conference, ,
- Freedman, A.M., Mindlin, M. Miner, K.R. , 2012, Mixed-methods Approaches to Translating Emergency Preparedness Research into Practice and Improving Evaluation of Emergency Preparedness Programs. , Oral presentation at Public Health Preparedness Summit. Anaheim, CA., ,
- Freedman, A. M., Miner, K.R., Echt, K.V., Parker, R., Cooper, H.L.F. , 2011, Amplifying diffusion of health information in low literate populations through adult education health literacy classes, Journal of Health Communication, 16, 119-133
- Freedman, A.M., Freedman, C.S. , 2011, Ensuring Patient Success: Applying cognitive psychology and adult learning theory to teaching functional health literacy skills to transplant patients and their care providers. , Oral presentation at the Society for Transplant Social Workers Conference. Tampa, FL., ,
- Freedman, A.M., Morley, C.A., Griffin, M., Mindlin, M., Miner, K.R. , 2011, Improving Risk Communication in Emergencies: Lessons Learned from a Case Study Using the 2009 Novel H1N1 Influenza Outbreak in San Diego. , Poster presentation at Public Health Preparedness Summit. Atlanta, GA., ,