April Jakubec

Thesis title: Centering Lived Experience: A Human Rights Approach to Suicide Prevention in the U.S.

Biography

Background

Mental health advocate with lived experience of suicidality.

Previous roles include Disability Rights Advocate for a legal organization; Human Rights and Peer Support Coordinator in community-based mental health programs; mental health portrait artist; and Funeral Director/Embalmer.

Qualifications

PhD Candidate (All But Dissertation) in Global Inclusion and Social Development - University of Massachusetts Boston (2015 - 2020)

MSc in Equality Studies - University College Dublin (2012 - 2013)

BA in Sociology - Arkansas Tech University (2006 - 2010)

 

Current research interests

Human rights approaches to suicide in the U.S., centering lived experience

Past research interests

Human right to mental health: Using law to improve experiences of adults receiving long-term care for severe mental illness
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