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Tessa Bonney, PhD '19, MPH '16

Assistant Professor

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Pronouns: She/her/hers

Contact

Building & Room:

1079 SPHPI

Address:

1603 W. Taylor St.

Office Phone:

(312) 355-7311

CV Download:

Bonney_CV_Aug24.pdf

About

Tessa Bonney is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and serves as the lead of the SPH Success Program in the School of Public Health. Dr. Bonney teaches and mentors students enrolled in the Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Safety programs in the Great Lakes Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Dr. Bonney’s research primarily focuses on understanding the experiences and needs of workers who are underemployed or employed in low-wage and insecure work arrangements and the ways in which these experiences and needs impact worker health.

Office Hours: Tuesdays from 3pm-5pm.

Selected Grants

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC/NIOSH), Employment Precarity and Adverse Behavioral Health Outcomes in the NLSY79 and 97 Cohorts, Principal Investigator

Selected Publications

Bonney, T., Rospenda, K.M., Chaudry, A., Forst, L., Conroy, L.M., Holloway, A., Berumen, T., Castaneda, D., Castaneda, Y., Gonzalez, S. and Hebert-Beirne, J. (2024). The Nature of Employment in a High Socio-economic Hardship Community: Data from the Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Survey. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 10-1097.

Bonney, T., Rospenda, K. M., Forst, L., Conroy, L. M., Castañeda, D., Avelar, S., Castañeda, Y., Holloway, A., & Hebert-Beirne, J. (2022). Employment precarity and increased risk of hazardous occupational exposures among residents of high socioeconomic hardship neighborhoods. Annals of work exposures and health.

Forst, L., & Bonney, T. (2022). Health Equity and Worker Justice in Temporary Staffing: The Illinois Case. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), 5112.

Bonney, T., Welter, C., Jarpe-Ratner, E., Velonis, A., & Conroy, L. (2021). Role of technical assistance in US labor and health sector collaboration to address precarious work. Health Promotion International, 36(4), 1095-1104.

Madigan, D., & Bonney, T. (2021). Reemployment Needs and Barriers of Users of Workforce Development Programs: A Mixed-Methods Study. Workplace Health & Safety, 69(11), 494-505.

Bonney, T., Welter, C., Jarpe-Ratner, E., & Conroy, L. M. (2019). Understanding the role of academic partners as technical assistance providers: results from an exploratory study to address precarious work. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(20), 3903.

Education

Ph.D. Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, December 2019
University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Chicago, IL
Concentration: Industrial Hygiene
Dissertation: Role of Technical Assistance and Relationships in Development of Initiatives to Address Precarious Work

M.P.H. Health Policy and Administration, May 2016
University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Chicago, IL

B.S. Biology, Cum Laude, March 2012
DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Licensures and Certifications

Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Board for Global EHS Credentialing, Certification Number CIH-CP 13009

Certified in Public Health (CPH), National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE), Credential ID 10746233