Newly published book edited by Leela Fernandes explores feminist perspectives on the varied and often contradictory nature of state practices, structures, and ideologies
Announcing the 2018 Faculty Seed Grant recipients for projects on women, gender, and sexuality
In this research talk, Professor Michael Heaney will discuss findings from his surveys of participants at the 2017 Women's March in DC, and the Women's Convention in Detroit in October 2017.
Feature story about Petra Kuppers' research project on water-based movement training for people with disabilities. Kuppers was the recipient of the 2016 Joan Schafer Research Faculty Award in Sport, Fitness, and Disability.
IRWG is pleased to participate in Giving Blueday once again this year!
Announcing the 2017 Sisters Fund for Global Health grant recipients
Sean Esteban McCabe (primary investigator), Carol Boyd, and Philip Veliz (co-investigators), were awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health for their project titled, “Health, Stress, and Tobacco Use Disparities among Sexual Minority Populations.”
Three-year NIH-funded study to enhance the understanding of tobacco/nicotine use among sexual minorities in the U.S.
U-M sociologists Sandra R. Levitsky and Elizabeth A. Armstrong have received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their project entitled "Leaders and Laggards: Explaining Variation in University Responses to Sexual Violence in a Changing Legal Environment."
by Jared Wadley, U-M News Service, May 23, 2017
Many women start fitness programs to lose weight, and when they don't, they feel like failures and stop exercising.