Mary is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia. Her work brings together scholarship from various fields. These include gender and sexuality studies, Indigenous studies, environmental sociology, and the sociology of health and illness. In combination, these fields allow her to examine how being in nature impacts the experiences and outcomes of people of different gender identities.

Published

Jessome, Mary G. 2023. “Gendered Meanings and Mechanisms of Intimacy for People with Chronic Pain.” Culture, Health, and Sexuality. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1080/13691058.2023.2212294

Huyser, Kimberly., Yellowhorse, Aggie., Collins, Katherine., Fischer, Jaimy., Jessome, Mary G., Ronayne, Emma., Lin, Jonathan., Derkson, Jordan., and Johnson-Jennings, Michelle. 2022. “Understanding the Associations Among Social vulnerabilities, Indigenous Peoples, and COVID-19 cases within Canadian Health Regions.” International Journal of Environmental Health and Public Health. 19(19): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912409

Under Review

Johnson-Jennings, Michelle., Huyser, Kimberly R., Collins, Katherine A., Jessome, Mary G., Chavez, Tamara., and Christianson, Traci. 2023. “’And they are still the guardians of these sacred waters…’: Land as a Process of Reconciliation.” American Psychologist

Reports and Other Publications

Jessome, Mary., Huesken, Spencer., White, Nathan., Bhuti Ghoso, Dawa., and Ambard, Marke. 2019. “Sport Participation 2016: Research Paper.” Canadian Heritage. 1-84.

2023, Kurt and Anne PAULAS Memorial Scholarship in Sociology
2023, Nature Calling(s) Invited Scholar
2020-2022, Cordula and Gunter Paetzold Fellowship
2019, Eve Frankel Kassirer Scholarship