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Anita Hill delivers the Jing Lyman Lecture in celebration of our 50th anniversary 
(photo by Paige Parsons Photography)

The Clayman Institute for Gender Research began in 1974 as the first of its kind and remains at the 
cutting edge of gender research.

The Institute empowers students and scholars in three key ways. We conduct and invest in intersectional gender research; mentor students through fellowships and internships; and inspire, translate, and amplify gender scholarship. More about us

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Jen Percy

Jan. 20 event: "Girls Play Dead" with author Jen Percy

Join us Jan. 20 for this online book talk as Percy takes on taboo subjects – female rage, freezing, and passivity – illuminating how society misreads these acts as deviance or consent, rather than self-preservation

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Fighting for LGBTQ-inclusive education

Historian DON ROMESBURG shared past reform efforts, recent legislative wins, and persistent challenges for LBGTQ-inclusive K-12 social studies curriculum in a talk about his new book, Contested Curriculum

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A broader conversation about beauty

With The House of Beauty, author ARABELLE SICARDI invites readers to de-center themselves as consumers and engage with global issues and interconnectedness

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Crossley edits new edition of classic textbook

At a "critical moment for issues related to gender, sexuality, and feminism," Executive Director ALISON DAHL CROSSLEY and co-editors release the 11th edition of Feminist Frontiers

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Institute researchers present at national conference

Research Director BETHANY NICHOLS and Executive Director ALISON DAHL CROSSLEY shared findings on digital anti-feminism and the harm caused by NDAs to the American Sociological Association. Crossley also presented on feminism in a special session, “Enduring Social Movements”

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five colored circles with text: 50-plus years of gender research; 100+ podcast episodes; 5,200 Gender News subscribers; 17 fellowship opportunities; 297 fellows supported
At a moment of intense global crisis, the Clayman Institute offers an ideal model of an inclusive, diverse, and generative environment that should be the standard in academia.
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Marci Kwon, Art and Art History
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