- Associate Professor, Human Development
Biography
Recent Grant Funding
An exploration of culturally sustaining approaches to behavioral and mental health care among refugee populations in Southwest Washington. WSU Vancouver 2023 Mini Grant. $11,947.55. PI: Bletscher, C. G. (Summer 2024 – Summer 2025).
Catalyzing student success via community engaged pedagogy. WSUV Collaborative Research Projects (WSUV Office of Research and Graduate Education). $19,865. PI: Phelps, J. Co-PIs: Bletscher, C. G., Jenkins, M., & Sakhar, P. (Summer 2025 – Summer 2026).
Selected Publications
Bletscher, C. G. (2023). Global migration crisis, Symposium Guest Editor. Journal of Leadership Studies, 17(2), 1-74.
Bletscher, C. G., & Spiers, S. (2023). “Step by Step we are okay now:” An exploration of the impact of social connectedness on the well-being of Congolese and Iraqi refugee women resettled in the United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Special Issue: Migration and Migration Status: Key Determinants of Health and Well-being, 20(7), 5324.
Bletscher, C. G., & Galindo, S. (2023). Challenges with using transformative mixed methodologies among vulnerable populations: Reflections among US-resettled refugees. Journal of Mixed Methods Research.
Bletscher, C. G., & Council, A., (2022). Podcasting as an instructional tool for leadership education. Journal of Leadership Educators, 21(4).
Bletscher, C. G., & Hellmann, K. (2022). “We come from different countries, but we all have one earth:” Enhancing intercultural competencies through international and domestic student service learning. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 11(2). ISSN 2166-268.
Whitehall, A., Bletscher, C. G., & Yost, D. (2021). Reflecting the wave, not the title: Increasing self-awareness and transparency of authentic leadership through online graduate student leadership programming. Journal of Leadership Studies, 20(1), 114-123.
Bletscher, C. G., & Lee, S. (2020). The impact of Active Empathetic Listening on an introductory communication course. Journal of College Teaching, 69(3), 161-168.
Bletscher, C. G., & Niewoehner-Green, J. E. (2020). Re-evaluating gendered, Western conceptualizations of ‘leadership’ in international development. International Community Development Practice Insights Journal, 15, 49-51.
Bletscher, C. G. (2019). Communication technology and social integration: Access and use of communication technologies among Floridian resettled refugees. Journal of International Migration and Integration. DOI 10.1007/s12134-019-00661-4.
Qu, S., Bletscher, C. G., & Lamm, A. J. (2018). Undecided or decided: Using mixed methods to explore undergraduate students’ attitudes towards undocumented immigration. Journal of Agricultural Education, 59(3), 124-138.