Kuri Erin, PhD Student
Biography
Erin is a PhD candidate in the School of Social Work and a PhD Diploma student in the Department of Gender Studies and Feminist Research. She has over a decade of clinical experience as an advocate and psychotherapist, specialized in Art Therapy and Trauma, primarily working in the areas of child welfare, gender-based violence, and maternal and infant mental health. Erin draws on interdisciplinary feminisms, ethics, critical disability studies, motherhood studies and trauma theory to develop collaborative and arts-based approaches to knowledge building. Her SSHRC-funded doctoral research explores how young mothers make meaning of the concept of support within the context of service provision. Erin is also a mother, a visual artist, fiber crafter, and lover of tea, cats and gardens.
Research
Refereed Journal Articles
Kuri, E. (2020). Challenging the invisibility of queer “young mothers”. Journal of the Motherhood Initiative of Research and Community Involvement. Special Double Issue on Maternal Health and Wellbeing, 11(1-2), 37-50.
Kuri, E. (2020). Ethics in arts-based research: Drawing on the strengths of creative arts therapists. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Special Issue on Creative Arts Therapies, 54(3), 197-219.
Kuri, E. (2017). Toward an ethical application of intersectionality in Art Therapy. Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 34(3), 118-122.
Refereed Book Chapters
Kuri, E. (2019). Reconceptualizing vulnerability and autonomy as a way to shift dominant narratives about young mothers. In D. Byrd, J. Minaker, & A. O’Reilly (Eds.), Mapping new horizons: Feminist perspectives on young mothers and mothering. Bradford, ON: Demeter Press.