LaMarre, Andrea

Andrea LaMarre
Advisor: 
Carla Rice
Program: 
PhD Family Relations and Human Development
Graduate Degree: 
PhD.
Research Focus: 
Eating disorder recovery

Academic Background: Andrea LaMarre is a PhD candidate in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph. She received her MSc. in the same department in 2014 and a BA honours in sociology from the University of Guelph in 2012.

Research Interests

  • Eating disorders
  • Support systems
  • Feminist theory
  • Qualitative methods
  • Mental health
  • Arts-based methods
  • Social justice

Community Activities and Volunteer Positions

  • Co-chair, Waterloo-Wellington Eating Disorders Coalition
  • Social media committee, Academy for Eating Disorders
  • Chair of social media committee, Association for Size Diversity and Health
  • Founding member, University of Guelph Graduate Student Knowledge Translation and Mobilization Learning Circle

Research Collaborations​

  • Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences – Adolescent eating disorders program; qualitative program evaluation
  • Reproducing Stigma: Obesity and Women’s Experiences of Reproductive Care – CIHR grant, project manager of Ontario site
  • Project ReVision – Research assistant & digital storytelling facilitator

Recent Publications 

LaMarre, A., Rice, C. & Jankowski, G. (2017). Eating disorder prevention as biopedagogy. Fat Studies, Online early view.

Sutherland, O., LaMarre, A., Rice, C., Hardt, L. & LeCouteur, A. (2017). New sexism in couple therapy: A discursive analysis. Family Process. Online early view. DOI: 10.1111/famp.12292

Sutherland, O., LaMarre, A. & Rice, C. (2017). The primacy of discourse in the study of gender in family therapy. Family Process. Online early view. DOI: 10.1111/famp.12294

Pileggi, V., Holliday, J., de Santis, C., LaMarre, A., Jeffrey, N., Tetro, M. & Rice, C. (2017). Becoming scholars in an interdisciplinary, feminist learning context. The Feminist Teacher, 26(1).

Rinaldi, J., Rice, C., LaMarre, A., Pendleton Jiménez, K., Harrison, E., Friedman, M., McPhail, D. & Tidgwell, T. (2016). Through Thick and Thin: Storying queer women’s experiences of idealized body images and expected body management practices. Psychology of Sexualities Review, 7(2), 63-77.

Sutherland, O., Couture, C., Gaete Silva, J., Strong, T., LaMarre, A., & Hardt, L. (2016). Social justice oriented diagnostic discussions: A discursive perspective. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 28(2-3), 76-99.

Sutherland, O., LaMarre, A., Rice, C., Jeffrey, N. & Hardt, L. (2016). Gendered Patterns of Interaction: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Couple Therapy. Contemporary Family Therapy, 38(4), 385-899.

LaMarre, A. & Rice, C. (2016). Embodying critical and corporeal methodology: Digital storytelling with young women in eating disorder recovery. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 17(2), Art. 7

LaMarre, A., Bishop-Williams, K., Racey, M., Day, L. & Meeks, T. (2016). Designing a culture of co-learning: Mobilizing knowledge about KMb amongst graduate students. Scholarly Research and Communication, 7(1).

LaMarre, A., Robson, J. & Dawczyk, A. (2015). Mothers' use of blogs while engaged in family based treatment for a child's eating disorder. Families, Systems & Health.

LaMarre, A. & Rice, C. (2015). Normal eating is counter-cultural: Embodied experiences of eating disorder recovery. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 26, 136–149. DOI: 10.1002/casp.2240

LaMarre, A. & Sutherland, O. (2014). Expert opinion? A micro-analysis of eating disorder talk on Dr. Phil. The Qualitative Report, 19(86), 1-20. http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR19/lamarre86.pdf

LaMarre, A., Bergen, A. & Devereaux, R. (2012). Youth harm reduction programs in Ontario: Report and expansion report. CES4Health.info, 2013.

LaMarre, A. & Hunter, L. (2012). The use of community engaged learning in the teaching of the sociology of deviance. Teaching and Learning Innovations Journal, 15, 1-23.
 

Grants or Funding​

  • Ontario Women’s Health Scholar’s Award – Doctoral (2017-2018)
  • Vanier Canada Doctoral Scholarship (2014-2017)
  • Collaborator, Bodies in Translation (SSHRC Partnership Grant) (2017-2024)
  • Co-applicant, Through Thick and Thin (Women’s Xchange 75K Grant)(2014-2015)
  • Ontario Women’s Health Scholar’s Award – Masters (2013-2014)
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2012-2013)