Seedworks Scholarly Outcomes and Impact

A summary of research, career development, and initiatives made possible by the Seedworks for Social Justice in Nursing Professorship.

Dr. Raeann G. LeBlanc, 2019-2023

From 2019 to 2023, Dr. Raeann G. LeBlanc, a distinguished scholar and practitioner, served as the Seedworks Endowed Associate Clinical Professor of Social Justice, contributing significantly to the scholarly discourse and practical applications of social justice within nursing. During their tenure, Dr. LeBlanc's work was instrumental in addressing health inequities, advocating for health justice, combating ageism, championing LGBTQ+ rights, and actively engaging in anti-racism activism within the nursing profession. 

"It is important to understand the personal, interpersonal, strategic, and structural transformation this opportunity has inspired in more ways than these activities can account for on paper, including social connections with colleagues, students, and community, that will sustain this work in the future. These impacts are not mine alone; they are a result of this support of the Seedworks Endowment, and the many people and conditions that uplifted this work."

Professional Clinical Experience

• Advanced Practice Nurse Volunteer Palliative Care NYC Hospitals; Telehealth-Covid Pandemic Response (2020)
• Advanced Practice Nurse Consultant, Brighter-Advanced Nursing for Community Care (2019-2020)

Fellowships

• Public Interest Technology Fellow UMass Amherst (2023-present)
• Advance Faculty Fellow to promote Gender and Racial Equity (2022-present)

Special Projects

• Committee Member, Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness, Nursing Resources
  Working Group Website Development (2022-present)
• Committee Member/Project Contributor – Documentary Project Seedworks Films and
  Reckoning with Racism in Nursing (2020-present)

Training/Certification & Courses

• Mind and Life Summer Research Institute – Invited Investigator. Trauma, Resilience, & Flourishing. Garrison, NY (June 4-10) 2023
• Designing and Conducting Mixed Methods Research, Harvard Catalyst, Post-Graduate Education, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 2022
• Radical Anti-Bias Education Training Institute, White Awake 2021
• Varela International Symposium: An Exploration of Uncertainty and Emergence of Self and Society; Upaya Institute, Sante Fe, NW 2021
• Safe Zone (LGBTQ+) Project Certified 2021
• Racialized Trauma and Trauma Basics Certificate. Cultural Somatic Institute 2019

Select Peer Reviewed Publications

• LeBlanc, R., Canty, L., Manning, F., Mosley, S. Robinson, G. (2023). In Print. Accepted. Edited Collection. Anti-Racist Community Engagement: Principles and Practices, Campus Compact in collaboration with Stylus Publishing.
  • LeBlanc, R., Canty, L., Hagedorn, S., Manning, F., Robinson, G. (2022). Abstract Chapter Proposal. (Accepted). Edited Collection. Anti-Racist Community Engagement: Principles and Practices, Campus Compact in collaboration with Stylus Publishing.
  • LeBlanc, R. (2023). In Development. Teaching health justice activism and advocacy: Narrative practices in education. Active Learning in Higher Education 
  • Walker, R. K., Dillard-Wright, J., Mitchell, S., Mangino, H., Watts-Isley, J., Valdez, A., Rabelais, E., LeBlanc, R. G. & Anderson, J. C. (2021). Alternatives to surveillance pedagogies and technologies in online education for the clinical professions: A resource guide. Medium. 
  • Walker, R. K., Dillard-Wright, J., LeBlanc, R.G., Gattral, C. E. (2021). We will never meaningfully transform research-focused doctoral education in nursing without addressing who has power over its design and implementation. Medium.

Dr. Donna Sabella, 2016-2019

Dr. Donna Sabella held the very first Seedworks Endowed Associate Professorship of Social Justice, enriching the landscape of social justice in nursing through her scholarly contributions and advocacy efforts. Notably, her involvement as a content expert on human trafficking for the Western Massachusetts Women’s Correctional Center underscored the practical implications of her work.