Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship

Jennifer Erickson

• Jennifer Erickson, Anthropology, “Gendered Citizenship and the State in a Neoliberal Era: Refugees and Social Service Organizations in Fargo, North Dakota.”

Graduate Student Research Grant Awards

• Shannon Bell, Sociology, “Mobilizing for Environmental Justice in the West Virginia Coalfields: Uncovering the Process of Cognitive Liberation through the Feminist Methodology of Photovoice.”
• Lia Frederiksen, International Studies/Geography, “Bodies, Geography and Globalization: Social Reproduction in Post-Apartheid Cape Town, South Africa.”
• Ryanne Pilgeram, Sociology, “Sustainable for Whom? Implications of Sustainable Agriculture on Race, Class, Gender and Sexual Orientation.” 
• Aditi Sinha, International Studies, “Women’s Voices in Assessing the Impact of a Microcredit Program: A Case Study of SHARE Microfin (SML) in India.”
• Bryna Tuft, East Asian Languages and Literatures, “Literary Bodies and Private Selves in the Works of the Chinese Avant-Garde Women Writers.”

Faculty Research Grant Awards

• Yvonne Braun, Assistant Professor, Sociology, “Water for Money: Gender, Development, and Globalization in Lesotho, Southern Africa.”
• Alisa Freedman, Assistant Professor, Japanese Literature and Film, “Changing Images of Working Women on Japanese Television Dramas.”
• Gina Herrmann, Associate Professor, Romance Languages, “Voices of the Vanquished: Spanish Republican Women in War and Prison.”
• Daniel HoSang, Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies/Political Science, “Reproductive Justice at the Ballot: Origins, Trends and Future Developments.” 
• Michelle McKinley, Assistant Professor, Law, “Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Legal Activism and Ecclesiastical Courts, 1589-1700.”
• Jane Mendle, Assistant Professor, Psychology, “Coping Responses to Date Rape: Attachment, Behavior, and Cognition.”
• Deborah Olson, Assistant Professor, Special Education, “Understanding disabled women’s experiences with abuse: Recasting identities while conducting collaborative anticipatory research.”
• Tania Triana, Assistant Professor, Romance Languages, “Erasing the Memory of Slavery through the Afro-Cuban Female Body”
• Priscilla Yamin, Assistant Professor, Political Science, “Nuptial Nation: Marriage Politics in the US.”