Lisa Nakamura, Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor, Department of American Culture; Director of the Digital Studies Institute Ava Purkiss, Assistant Professor, Departments of American Culture and Women’s Studies LaVelle Ridley, Doctoral Candidate in English and Women’s Studies Abby Stewart, Sandra Schwartz Tangri Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies; IRWG Founding Director This event has been … Read more
LaVelle Ridley, PhD Candidate, English & Women’s Studies; Multidisciplinary Transgender Health Project, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan (she/her) Susan Burgess, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Ohio University (she/her) Harper Jean Tobin, Trans Policy Expert and Consultant, HJ Tobin Policy Consulting (she/her) Anna Kirkland, Director, Institute for Research on Women and … Read more
Christian Davenport, Professor of Political Science, Faculty Associate at the Center for Political Studies, and Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Angela Dillard, Richard A. Meisler Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican & African Studies, History, Residential College Shea Streeter, President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor of Political Science (starting fall 2021) Mara Ostfeld, Assistant … Read more
Rachel Kahn Best, Assistant Professor of Sociology Abigail Dumes, Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies Yi-Li Wu, Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies & History While many doctors claim that Lyme disease—a tick-borne bacterial infection—is easily diagnosed and treated, other doctors and the patients they care for argue that it can persist beyond … Read more
Please join us virtually on Friday, September 24th to watch and discuss the film, Picture a Scientist! This groundbreaking documentary chronicles the lives of three women scientists, who share their own experiences overcoming harassment and discrimination in order to create a more equitable and welcoming field. Watch the movie any time through this link, or join … Read more
Vanessa Dalton, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Michigan Medicine Leah Litman, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School and a contributor to the podcast Strict Scrutiny Sara McClelland, Associate Professor of Psychology & Women’s and Gender Studies Sarah Wallett, Chief Medical Officer, Planned Parenthood of Michigan Moderator: Anna Kirkland, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor … Read more
Jesse Beal (they/them/theirs), Associate Director of the Spectrum Center, U-M; PhD student in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University Andrea Bolivar (she/her/hers), Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies; Faculty Associate of Latina/o Studies Program, U-M Alex C. Lange (they/them/theirs), Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Colorado State University Moderator: Alexus Roane (she/they), IRWG Graduate Fellow for Research, PhD student … Read more
Erin Cech, Associate Professor, Departments of Sociology and Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy), University of Michigan Megan Killian, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan Harmony Reppond, Associate Professor of Social Psychology, University of Michigan-Dearborn Probing the ominous side of career advice to “follow your passion,” this data-driven study explains how the passion principle fails us … Read more
Emek Ergun, Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Global Studies, UNC Charlotte Seda Saluk, Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Michigan Kumru Toktamış, Associate Professor of Political Sociology, Pratt Institute Suna Parlak, Independent Domestic Violence Advocate and Educator, Asian Women’s Resource Center Hazal Hürman, Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology, Princeton University … Read more
Emilia Yang (interdisciplinary artist, Nicaragua) Gloriann Sacha Antonetty (writer, Puerto Rico) Lujain Jo (Iraqi filmmaker & performance artist) A world for women without fear is one where she can walk home at night, go to work, get an education, travel abroad, and do so much more without the risk of experiencing violence, harassment, or abuse. … Read more
JENNIFER DOMINIQUE JONES (author of Ambivalent Affinities) Assistant Professor of History and Women’s and Gender Studies AVA PURKISS Assistant Professor of American Culture, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Women’s and Gender Studies SARA MCCLELLAND Associate Professor of Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies In this interdisciplinary historical study, Jennifer Dominique Jones reveals the underexamined origins of … Read more
TaNefer L. Camara, IBCLC, maternal health & equity strategist and healer Linda Jones, Executive Director and co-founder of Black Women Birthing Justice (BWBJ) Dr. Sayida Peprah-Wilson, licensed clinical psychologist and birth doula, Founder and Executive Director of Diversity Uplifts, Inc. Alexus Roane, MPH, Graduate Fellow for Research at IRWG; PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of … Read more