Athena Kolbe

Athena Kolbe is a human rights researcher, and writer. Currently, she is employed with the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW). Athena Kolbe joined the CHHS School of Social Work faculty in August 2017. She received her BA in International Affairs & Labor Studies at Skidmore College; an MA in Theological Studies at Golden Gate Seminary; an MSW in Interpersonal Social Work Practice at Wayne State University; an MA in political Science at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor; and a PhD in Social Work & Political Science at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Dr. Kolbe’s professional experience includes work as a social work instructor at the State University of New York Brockport and at the Institute of Social Work & Social Science in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She has also worked as a journalist, a research assistant, a researcher, and a clinical social worker. Dr. Kolbe’s main areas of interest include human rights, needs assessment, and international social work.

Athena Kolbe
Born March 2
Pasadena, California
Occupation Writer, researcher, doctoral candidate

Research on Haiti

In 2006, Kolbe (along with co-author Royce Hutson) published the results of a household study on Haiti in The Lancet. The study found that 8,000 people had been killed and an estimated 35,000 women and girls sexually assaulted in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area in the 22 months after the ouster of President Jean Bertrand Aristide.[1][2][3]

in 2009, in collaboration with the Small Arms Survey, Kolbe conducted a study in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, that found just over half the people in three highly populated zones had access to electricity. Most of the study participants used water kiosks as their main source of drinking water and few had water piped into their homes. Most homes used pit latrines and more than 90 percent of those surveyed by Kolbe used charcoal rather than gas as their cooking fuel.[4]

Kolbe and colleagues conducted a post-earthquake needs assessment after the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti that determined nearly 160,000 people had died in the Port-au-Prince area, less estimated death toll released by the Haitian government.[5] Most of those killed in the earthquake were children under 12.[6] Some of the most commonly reported illnesses after the earthquake were diarrhea, headaches and fever, and in some cases these treatable illnesses resulted in death. Kolbe et al. estimated that 10,000 individuals were sexually assaulted in the six weeks after the earthquake.[7]

Research on Lebanon

In 2007 and 2008, Kolbe (along with co-authors Royce Hutson, Bernadette Stringer, Harry Shanon, Ted Haines and Imad Salamy) conducted the "Health Human Rights & Armed Violence in South Lebanon" study in South Lebanon. This study found that more than 5,000 people were injured and 70,000 homes damaged in the 2006 Lebanon War between Israel and Hizbollah.[8][9][10]

Other writings

Athena Kolbe and Royce Hutson co-authored "Survey Research", a chapter in The Handbook of Social Work Research Methods, edited by Bruce Thyer (2009).[11]

  1. ↑ "Shocking Lancet Study: 8,000 Murders, 35,000 Rapes and Sexual Assaults in Haiti During U.S.-Backed Coup Regime After Aristide Ouster | Democracy Now!". democracynow.org. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Human Security Report Project". hsrgroup.org. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ Kolbe, Athena R.; Hutson, Royce A. (2006). "Human rights abuse and other criminal violations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: a random survey of households". The Lancet. 368 (9538): 864–873. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69211-8. PMID 16950364. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ Richard Allen Greene, CNN. "Aid workers heading to Haiti fear for their safety - CNN.com". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Small Arms Survey - Highlights: Mortality, crime and access to basic needs before and after the Haiti earthquake". smallarmssurvey.org. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Wayne State University Researchers Determine Quake's Effect on Mortality and Well-Being of Port-Au-Prince... -- DETROIT, Jan. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --". prnewswire.com. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  7. ↑ Kolbe, Athena R.; Hutson, Royce A.; Shannon, Harry; Trzcinski, Eileen; Miles, Bart; Levitz, Naomi; Puccio, Marie; James, Leah; Noel, Jean Roger; Muggah, Robert (2010). "Mortality, crime and access to basic needs before and after the Haiti earthquake: A random survey of Port-au-Prince households". Medicine, Conflict and Survival. 26 (4): 281–297. doi:10.1080/13623699.2010.535279. PMID 21314081. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ "index". lebanon-violence.org. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  9. ↑ . apha.confex.com http://apha.confex.com/apha/136am/techprogram/paper_174099.htm. Retrieved April 13, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "Small Arms Survey - Small Arms Survey 2009" (PDF). Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  11. ↑ Thyer, B. (2009). The Handbook of Social Work Research Methods. SAGE Publications. p. 131. ISBN 9781412958394. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
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