Ann Butcher
research assistant professor

Department(s):
Health Systems Management

Email:
butcher@tulane.edu

Research Interests:
Visual impairment and blindness; development of resource networks

Professional Achievements:
1993-1998 Faculty Advisor, Tulane University Student Chapter of American College of Healthcare Executives
1994-1995 Chair, Grievance Committee, Tulane University School of Public Health
1995-1996 Secretary, General Faculty, Tulane University School of Public Health
1999-2000 Vice-President, Theta Chapter of Delta Omega National Public Health Honorary Society
2000-2001 President, Theta Chapter of Delta Omega National Public Health Honorary Society

Educational Background:
PhD, social psychology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
MS, social psychology, Tulane University
MPH, Tulane University
BSN, nursing, University of Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana

Publications:
Selected peer-reviewed publications
Butcher AH, Szekely JC. Report from the front lines: Rural Medicaid primary care providers as gatekeepers and brokers of rural health service networks. Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society 1998;150:372-383.

Butcher AH, Fos PJ, Zuniga M. Racial variations in cesarean section rates: An analysis of Medicaid data in Louisiana. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 1997;3:41-48.

Butcher AH, Baumgartner ET. Managing change in the era of health reform: Organized delivery systems of public health. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 1995;1:62-68.

Brief AP, Butcher AH, Roberson L. Cookies, disposition, and job attitudes: The effects of positive mood inducing events and negative affectivity on job satisfaction in a field experiment. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 1995;1:55-62.

Butcher AH. Supervisors matter more than you think: Components of a mission centered organizational climate. Hospitals and Health Services Administration 1994;39:505-520.

Brief AP, Butcher AH, Link K, & George LK. Integrating bottom-up and top-down theories of subjective well-being: The case of health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1993;64:646-653.

Butcher AH, Manning DT, O'Neal EC. AIDS-related sexual practices of college students. Journal of American College Health 1991;40:115-118.

Taylor SL, O'Neal EC, Langley T, Butcher AH. Anger arousal, deindividuation, and aggression. Aggressive Behavior 1991;17:193-206.

Butcher AH, Frank GC, Harsha DW, Serpas DC, Little SD, Nicklas TA, Hunter, SM, Berenson GS. Heart Smart: A school health program meeting the 1990 Objectives for the Nation. Health Education Quarterly 1988;5:17-34.

Thompson B, Butcher AH, Berenson GS. Children's beliefs about sources of health: A reliability and validity study. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development 1987;20: 80-87.

Personal Statement:
Ann Butcher's current research interests focus on visual impairment and blindness and the development of resource networks. She also conducts research on job satisfaction and its effect in the workplace. She previously served as instructor in medicine at LSU School of Medicine, adjunct instructor in education in the Tulane Department of Education, and has practiced nursing in the private sector. Butcher currently is working as director of Services for the Lighthouse for the Blind in New Orleans as part of a funded Lighthouse/Tulane Project. She has been actively involved with the public health system, assisting the Louisiana Office of Public Health to evaluate quality and access to care in Medicaid Managed Care programs.

Contact Information:
Department of Health Systems Management
1440 Canal Street, Suite 1917
New Orleans, LA 70112
Telephone: 504.988.5230
Fax: 504.988.3783
butcher@tulane.edu

Level of Instruction:
graduate