Hannah L Kakara Anderson, MBA
Instructor A of Pediatrics
Instructor, Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
andersonhl@chop.edu
andersonhl@chop.edu
Education:
BS (Disability Studies)
Vanderbilt University, 2017.
MBA
Clemson University, 2020.
PhD
Maastricht University School of Health Professions Education, 2025.
Permanent linkBS (Disability Studies)
Vanderbilt University, 2017.
MBA
Clemson University, 2020.
PhD
Maastricht University School of Health Professions Education, 2025.
Description of Other Expertise
Medical Education; Educational EquityDescription of Research Expertise
Qualitative research, Educational design researchSelected Publications
Kakara Anderson HL, Balmer DF, Weiss A, Govaerts M, Busari JO: Power Moves: an ethnographic investigation of how space, place, and pace influence equity in pediatric workplace-based assessment. Acad Med August 2025 Notes: doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000006194. Epub ahead of print.Kakara Anderson HL, Abdulla L, Cabral P, Govaerts M, Balmer DF, Busari JO: Abrasion: a phenomenological study of inequity in workplace-based assessment in pediatrics. Soc Sci Med 375: 118092, June 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 Apr 17.
Kakara Anderson HL, Govaerts M, Abdulla L, Balmer DF, Busari JO, West DC: Clarifying and Expanding Equity in Assessment by Considering Three Orientations: Fairness, Inclusion, and Justice. Med Educ 59(5): 494-502, May 2025 Notes: Epub 2024 Sep 16.
Anderson HLK, West DC, Schwartz AJ, Weiss AK, Marcus C, Hanson E, Turner DA, Schumacher DJ: Inequity in Assessment Among Pediatric Residents. JAMA Netw Open 1(8): e255594, April 2025.
Anderson HK, Cabral P, Gerstenzang E, Liverpool C, Gonzalez M, Weiss A, Cullen D, Balmer D, Govaerts M, West DC, Busari J: Co-Designing a Justice-Oriented Assessment System in a Pediatric Residency Program: Report from the Designing for Equity in Medical Education Project. Perspect Med Educ 14(1): 141-148, April 2025.
Sun JK, Cabral P, Poeppelman R, Schuerer J, Borman-Shoap E, Hobday P, Henry D, Fuchs E, Kakara Anderson HL, West DC, Balmer DF: Concordance and divergence in perceptions of equitable assessment among pediatric residents and faculty: a multi-center qualitative secondary analysis using the anti-deficit model of equitable assessment. Presented at Education Day, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (poster) 2025.
Anderson HLK, Xu X, Edwell A, Lockwood L, Cabral P, Weiss A, Poeppelman RS, Kalata K, Shanker AI, Rosenfeld J, Borman-Shoap E, Pearce M, Karol C, Scheurer J, Hobday PM, O'Connor M, West DC, Balmer DF: How Might we Build an Equitable Future? Design Justice, a Counternarrative to Dominant Approaches in Medical Education. Teach Learn Med Page: 1-9, September 2024 Notes: DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2024.2404008.
Anderson HL, Lewis N, Rezet B: A Qualitative Study of Resident Advocacy Work. Pediatrics 153(3): e2023061590, March 2024.
Anderson HL, Abdulla L, Balmer DF, Govaerts M, Busari JO: Inequity is woven into the fabric: a discourse analysis of assessment in pediatric residency training. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 29(1): 199-216, March 2024.
Anderson HL, Abdulla L, Balmer DF, Govaerts M, Busari JO: Inequity is Woven into the Fabric: A Discourse Analysis of Assessment in Pediatric Residency Training Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 29(1): 199-216, March 2024.