2012 CSWS Research Grant and Fellowship Awardees

: Crystal Wiliams, Debra Gwartney, and Lidia Yuknavitch spoke as morning panelists at the inaugural CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium: MemoirFest, May 2012/ photo by Robert Long.
: Crystal Wiliams, Debra Gwartney, and Lidia Yuknavitch spoke as morning panelists at the inaugural CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium: MemoirFest, May 2012/ photo by Robert Long.

Jane Grant Dissertation Fellow

Graduate Student Research Grantees

  • Miriam Abelson, Sociology, “Transmen and Comparative Regional Masculinities in the Contemporary U.S.”
  • Elizabeth Beard, Political Science, “Reproductive Justice, Cultural Survival and the Sacred Peaks”
  • Jessica Cavas, International Studies/Planning, Public Policy and Management: “Literacy, Empowerment and NGO Responsiveness: Case Studies from Women Sex Workers in Delhi, India”
  • Amanda Van Scoyoc, Psychology, “Pregnant Women’s Motivators and Pathways to Substance Abuse Treatment Success”
  • Brian Guy, Political Science, “Code Violations: Men, Gender Inequality, and the Contentious Politics of Senegal’s Family Code”
  • Kali Lantrip, Counseling Psychology, “Mother-Daughter Communication Regarding Adolescent Dating Relationships and Dating Violence”
  • Shehram Mokhtar, Journalism and Communication, “A Gendered Discourse at Red Sufi’s Urs in Sindh, Pakistan”

Faculty Research Grantees

  • Deborah Green, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, “‘I Have Come to My Garden’: Ancient Jewish Constructions of Space and Gender”
  • Jason M. Lindo, Assistant Professor, Economics, “Gender-Specific Measures of Economic Conditions and Child Maltreatment”
  • Phaedra Livingstone, Assistant Professor, Arts and Administration (AAA), “Touchstones and Timeless Tall Tales: A feminist analysis of museum communication”
  • Eileen M. Otis, Assistant Professor, Sociology, “Wal-Mart Women, China”
  • Jenifer Presto, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature, “Ionian Reflections: Zinaida Gippius, Taormina, and (Female) Homoeroticism”
  • Courtney Thorsson, Assistant Professor, English, “Revolutionary Recipes: Foodways and African American Literature”