Bethany Hedden-Clayton
Federal Grants Manager, Center for Behavioral Health and Justice
Expert in ethnographic methods, racial disparities, and forms of embodiment and belonging
Bethany Hedden-Clayton
Biography
Bethany (she/her) has worked in a variety of settings: behavioral health, community development, housing, education, movement, and the arts. Her work has been published at the American Journal of Public Health and OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying and has been presented at the Society for Social Work Research, Society for Applied Anthropology, National Alliance on Mental Illness Michigan, Henry Ford Hospital’s Global Health Symposium, and the Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards. She is currently a PhD student in the Social Work and Anthropology (SWAN) doctoral program studying how white supremacy, nationalism, moral personhood, and belonging are made and unmade through the practice of yoga.
Responsibilities
Bethany serves as manager of federal grants at the Center for Behavioral Health and Justice. She is responsible for the effective, efficient, and coordinated management of federal and out-of-state grants including a Center for Disease Control and Prevention RO1 grant focused on the impact of law enforcement drug seizures on overdose in the surrounding community; the evaluation of harm reduction street outreach teams; and the National Institute of Mental Health P50 center, the National Center for Health and Justice Integration for Suicide Prevention (NCHATS), focused on suicide prevention for those in the criminal/legal and behavioral health systems.
Degrees and Certifications
- MSW, University of Michigan
- BFA, Wayne State University
- Registered Yoga Teacher (200 Hour)
- Summer Intensive at Moscow Art Theatre School
- Technology of Participation: Strategic Planning & Facilitation Methods
Research Interests
Bethany Hedden is a doctoral student in the Social Work and Anthropology (SWAN) program. Drawing from the interdisciplinary framework of EcoJustice Education, her research investigates how a Detroit-based theatre company creates arts aimed at repairing harm caused by interconnected forms of social and ecological violence. She is interested in the realities that are possible through confronting the deep cultural roots of oppression while healing through pleasurable surrender, mutuality, and care.