Faculty who are doing research on women, gender, and sexuality can find a strong support system and network at IRWG.
Funds, resources such as space and technology, and administrative support are available for faculty-initiated residencies, projects, groups, and collaborations.
Read below for information on our Faculty Affiliates program and to learn more about our current faculty-led programs and initiatives.
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There are over 220 IRWG faculty affiliates from more than 80 different departments which make up a core group we look to 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.
Faculty affiliates also take part in Expert Advisory Panels, who convene for conversations and reviews of each other's grant proposals and other similar written work. These facilitated meetings include IRWG affiliates, postdoctoral fellows, and other gender scholars from the 3 campuses. Attendees will receive a copy of the work to be reviewed in advance. The goal of these panels is to augment our faculty networks and to spur interesting, new relationships and ideas.
| Program or Initiative Title | Summary |
|---|---|
Black Feminist Health Studies (BFHS) |
This faculty led program seeks to bring together diverse speakers and researchers working in the emerging field of black feminist health sciences. |
Colonialism, Race, and Sexualities Initiative (CRSI) |
This program seeks to develop forums and dialogue produced at the junction of postcolonial, empire, comparative ethnic, critical race, gender, and sexuality studies. |
Consortium for Gender Responsive Prisoner Healthcare |
The Consortium for Gender-Responsive Prisoner Healthcare aims to gather the often-siloed efforts of academics, formerly incarcerated people, healthcare professionals, prisoner advocates, victims and their families, Department of Corrections officials, and public health directors to provide gender-responsive, trauma-informed care for people incarcerated. |
Initiative on Gender Based Violence and Sexual Harassment at IRWG |
This initiative brings together scholars, practitioners, and activists from across disciplines to share strategies and develop innovative ideas to end gender-based violence. |
Insurance Justice Research Project |
IRWG researchers are looking at consumer- and patient-side insurance problems and barriers in areas such as women’s health, transgender health, contraception and abortion coverage, opioid addiction treatment coverage, and mental health coverage, and how these events drive life chances and economic circumstances among the insured population. |
Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initiative (LGQRI) |
An ongoing speaker series addressing interdisciplinary research and scholarship on sexuality. LGQRI presents public events throughout each academic year. |
Student Opportunities for AIDS/HIV Research (SOAR) |
SOAR is a two-year training program for juniors and seniors at U-M Ann Arbor focused on cultivating the next generation of behavioral and social science researchers on HIV. |
Sustainable Health Activities Research Program |
This faculty-led program aims to create an interdisciplinary community of scholars whose work on behavior change pertains to boosting the health and well- being of individuals, communities, organizations, and our greater society in sustainable ways. |
Transgender Health Research Network |
IRWG's collaboration hub for bringing together all U-M researchers working on transgender health topics. Participants include key researchers in Medicine, Public Health, Social Work, Nursing, the Institute for Social Research, and LSA. |