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NEW! CRWG Announces 2009 Alice Dan Dissertation Award Award Winners!
The Center for Research on Women and Gender is pleased to announce the 2009 Alice Dan Dissertation award winners. Monetary awards were made to Leah Rubin (Psychology) for her dissertation entitled "Effects of Sex Hormones on Cognition in Schizophrenia" and Meg King (English) for her dissertation entitled "Unattainable Manhood: American Novels and the Late 20th Century Masculinity Crisis." In addition, 3 applicants were chosen for honorable mentions: Lindsey Garfield (Nursing) is researching "Postpartum Depression: A Search for a Biologic Marker", Daravan Rongmuang (Nursing) is examining "Regional Differences in Physical Appearance Identity Among Young Adult Women in Thailand: A Mixed Methods Study", and Yoko Shimpuku (Nursing) is studying "Mother's Perceptions of Childbirth Experience in a Hospital in Rural Tanzania." The annual Alice J. Dan Dissertation Research Award encourages original and significant research about gender and/or women by UIC doctoral students. To learn more about the current year's winners and past Dan Dissertation award recipients, visit our Dan Dissertation Award page. To enable us to continue to fund research by UIC doctoral students, support the Dan Dissertation Award Endowment.
CRWG in the News
Veronica Arreola, Assistant Director of CRWG, was quoted in an April 18, 2009 article about women in politics in The Daily Journal, a newspaper serving the counties of Kankakee, Will, Iroquois, Ford, Grundy and Livingston counties of Illinois. The article was about the elected officials in Kankakee county, where women have held many of the key elected offices for several years. To read the full story, visit http://www.daily-journal.com/archives/dj/print_display.php?id=438840
CRWG Director Presents at United Nations
On April 1, CRWG Director Dr. Stacie Geller was invited to present at an event of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development in New York. The panel entitled “Innovative Approaches to Improving Maternal Health” featured international experts on population and reproductive health and addressed several innovative approaches for preventing some of the leading causes of maternal mortality, including postpartum hemorrhage and eclampsia. Dr. Geller's presentation focused on the use of the blood collection drape and the use of misoprostol for the early diagnosis and prevention of PPH. Other speakers at the event included Dr. Abdelhadi Eltahir, Senior Maternal and Newborn Health Advisor at Pathfinder International, and Dr. Joseph Ruminjo, MD of Engender Health. For more information, see the Spring 2009 issue of CRWG's Newsletter Building Research Connections.
Donna Baptiste Named CRWG Associate Director
The CRWG is pleased to announce our new Associate Director, Donna Baptiste. Dr. Baptiste holds a primary appointment as Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, UIC College of Medicine. Dr. Baptiste's research programs include academic-community parnerships with groups and agencies in Chicago and several countries in the Caribbean. Her studies draw on family systems and social marketing approaches and are aimed at reducing gender influences on sexual and HIV risks among young male and female ethnic minority adolescents. Dr. Baptiste holds master's degrees in communications and education and a doctorate in counseling/community psychology. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and licensed marital family therapist in Illinois, an NIH peer reviewer, and a reviewer for many social science journals. She also sits on many local education and mental health boards. We are looking forward to the energy and expertise that Dr. Baptiste brings to CRWG!
Help Us Reach Our Goal of Raising $25,000 for the Alice J. Dan Dissertation Research Award Endowment!
In 2007, Alice Dan, founding director of the CRWG and UIC Professor Emerita made a remarkable commitment. She presented the CRWG with a gift - 40% of the money that we need to raise to endow the Alice J. Dan Dissertation Research Award. With her seed money, Dr. Dan has challenged us to raise the additional $15,000 by 2011. The endowment will sustain the Dan Dissertation Research Award indefinitely, allowing the CRWG to support women and gender research at a time in a scholar's career when funding opportunities are limited. To give to the endowment, visit GIVE TO CRWG and select "Alice Dan Dissertation Awards."
Our Bodies, Ourselves Event Recording Now Available
On April 7, the CRWG celebrated the release of Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. The event featured Our Bodies, Ourselves Director, Judy Norsigian, and Carrie Klima, a faculty member from the UIC College of Nursing, discussing historical perspectives on pregnancy and childbirth in the U.S. The presentation was recorded by Chicago Amplified, a project of Chicago Public Radio. To listen to the presentation, visit http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=25957
Women's Health Graduate Concentration Now Available
The Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration in Women's Health was approved by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees In January 2006. This concentration was developed to address the need for researchers, administrators, educators, and practitioners across disciplines to obtain the skills and knowledge necessary for professional work within the field of Women's Health. The concentration is offered to graduate level students in the College of Nursing and the School of Public Health. Additional academic units will be added in the near future. For more information, visit http://www.uic.edu/nursing/forms/WHConcentrationWebInfo.pdf