2017-2018 CSW Travel Grant Recipients
CSW is proud to introduce our 2017-2018 cohort of Travel Grant Recipients. Funded through donations from friends and supporters of the Center for the Study of Women, travel grants assist […]
2018 CSW Award Recipients
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 CSW awards! Penny Kanner Dissertation Research Fellowship A CSW Research Affiliate from 1990-2016, Penny Kanner funded this research fellowship to recognize […]
Before “Time’s Up”: Paula Williams Madison, Diversity Advocate
Paula Williams Madison will give the keynote address at CSW’s 2018 Awards and Benefit Luncheon. Date: Thursday, May 31 Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Location: UCLA Luskin Conference Center […]
Oral History and Community at the Daughters of Charity Foundation
by Kristine Ashton Gunnell Join CSW on May 10, 2018 for a research talk by Kristine Ashton Gunnell! Details and RSVP: Grantmaking for Systemic Change: Daughters of Charity, Seton Institute, […]
Women’s Portrayals of Friendship in Renaissance Italy
By Adriana Guarro Why Female Friendship? I spent the winter break of my first year of graduate school at UCLA in my father’s hometown in central Italy reading the […]
Lucid Noon, Sunset Blush: Femme Supremacy and the Politics of Wandering
By Elizabeth Dayton Contemporary portrayals of female sex workers in the mainstream cinema draw on archetypes of “the fallen woman” who could not overcome and had to turn to selling […]
Reshaping the form and phenomenon of the pregnant body via prenatal dance fitness
by Johanna Kirk On online dance fitness videos: “Got baby booties on the brain but your own booty on the line?” asks Heidi Murkoff at the beginning of her prenatal […]
Decoding the Narrative on Women in Computing: A Case for Interdisciplinary Inquiry
By Jennifer Blaney Over the past several years, the tech industry has seen frequent controversies that highlight pervasive gender inequities in the field, such as the recent anti-diversity memo in […]
The Power of Ignorance and the Limits of Knowledge in Prenatal Genetic Screening and Diagnosis
Sequencing the human genome has led to a rapid expansion in the availability of genetic testing. The largest market for such tests is prenatal, and the new standard of care […]
Jaguar Flowers: Strength in Femininity
By Paula Rodriguez-Diaz Leadership is a quality that we all have, yet many women have been conditioned to believe that they are not capable of leading and of having a […]
