Jane Grant Dissertation Award

 

• Easther Chigumira, Graduate Student, Geography: “Re-peasantization under the Fast Track Land Reform Program: Implications for gender, livelihoods and the natural environment, Sanyati District, Zimbabwe”

• 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”

2012 CSWS Faculty Research Awards

• 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”