People

IRWG catalyzes and supports gender research across the University of Michigan through meaningful relationships and collaborations.

Get to know our faculty and staff, executive committee members, and visiting scholars below.

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Our more than 250 IRWG Affiliates are listed in our searchable database on the IRWG Affiliates page of our website.

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Julia Seng

IRWG Research Professor; Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School; Professor of Women's Studies, LSA

Philip T. Veliz

Research Assistant Professor Applied Biostatistics Laboratory, School of Nursing; IRWG; SHARP Associate Director

Michelle Segar

Associate Research Scientist, IRWG; Director, Sustainable Health Activities Research Program

IRWG Executive Committee; Associate Vice President - Health Sciences, UMOR; Marilyn Fisher Blanch Research Professor of Pediatrics; Assistant Dean for Research Faculty; Professor of Pediatrics, Medical School; Professor of Health Management/Policy

Yun Zhou

IRWG Executive Committee; Assistant Professor, Sociology, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Omolade Andubi

IRWG Executive Committee; Professor, Afroamerican and African Studies; Director, African Studies Center

Kira Thurman

IRWG Executive Committee; Associate Professor, Germanic Languages & Literatures, and History

Melynda Price

IRWG Director and Professor of Women's and Gender Studies

William Calvo-Quirós

IRWG Executive Committee; Associate Professor, American Culture and Art & Design

Lorena Chambers

IRWG Executive Committee; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, History and American Culture LSA History

Lilia Cortina

IRWG Executive Committee (ex officio); Interim Chair, Women's and Gender Studies, Professor of Psychology, and Management & Organizations

Anthony Kolenic

IRWG Executive Committee, Director of Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Massy Mutumba

IRWG Executive Committee, Assistant Professor, Nursing

Swapnil Rai

IRWG Executive Committee, Assistant Professor Film, Television and Media

Savannah Hall

Program Director for Faculty Research Development

Grace Mahoney

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Stephanie Arnold

Administrative Assistant

Nour Kamouni

Office Assistant/Work Study

Stephen Gonzalez

Communications & Engagement Manager

Terrence Crimes

Business Administrator

IRWG Affiliates

There are over 250 IRWG affiliates from more than 80 different departments at the University of Michigan who make up a core group for creating collaborations, meeting like-minded scholars, and participating in planning sessions and brainstorming to build ambitious research projects. Gender may be the primary focus of their work, or it may be just one part among many.

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