Hello! You’ve reached the website of Darryn DiFrancesco, Ph.D. I’m an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Northern British Columbia. I am a sociologist by training, but my background is interdisciplinary, and spans communications, environmental studies, international development, and health.
I’ve created this site to house information about current research projects, publications, and other features related to my work, which broadly relates to the social dimensions of health.
Current Projects (2025)
The Art of Death: Graphic Memoirs as Pedagogical Tools for Death Education (Principal Investigator)
Tracking Contaminants in Indigenous Traditional Foods (Co-Investigator, with Dr. Elyse Caron-Beaudoin)
Representations of Early-Onset Dementia on TikTok (Co-Principal Investigator, with Dr. Aderonke Agboji)
Digitally-Mediated Mothering: Qualitative Insights into Health and Parenting on Facebook Mom Groups (Dissertation research; ongoing analysis)
Publications & Reports
Click here to check out some of the work I’ve done, along with works in progress.