2012 CSWS Research Grant and Fellowship Awardees

Crystal Wiliams, Debra Gwartney, and Lidia Yuknavitch at MemoirFest.
Crystal Wiliams, Debra Gwartney, and Lidia Yuknavitch at MemoirFest.

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”