Dr. Andrea Mellor

Dr. Andrea Mellor
Position
Post-doctoral fellow
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Andrea’s research explores the ways that natural, social, and political environments influence health and wellness and how improving access to resources and services can optimize wellbeing. My current work focuses on marginalized populations, in particular Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth who use substances and are facing formidable life challenges, people living with disabilities, and sex workers. I am interested in the ways that social structures and cultural norms intersect with day-to-day lived experiences, and in particular, ways that cultural teachings can promote and enhance resilience, strength, and health equity. My research explores these intersections using community-based, participatory, Indigenist, critical, and visual methodologies.

Publications

  1.  Benoit, C., Koenig, B., Mellor, A., Jansson, M., Magnuson, D. & Vetrone, L. (2024). Navigating stigma in romantic relationships where one or both partners sell sexual services. The Journal of Sex Research DOI: 

  2. Benoit, C., Mellor, A., and Premji, Z. (2024). Structural interventions to reduce harms and promote the capabilities of girls experiencing multiple complexities: A Scoping Review.  Children and Youth Services Review, 157, 1-22. 

  3. Benoit, C., Mellor, A. & Premji, Z. (2023). Perspectives on sexual citizenship for people living with disabilities: A response to commentaries. Archives of Sexual Behavior 52, 3285–3290. 

  4. Benoit, C. and Mellor, A. (2023) Editorial: Decriminalization and What Else? Alternative Structural Interventions to Promote the Health, Safety, and Rights of Sex Workers. Social Sciences, 12(3), 202. 

  5.  Mellor, A. and Benoit, C. (2023). Understanding the Diversity of People in Sex Work: Views from Leaders in Sex Worker Organizations. Social Sciences, 12(3), 191. 

  6.  Benoit, C., Mellor, A., and Premji, Z. (2022). Access to Sexual Rights for People Living with Disabilities: Assumptions, Evidence and Policy Outcomes, Archives of Sexual Behavior. 

  7. Mellor, A., Surrounded by Cedar Child and Family Services, Cloutier, D., Wang, L., & Kobayashi, K. (2022). Becoming Wolf and other stories: Using Indigenist arts-based methodologies to explore urban Indigenous coming of age. AlterNative, 18(3), 364-374. 

  8. Mellor, A., (2021). Quilting allyship in a time COVID-19. Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, 11, 3-13. 
  9. Mellor, A., Surrounded by Cedar Child and Family Services, Cloutier, D., & Claxton, N. (2021). “Youth will feel honored if they are reminded they are loved”: Supporting coming of age for urban Indigenous youth in care. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 16(2), 308–321. 
  10. Mellor, A., SCCFS, Cloutier, D. (2020).  Becoming self-in-relation: Coming of age as a pathway towards wellness for urban Indigenous youth in care. First Peoples Child and Family Review, 15(1), 2-21. 
  11. Mellor, A., Wells, M., Pooyak, S., Nicholson, V., Dickie, C., Lambert, S., Hillstrom, K., Monchalin, R., Nixon, S., Amirault, M., Prentice, T., Masching, R. (2019). The WoW Gathering: A Land-Based Positive Action Initiative to Support Indigenous People Living with HIV. Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, 10, 28-38. 
  12. Mellor, A.F.P., Webb, N.K., Pooyak, S., Nicolson, V., Dickie, C., Lambert, S., Monchalin, R., Nixon, S., Amirault, M., Masching, R., Prentice, T. (2018). “I’m here and I’m going to do what I’m going to do”: What is an HIV Older? Journal of Indigenous HIV Research, 9, 66-72. 

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