WGGP Faculty Affiliate, Kate Clancy, recently talked with North Caroline Public Radio WUNC culture and equity in menstruation. Click here to hear the interview.
Professor Clancy also hosts the PERIOD Podcast. More information available here....
WGGP Faculty Affiliate, Lesley Wexler, will be moderating the RBG Conversation with the filmmakers this Wednesday, Feb. 17th starting at 4pm. Professor Wexler is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor in the College of Law. Click here to learn more about Professor Wexler's...
Dr. Brian G. Ogolsky is the Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor in Human Development and Family Studies. He examines how relational partners maintain healthy romantic relationships across the life course. His work has the potential to inform practitioners and promote policy initiatives designed to enhance family dynamics. To view Dr. Brian G. Ogolsky’...
To promote accountability in government, President-elect Biden ought to pursue “transitional justice” in the aftermath of the Trump presidency, said Colleen Murphy, the Roger and Stephany Joslin Professor of Law at Illinois and an expert in political reconciliation. Illinois News Bureau article published on November 18, 2020, featuring WGGP Faculty Affiliate...
WGGP Faculty Affiliate Rebecca Smith was a guest speaker for the CGS-WGGP panel titled "Syndemics: Theory & Application" (November 11, 2020). Rebecca is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathobiology and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Her research focuses on epidemiology, specifically the mathematical and statistical modeling...
Dr. Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo's research focuses on addressing mental health disparities in women and mothers, particularly racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, and military populations. Her research approach builds on a framework focused on psychosocial, cultural, structural and physiological factors. Specifically, she examines how contextual factors (e.g., culture,...
Dr. Felisa Vergara Reynolds is Assistant Professor of French for the Department of French and Italian at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Felisa primarily works on the legacy and impact of colonialism on literature in French, from the former colonies. In particular, she focuses on literature in French from the Caribbean, West Africa, and North Africa....
Dr. Ryan Wade is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work. Professor Wade's work includes a broad focus on social determinants of health, structural and community-level racism, the racial patterning of sexual/social networks within LGBTQ communities, and health disparities among gay/bisexual men. He is particularly interested in identifying social and structural...
WGGP Affiliate, Angela Williams, has published a book titled Hip Hop Harem: Women, Rap, and Presentation in the Middle East (2020). For more information about Angela's book, click here.
Happy Birthday, Dr. Barbara Yates! This week we remember and celebrate Dr. Barbara A. Yates, WGGP Founding Director, whose birthday is this Wednesday, October 14th. To learn more about Dr. Barbara Yates and her fellowship history, click...