Education:
Ph.D., Washington University in Saint Louis - 2010 (Sociocultural Anthropology)
Areas of Expertise:
Hejtmanek investigates children identified as social misfits and the social, cultural and psychological mechanisms used to change them to fit into a particular society. She has conducted research in adolescent mental health institutions in the United States and with vulnerable youth in Rwanda and Uganda. Using ethnographic methods and an anthropological perspective, Hejtmanek continues her work on children and youth in difficult situations by researching the Child Welfare System of New York.
Books and Publications
"Residential Treatment." Mental Health Issues in America. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO (Praeger and Greenwood Press). (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2012
"Caring Through Restraint: Violence, Intimacy and Identity in Mental Health Practice." Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry 34: 668-74. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
PSC-CUNY Award. (Grants and Fellowships) 2011
National Science Foundation, Cultural Anthropology, Dissertation Improvement Grant. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Orenstein-Schlesinger Student Award, Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, Washington University. (Grants and Fellowships) 2005
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"'You Gotta Do You': Racial Sincerity, Mental Health Treatment, and Institutionalized African American Youth." Behavioral Science Senior Seminar: Mental Illness Across Cultural Divides. Drew University. Madison, N.J., Feb. 22. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"'Because of My Anger': Narrating the Self in an Adolescent Total Institution." Society for Psychological Anthropology Biennial Meetings. Santa Monica, Calif., March 31 - April 2. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"'If You Want a Hug, Ask for a Hug, I Will Give You a Gug': Toward an Understanding of Intimacy Through Touch for Institutionalized Youth." American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings. Montreal, Nov. 16-20. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Caring With Restraint: The Work of Line Staff in an American Residential Treatment Center." American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings. Philadelphia, Dec. 2-6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Grappling Through and Failing: The Self-Transformation Process in an American Residential Treatment Center." Society for Psychological Anthropology Biennial Meetings. Asilomar, Calif., March 27-29. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Getting Out and Getting Better: Ways Adolescent State Wards Negotiate Their Self Concept in Residential Treatment." American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings. San Francisco, Nov. 22. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
"Masculinity Theory in Africa: Case Study 'The Arrow Boys.'" American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings. Washington D.C., Dec. 2. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
"Vulnerable Masculinities: Conceptualizing Manhood, Youth, and Violence." Southern
Illinois University Spring Colloquium: Thinking About Masculinity. Edwardsville, Ill., April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
