Charisse S. Iglesias, PhD
Bio
Dr. Charisse S. Iglesias (she/her) received her PhD in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English at the University of Arizona. Prior to graduate school, she was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Indonesia where she collaborated with Indonesian schools, universities, and organizations to manage community-funded career development and youth leadership events. Dr. Iglesias continued her commitment to community-engaged practice in her PhD studies with her research on critical service-learning, practitioner training, and organizational structures.
In practice, she directed the University of Arizona college-pathway community writing program, Wildcat Writers, that partners Title I high school classrooms with the University of Arizona writing classrooms to collaborate on community-responsive writing projects. Her dissertation research provides a structural model that triangulates community engagement through a reciprocity lens by looking at three different domains—administration, training, and teaching—and is informed by accountability. Her research has been published in Pedagogy in Health Promotion (forthcoming), The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, Academic Labor: Research and Artistry, and Impact: The Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning.

Projects and Writing from Charisse
Lunch & Learn: Participatory Budgeting Event Recap
The CCPH “Lunch & Learn: Participatory Budgeting” webinar was a collaborative training panel with community and academic experts sharing their...
Differences in Clinical Outcomes among Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the All of Us Research Program
This webinar investigates the association of ethnicity with lifestyle and related social variables, clinical characteristics, and care management for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the All of Us Research Program.
Intersectional Differences: Exploring Health Care Barriers and Access Using the All of Us Researcher Workbench
This webinar highlights a research study exploring significant barriers to health care faced by various populations.
Turning Lessons Into Action: A National Convening Introducing the RADx-UP Public Health Emergency Preparedness Playbook
Join us for the national convening introducing the RADx-UP Public Health Emergency Preparedness Playbook, where expert panelists will share insights on how to effectively apply the RADx-UP Playbook in real-world settings.
Exploring Health Together: What the All of Us Dataset Can Teach Us
Join us for an engaging and accessible webinar designed for research audiences to discover how the All of Us Research Program is transforming health research through diversity. Learn what this powerful dataset is, how it protects participant privacy, and how it’s helping researchers uncover new insights that can improve health outcomes.
Unraveling Immune Exhaustion Genes and Racial Disparities in Early-Onset Breast Cancer Using the All of Us Dataset
This webinar explores the role of immune exhaustion (IE) in early-onset breast cancer. Using the All of Us dataset, associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms in 785 IE-related genes and early-onset breast cancer will be examined. .
Community-Driven Practices from the Field with University of North Carolina Greensboro
In partnership with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health hosted an expert panel titled, Community-Driven Practices from the Field on December 5, 2024.
The panel consisted of 5 experts in community-engaged research from the perspectives of an undergraduate student, community partners, and academic partners.