WGGP Faculty Affiliate Ryan Wade was a leading researcher in a study that found that "individuals’ emotional investment in their ethnicity can be a double-edged sword, buffering them from racism in some circumstances while exacerbating its harmful effects in others...
Faculty Spotlight
WGGP Faculty Affiliate Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo conducted an online study that analyzed depression and anxiety rates among Black and Latina women. The study was conducted with the assistance of graduate student Mary Ellen Mendy and was published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic...
WGGP Faculty Affiliate Susan Koshy (Department of English) is guest editor of the latest issue of PMLA (October 2022), the flagship journal in literary studies. The special issue focuses on “Monolingualism and Its Discontents” with essays...
WGGP faculty affiliate Kate Clancy's new book, Period: The Real Story of Menstruation, Period: The Real Story of Menstruation, was recently featured on Publisher's Weekly. Her stigma-breaking narrative "debuts with a bracing look at periods and how society lets down those...
Heidi M. Hurd is the Ross and Helen Workman Chair in Law and Co-Director of the Program in Law and Philosophy at the University of Illinois College of Law. Professor Hurd has written numerous anthologized book chapters, peer-reviewed philosophical essays, and articles that have appeared in the...
Alberti Center Early Career Award, presented annually, recognizes an individual who has made exemplary scholarly contributions to the field of bullying abuse prevention and conducted research that has the potential to influence practice and policy. Rachel C. Garthe, PhD and an Assistant Professor...
Dr. Jose Atiles is an Assistant Professor of Sociology, and faculty affiliate in the Department of Latina/Latino Studies, Global Studies Program, the Center for Global Studies, and the Center for Latin America and Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...
Dr. Samantha Lindgren is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership. Dr. Lindgren’s work focuses on youth-oriented Education for Sustainability and its impact on decision-making in the home, both in the United States and abroad. Her...
Wendy A. Rogers, Ph.D., is Shahid and Ann Carlson Khan Professor of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her primary appointment is in the Community Health Program. She has an appointment in Educational Psychology and is an affiliate of the Beckman Institute;...
Melissa Rae Goodnight is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and LAS Global Studies at UIUC. She studies issues of validity, representation, equity, and social justice in the use of different methodologies and theories (e.g., feminist, critical race, and culturally...
Professor Emily E. LB. Twarog from the Department of Labor and Employment Relations was recently named a Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Campus Fellow for 2021-2022 for “Hands Off: A History of Sexual Harassment Resistance in the US Service Industry, 1936-2020”....
WGGP Faculty Affiliate, Charles Fogelman, will be presenting on April 14th with the Center for African Studies titled, “CAS: Developing African Landscapes: The Development Industry and Environmental Change in Southern Africa” ...
Magdalena Novoa is an assistant professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Originally from Chile, her engaged scholarship focuses on the intersections of historic preservation and social justice, the politics of cultural heritage...
New Faculty Affiliate, Nic Flores, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Latina/Latino Studies. Nic will present at the upcoming WGGP Panel on Gender and Health taking place on April 2nd. Click here to register...
WGGP Faculty Affiliate, Rachel Garthe is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work. She will be presenting on April 2nd on “Victimization, Mental Health and Suicidal Ideation among Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth” as part of the WGGP Panel on Gender and Health....
Faculty Affiliate, Ryan Wade, is an Assistant Professor the School of Social Work. He will be presenting on March 24th on “Racialized Sexual Discrimination and Psychological Wellbeing among Young Gay/Bisexual Black Mean (YCBBM)” as part of the WGGP Panel on Partner-Seeking, Relationships, and Well...
WGGP Faculty Affiliate, Rebecca Smith, will be one of the speakers for the upcoming International Women’s Day event on March 8th, starting at 3:30pm. Professor Smith will talk about Alice Evans, the USDA microbiologist who proved the role of Brucella in causing brucellosis....
WGGP Faculty Affiliate Charles Fogelman, LAS Global Studies, will be a discussant for the upcoming WGGP Graduate Forum on Friday, March 5th from 1:00-4:00pm. Click here for full details on the WGGP Graduate Forum.
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...
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....
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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,...
