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Earlise C. Ward
Earlise C. Ward
Occupation(s)	Professor, School of Nursing
Awards	Carolyn Payton Early Career Award; Outstanding Women of Color (2015);
Academic background
Alma mater	Baruch College; Brooklyn College; University of Wisconsin-Madison;
Academic work
Institutions	University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Earlise C. Ward is known for her community-based clinical research that studies the mental health of older African American women.^[1] Her research focuses on their thoughts on mental illness, and whether these views may prevent older African American women from looking into mental health services and coping skills in response to mental illness.^[1] Ward is a clinical psychologist and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing.^[1] She is currently the faculty director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service.^[2]

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Biography[edit]

Ward was born in Brooklyn, New York.^[3] She received a B.B.A. degree in International Marketing from Baruch College in 1993.^[4]

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Research[edit]

Ward's research explores discrepancies in mental health endured by minorities, while concentrating on major depressive disorder.^[2]

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Representative publications[edit]

Ward, E. C., Clark, L. O., & Heidrich, S. (2009). African American women’s beliefs, coping behaviors, and barriers to seeking mental health services. Qualitative Health Research, 19(11), 1589-1601.

Ward, E. C., & Heidrich, S. M. (2009). African American women's beliefs about mental illness, stigma, and preferred coping behaviors. Research in nursing & health, 32(5), 480-492.
Ward, E. C. (2005). Keeping It Real: A Grounded Theory Study of African American Clients Engaging in Counseling at a Community Mental Health Agency. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52(4), 471.
Ward, E., & Mengesha, M. (2013). Depression in African American men: A review of what we know and where we need to go from here. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 83(2pt3), 386-397.
Ward, E., Wiltshire, J. C., Detry, M. A., & Brown, R. L. (2013). African American men and women's attitude toward mental illness, perceptions of stigma, and preferred coping behaviors. Nursing research, 62(3), 185.

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Ward, PhD, Earlise". School of Nursing. 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b "Ward, Earlise". Morgridge Center for Public Service. 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Earlise Ward". Badger Talks. 296. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
^ "Six Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Assignments in Higher Education". Women In Academia Report. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2021-03-26.