Kendra Calhoun, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is a linguistic anthropologist and sociocultural linguist and she takes a critical qualitative approach to the study of language as a social process. In Calhoun's work on social media, she explores how...
We are happy to share an upcoming national engagement project led by Rachel Storm and the Krannert Art Museum team. Krannert Art Museum will bring Rest Lab -- an ongoing experimental installation and engagement project centered on rest, accessibility, and collective care -- to the National Art Education...-
We are happy to announce thar Rachel Storm will be presenting at the Illinois Art Education Association Conference. Alongside colleagues Grace Bae and Kamila Glowacki from Kanner Art Museum, she will present "Accessibility and Engagement in Art Museum Education: A Case Study." Drawing on a multi-year museum-school collaboration with teen artists, the session will...
We are happy to highlight a recent publication co-authored by Professor Lara-Cinisomo. Written alongside lead author Mary Ellen Mendy, "Addressing Gaps in Mental Health Policy: The Urgent Need to Support Perinatal Latinas" was published in Women's Health Issues. The commentary examines how systemic gaps -- including limited access...-
We are happy to highlight a recent study by Professor Lara-Cinisomo. Co-authored with Biniyam Melesse, "Perceived Labor Control Among Latinas: Examining the Role of Pregnancy Loss, Prenatal Depression, and Childbirth Pain Severity" was published in the Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. Analyzing data from Latina women who...
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We are happy to highlight a recent publication by Professor Lara-Cinisomo. Co-authored with Anjali Patel, A.M. Schissler, and Melany E. Romero, "The Dual Experience of Postpartum Pain and Depressive Symptoms: A Qualitative Study" was published in the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. The study examines how...
We are happy to announce that Professor Kramer presented at the Academy of Management Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in August 2026. Her presentation, titled "Invisible Labor: How Infertility Treatment Creates Hidden Workplace Demands for Working Women," examined the gendered workplace challenges, uncompensated demands, and hidden labor associated with navigating infertility medical...-
We are happy to highlight a recent publication by Professor Kramer. Co-authored with Pak, S., Kramer, A., & Kim, Y. K., "Tipping the scales: how paid work hours thresholds impact health and gender wage disparities" was published in The International Journal of Human resource Management. Using 13 years of...
We would like to congratulate Professor Moussawi who was awarded by the Society for the Study of Social Problems the 2025 Social Problems Theory Division’s Outstanding Article Award.-
We are happy to highlight an recent article by Ghassan Moussawi. Co-authored with Victoria Reyes, “Crisis Feminisms: How Convenient Forgetting, Feminist Ambivalence, and Racial Gaslighting Maintain the Status Quo” was published in Critical Sociology. The paper introduces the concept of "crisis feminisms" to...