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Karen Fraser Wyche

Researcher at George Washington University

Publications -  25
Citations -  4204

Karen Fraser Wyche is an academic researcher from George Washington University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Community resilience & Social class. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 25 publications receiving 3610 citations. Previous affiliations of Karen Fraser Wyche include University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center & National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.

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Community Resilience as a Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities, and Strategy for Disaster Readiness

Fran H. Norris, +14 more
- 01 Mar 2008 - 
TL;DR: To build collective resilience, communities must reduce risk and resource inequities, engage local people in mitigation, create organizational linkages, boost and protect social supports, and plan for not having a plan, which requires flexibility, decision-making skills, and trusted sources of information that function in the face of unknowns.
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Media Images of the Poor

Heather E. Bullock, +2 more
- 01 Jan 2001 - 
TL;DR: This paper provided a comprehensive overview of research that examined the content and prevalence of stereotypic media images of the poor and provided an analysis of media framing as well as classist, racist, and sexist imagery.
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Distress in women with gynecologic cancer.

Rhonda L. Johnson, +2 more
- 01 Jun 2010 - 
TL;DR: The frequency and character of psychological distress in women undergoing chemotherapy for gynecologic cancer is described and the effect of disease, treatment, and demographic variables on levels of distress is examined.
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Exploring Community Resilience in Workforce Communities of First Responders Serving Katrina Survivors

Karen Fraser Wyche, +5 more
- 01 Jan 2011 - 
TL;DR: Community resilience activities were assessed in workplace teams that became first responders for Hurricane Katrina survivors and were characterized by: shared organizational identity, purpose, and values; mutual support and trust; role flexibility; active problem solving; self-reflection; shared leadership; and skill building.
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Minority Women in Academia: Access and Barriers to Professional Participation

Karen Fraser Wyche, +1 more
- 01 Dec 1992 - 
TL;DR: The experiences that women, especially minority status women (African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American), have in educational advancement in psychology was examined in this article, by reviewing the inclusion of minority women within academic psychology at undergraduate, graduate, job entry, and senior level positions within the profession.