Welcome!
My name is Anne-Marie or Dr. Snider, and I am a medical sociologist. My work focuses on topics of mental health, wellness, recovery, spiritual care and digital spaces.
Originally, I started out as human geographer using large datasets to study wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand and suicide prevention in Meanjin Brisbane, Australia.
These days I mainly use qualitative tools, including User Experience (UX) Research to help students/faculty/community members understand the challenges and perspectives of those they serve, particularly when searching for social support and care in digital spaces.
Several student researchers and I worked together to make a mental health resource guide of support provided by Chico State. The design of this guide, and the UX research that informs it, was conducted by sociology graduate Hannah Richmond (‘24). The Mental Health Resource Guide is updated each semester (August/January), as resource location and availability can change.
Please download the Mental Health Resource Guide for Chico State (Fall 2025) here.
For the 2025-2026 academic year I am teaching the Sociology of Human Stress, Public Sociology and Self and Society.