2008-2009 Research Fellows

R. Richard Banks
The Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Stanford University

Professor Banks is writing a book focused on the state of marriage among the black middle class which will situate decisions about marriage and childbearing as a result of negotiations between men and women.

Terry S. Desser
Associate Professor of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center

Professor Desser is addressing the under-representation of women in the subspecialty of Diagnostic Radiology. With her award she will develop an annual survey of medical students to test their awareness of Radiology as a field option, and she will develop a series of informal gatherings for women in Radiology which will include medical students, as well as faculty and trainees. Professor Desser will be one of two Iris F. Litt, M.D. Fellows at the Clayman Institute.

Paulla A. Ebron
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University

Professor Ebron is working on a book length project entitled, "Making Tropical Africa in the Georgia Sea Islands." During her fellowship, she will work on the third section of her project, which follows the trope of "uplift," exploring the notion of ethical citizenship and tracing the gendered ways political alliances have formed among women across multiple social identities. This focus allow for an appreciation of the dynamic coalitions that have advanced projects around citizenship and civil rights in the U.S. south.

Paula Findlen
Ubaldo Pierotti Professor in Italian History, and Director, Science, Technology and Society Program, Stanford University

Professor Findlen is completing a major work on women and science in eighteenth-century Italy: "In the Shadow of Newton: Laura Bassi and Her World."

Margot G. Gerritsen
Assistant Professor of Energy Resources Engineering and, by courtesy, of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

Professor Gerritsen will use her fellowship funds to expand experiential opportunities for her students and to provide support for her popular science website on energy issues, www.smartenergyshow.com.

Sabine C. Girod, MD, DDS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, and Chief, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, VA Palo Alto

Professor Girod is collaborating with the Office of Diversity and Gender at Stanford Medical School to support a program to expand diversity and excellence in recruitment of faculty in medicine. She is assembling the relevant gender research and literature in the field and will contribute to the development of an educational curriculum about gender/racial stereotyping and its consequences for science and medicine, career advancement, culture and knowledge of science, and substance of science and medicine. Professor Girod will be one of two Iris F. Litt, M.D. Fellows at the Clayman Institute.

Robert M. Gray
Alcatel Lucent Technologies Professor of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

For his fellowship, Professor Gray will explore means of improving awareness of the importance of and methods for recruiting and mentoring female students and junior faculty for careers in academia. He will work with the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Women in Electrical Engineering to organize seminars and small workshops around visits by successful female engineering faculty members, including his former students, to provide opportunities for students to interact with strong role models and to better understand the issues critical for professional and personal success in an academic environment.

Deborah M. Kolb
Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership, School of Management, Simmons College

Professor Kolb will be working on the manuscript for her forthcoming book "Gender and Negotiation in Organizations" with Linda L. Putnam, Professor of Communications at UC Santa Barbara. Professor Kolb will be in residence at the Clayman Institute from September to December 2008.

Fredi Kronenberg
Professor of Clinical Physiology in Rehabilitation Medicine, and Director, The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

During her fellowship, Professor Kronenberg will work with Stanford colleagues: Marcia Stefanick, Professor of Medicine and head of the Women's Health Initiative; Craig Heller, Professor of Biological Sciences; John Cooke, Professor of Medicine; and Rachel Manber, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Together, they will develop a new hot flash physiology research team to examine mechanism of menopausal hot flashes and novel technologies for detecting hot flash onset and mitigation of hot flashes. Professor Kronenberg will be in residence at the Clayman Institute from September 2008 to March 2009.

Helen E. Longino
Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University

During her fellowship, Professor Longino will be working on a new project examining convergences and divergences in Western feminist and postcolonial feminist approaches to knowledge, rationality, and the idea of science.

Vinod Menon
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center

Professor Menon will use his fellowship funds to support undergraduate research into gender differences in functional brain connectivity.

Lynn Meskell
Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University

Professor Meskell will use her fellowship funds to support a female research assistant to help with her current research examining the constructs of natural and cultural heritage and the related discourses of empowerment around the Kruger National Park, ten years after democracy in South Africa.

Deboleena Roy
Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, San Diego State University

Professor Roy will be developing a project in feminist neuroethics and will be working on her manuscript Mapping Gender, Hormones, and Neurons: Feminist Configurations in the Neurosciences. Professor Roy will be in residence at the Clayman Institute from September 2008 to June 2009.

Nhung Tuyet Tran
Assistant Professor of History, St. George Campus, and Canada Research Chair in Southeast Asian History, Asian Institute at The University of Toronto, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto

Professor Tran is working on a social history of Vietnamese gender, tentatively titled, "Vietnamese Women at the Crossroads of Southeast Asia: Gender and Society in the Early Modern Period." Professor Tran will be in residence at the Clayman Institute from September 2008 to June 2009.

Christine Min Wotipka
Assistant Professor of Education and, by courtesy, Sociology, Stanford University

Professor Wotipka is re-developing two courses in the School of Education: "Gender and Higher Education" and "Education and the Status of Women: Comparative Perspectives".

Richard N. Zare
Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science and, Chair, Chemistry Department, Stanford University

Professor Zare will use his fellowship funds to provide two undergraduate women with employment in his laboratory over Summer Quarter.

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Home People News Events Fellowship Programs Research Studies Grants and Prizes Publications Art at the Institute Links Support our Work	2008-2009 Research Fellows R. Richard Banks The Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Stanford University Professor Banks is writing a book focused on the state of marriage among the black middle class which will situate decisions about marriage and childbearing as a result of negotiations between men and women. Terry S. Desser Associate Professor of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center Professor Desser is addressing the under-representation of women in the subspecialty of Diagnostic Radiology. With her award she will develop an annual survey of medical students to test their awareness of Radiology as a field option, and she will develop a series of informal gatherings for women in Radiology which will include medical students, as well as faculty and trainees. Professor Desser will be one of two Iris F. Litt, M.D. Fellows at the Clayman Institute. Paulla A. Ebron Associate Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University Professor Ebron is working on a book length project entitled, "Making Tropical Africa in the Georgia Sea Islands." During her fellowship, she will work on the third section of her project, which follows the trope of "uplift," exploring the notion of ethical citizenship and tracing the gendered ways political alliances have formed among women across multiple social identities. This focus allow for an appreciation of the dynamic coalitions that have advanced projects around citizenship and civil rights in the U.S. south. Paula Findlen Ubaldo Pierotti Professor in Italian History, and Director, Science, Technology and Society Program, Stanford University Professor Findlen is completing a major work on women and science in eighteenth-century Italy: "In the Shadow of Newton: Laura Bassi and Her World." Margot G. Gerritsen Assistant Professor of Energy Resources Engineering and, by courtesy, of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University Professor Gerritsen will use her fellowship funds to expand experiential opportunities for her students and to provide support for her popular science website on energy issues, www.smartenergyshow.com. Sabine C. Girod, MD, DDS, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, and Chief, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, VA Palo Alto Professor Girod is collaborating with the Office of Diversity and Gender at Stanford Medical School to support a program to expand diversity and excellence in recruitment of faculty in medicine. She is assembling the relevant gender research and literature in the field and will contribute to the development of an educational curriculum about gender/racial stereotyping and its consequences for science and medicine, career advancement, culture and knowledge of science, and substance of science and medicine. Professor Girod will be one of two Iris F. Litt, M.D. Fellows at the Clayman Institute. Robert M. Gray Alcatel Lucent Technologies Professor of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University For his fellowship, Professor Gray will explore means of improving awareness of the importance of and methods for recruiting and mentoring female students and junior faculty for careers in academia. He will work with the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Women in Electrical Engineering to organize seminars and small workshops around visits by successful female engineering faculty members, including his former students, to provide opportunities for students to interact with strong role models and to better understand the issues critical for professional and personal success in an academic environment. Deborah M. Kolb Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership, School of Management, Simmons College Professor Kolb will be working on the manuscript for her forthcoming book "Gender and Negotiation in Organizations" with Linda L. Putnam, Professor of Communications at UC Santa Barbara. Professor Kolb will be in residence at the Clayman Institute from September to December 2008. Fredi Kronenberg Professor of Clinical Physiology in Rehabilitation Medicine, and Director, The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University During her fellowship, Professor Kronenberg will work with Stanford colleagues: Marcia Stefanick, Professor of Medicine and head of the Women's Health Initiative; Craig Heller, Professor of Biological Sciences; John Cooke, Professor of Medicine; and Rachel Manber, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Together, they will develop a new hot flash physiology research team to examine mechanism of menopausal hot flashes and novel technologies for detecting hot flash onset and mitigation of hot flashes. Professor Kronenberg will be in residence at the Clayman Institute from September 2008 to March 2009. Helen E. Longino Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University During her fellowship, Professor Longino will be working on a new project examining convergences and divergences in Western feminist and postcolonial feminist approaches to knowledge, rationality, and the idea of science. Vinod Menon Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center Professor Menon will use his fellowship funds to support undergraduate research into gender differences in functional brain connectivity. Lynn Meskell Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University Professor Meskell will use her fellowship funds to support a female research assistant to help with her current research examining the constructs of natural and cultural heritage and the related discourses of empowerment around the Kruger National Park, ten years after democracy in South Africa. Deboleena Roy Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, San Diego State University Professor Roy will be developing a project in feminist neuroethics and will be working on her manuscript Mapping Gender, Hormones, and Neurons: Feminist Configurations in the Neurosciences. Professor Roy will be in residence at the Clayman Institute from September 2008 to June 2009. Nhung Tuyet Tran Assistant Professor of History, St. George Campus, and Canada Research Chair in Southeast Asian History, Asian Institute at The University of Toronto, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto Professor Tran is working on a social history of Vietnamese gender, tentatively titled, "Vietnamese Women at the Crossroads of Southeast Asia: Gender and Society in the Early Modern Period." Professor Tran will be in residence at the Clayman Institute from September 2008 to June 2009. Christine Min Wotipka Assistant Professor of Education and, by courtesy, Sociology, Stanford University Professor Wotipka is re-developing two courses in the School of Education: "Gender and Higher Education" and "Education and the Status of Women: Comparative Perspectives". Richard N. Zare Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science and, Chair, Chemistry Department, Stanford University Professor Zare will use his fellowship funds to provide two undergraduate women with employment in his laboratory over Summer Quarter. Faculty Research Fellows 2007-08 Faculty Research Fellows 2006-07 Faculty Research Fellows 2005-06
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2008-2009 Research Fellows

R. Richard Banks The Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Stanford University

Terry S. Desser Associate Professor of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center

Paulla A. Ebron Associate Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University

Paula Findlen Ubaldo Pierotti Professor in Italian History, and Director, Science, Technology and Society Program, Stanford University

Margot G. Gerritsen Assistant Professor of Energy Resources Engineering and, by courtesy, of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

Sabine C. Girod, MD, DDS, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, and Chief, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, VA Palo Alto

Robert M. Gray Alcatel Lucent Technologies Professor of Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Deborah M. Kolb Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership, School of Management, Simmons College

Fredi Kronenberg Professor of Clinical Physiology in Rehabilitation Medicine, and Director, The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

Helen E. Longino Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University

Vinod Menon Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center

Lynn Meskell Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University

Deboleena Roy Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, San Diego State University

Nhung Tuyet Tran Assistant Professor of History, St. George Campus, and Canada Research Chair in Southeast Asian History, Asian Institute at The University of Toronto, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto

Christine Min Wotipka Assistant Professor of Education and, by courtesy, Sociology, Stanford University

Richard N. Zare Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science and, Chair, Chemistry Department, Stanford University