Since 1974, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research has been committed to making the future feminist.
The Institute empowers students and scholars in three key ways:
- Conduct and invest in intersectional gender research
- Mentor students through fellowships and internships
- Inspire, translate and amplify gender scholarship
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Clayman Institute statement on recent anti-AAPI violence
Clayman Institute statement on recent anti-AAPI violence
On March 16, a white gunman opened fire at three spas in the Atlanta, GA metro area, killing eight people, most of them Asian or Asian American women. The reporting and the reactions to this horrific event have illuminated the urgent need for reckoning with the ways white supremacy continues to victimize Asian Americans through tokenization, erasure, and objectification, which escalate too easily into incidents of chilling racialized and sexualized violence.
COVID gender disparities: Turning the tide
COVID gender disparities: Turning the tide
From our Gender and Pandemic series: Surgeon and Scholar Arghavan Salles on how the COVID pandemic has worsened gender disparities, especially for women of color, and what we can do now to turn the tide
Event video: Two new books from Marilyn Yalom
Event video: Two new books from Marilyn Yalom
Now available for viewing online, video from the event "Books of Death and Life," featuring the last two books from Senior Scholar and former Director Yalom, with guests Kate Wahl, Irv Yalom, Stina Katcahdourian
Podcast: The Feminist Present
Podcast: The Feminist Present
Join Adrian and Laura in using the gift of feminism to figure out what's going on right now. Catch up on seasons 1 and 2 of the Clayman Institute's podcast, and subscribe now so you won't miss season 3.
47 Years of Gender Research
Clayman Conversations: Whisper Networks
Clayman Conversations: Whisper Networks
In the first Clayman Conversations event, journalists Moira Donegan and Evette Dionne examine the impact of social media and digital technology on sharing information about sexual violence.
Breaking the Culture of Sexual Assault
Breaking the Culture of Sexual Assault
In a two-year symposium, the Institute launched a series of talks and discussions to address multiple facets of sexual violence in order to create best practices and novel solutions. Featuring events with Kimberlé Crenshaw (pictured) and Zerlina Maxwell.
Gender Equality Today
Gender Equality Today
In this May 2019 symposium, panelists take on gender equality today, what progress has been made in the last two decades, and what barriers prevent additional change. Featuring Erin Cech, Shelley Correll, David Pedulla and Adina Sterling (pictured).
Media Mentions
Largest-ever survey exposes career obstacles for LGBTQ scientists
Former Clayman Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
Jan 27 2021
Commentary: Edith Gelles on John Adams missing his successor's inauguration
Senior Scholar
Jan 21 2021
Scholarship and research of Stanford faculty influenced by life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Faculty Fellow
Jan 13 2021
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