The Institute for Research on Women and Gender

The Institute supports scholarly activity in areas of current interest to faculty and students across disciplines.
The following is a list of currently supported programs:

Gender and Global Health

Director: Siobán Harlow , Epidemiology
For information, contact Siobán Harlow (harlow@isr.umich.edu).

Gender and Addiction

Director: Michelle McClellan , History and IRWG
For information, contact Michelle McClellan (mmcclel@umich.edu).

Culture, Health, and Medicine

Director: Jonathan Metzl, Psychiatry and Women's Studies
For information, contact Jonathan Metzl (jmetzl@umich.edu).

Gender and Achievement Research Program (GARP)

Director: Jacquelynne Eccles, Professor of Psychology and Education
For information, contact Jacquelynne Eccles (jeccles@umich.edu), Pamela Davis-Kean (pdakean@umich.edu) or Loralyn Rudy (lrudy@umich.edu;647-5282) or go to the GARP website.

Global Turns and Gender Returns

Co-directors: Nancy Hunt, Associate Professor of History
Helmut Puff, Associate Professor of History and Germanic Languagess and Literatures
For more information, contact Nancy Hunt (nrhunt@umich.edu) or Helmut Puff (puffh@umich.edu)

Interdisciplinary Research Program on Violence Across the Lifespan (IRPVAL)

Co-directors: Dan Saunders, Professor of Social Work
Sandra Graham-Bermann, Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies
For more information, contact Dan Saunders (saunddan@umich.edu) or Sandra Graham-Bermann (sandragba@umich.edu)

Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initiative (LGQRI)

Co-directors: David Halperin, Professor of English Language & Literature
Nadine Hubbs, Professor Music and Women’s Studies
Valerie Traub, Professor of English Language & Literature
For information, contact David Halperin (halperin@umich.edu;647-5884)