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.
How to Train your AI: Uncovering algorithm bias
How to Train your AI: Uncovering algorithm bias
Machine learning relies on “training” an algorithm on texts and then producing their intended output, but Faculty Fellow James Zou notes that a problem arises when the texts used to train artificial intelligence systems contain racial and gender biases.
On (non)descriptive representation
On (non)descriptive representation
Ought people speak for others who come from a different and less privileged social group? For instance, ought men speak for women? Faculty Fellow Wendy Salkin shared a recent talk titled "Why Should Those Who Speak for Us Be Anything Like Ua?"
Event celebrates two new books from Marilyn Yalom
Event celebrates two new books from Marilyn Yalom
Highlights 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. Video is available.
47 Years of Gender Research
Clayman Conversations
Clayman Conversations
This event series, launched in 2019 by Director Adrian Daub, features feminist leaders who are driving timely conversations in their fields.
Artist's Salon
Artist's Salon
In the Artist's Salon series, artists from a wide array of disciplines explore how the arts contribute to the larger mission of gender equality and research.
Podcast: The Feminist Present
Podcast: The Feminist Present
Hosts Adrian Daub and Laura Goode use the gift of feminism to figure out what's going on right now. Listen and subscribe to the third season.
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