Research Associate, B.A.
ecpeterk@syr.eduElaina Peterkin obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Vassar College in 2019. During her time there she focused on implications of incarceration for Black queer women in the United States.
Elaina has joined the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University as a Research Associate to support BBI’s evaluation of new web-based technology supporting access and use of psychiatric advanced directives (PADs) by people with mental health challenges across seven California counties. Before accepting her role at BBI, Elaina worked as a research assistant at the Center for Critical Public Health in Alameda, California. She contributed to multiple projects including the Tobacco Harm Reduction study, the North State Smoking and Intoxication studies, and the Intoxicated Sexual Encounters study.