Research Grant Recipients
2022 Grant Recipients
Matthew Heilman ‘23
“(Un)healthy data?”: An examination of the data production system involved in the creation of public health data about LGBTQ+ health outcomes - advisor Katie Walden
Corrine Hays ‘23
The Role of the Gatekeeper in Access to Gender-Affirming Care - advisor Kate McCabe
Daniel Kim ‘23
"I Want My Boy Character to Have Pigtails": An Analysis of Video Games and Avatar Creation as Sites of Gender Expression and Sexuality - advisor Mary Kearney
Margaret Gallagher ‘23
Where Can We Turn? Community-Based Mental Health Support and Alternatives to Police Response to Mental Health Crises at the University of Notre Dame - advisor Pam Butler
2021 Grant Recipients
Lilly Witte ‘22
Research on reproductive healthcare and community organizing in South Bend
Diana Spencer ‘22
Qualitative research on gender and naming practices in Senegal and Cabo Verde
Maggie Borgos ‘22
Capstone essay on Althea Gibson and histories of Black women in US tennis
2020 Grant Recipients
Samantha Bader ‘22
Qualitative research (interviews) on misogyny in LGBTQ+ communities
Sara Berumen ‘20
Collaboration with Meredith Chesson to revise senior thesis for publication
Elizabeth Dombrowski ‘21
Research on gendered wealth gab in rural New Hampshire
Dessi Gomez ‘21
AMST senior thesis, “The Myth of Taylor Swift”
Peyton Davis ‘20
Travel to American Council for Irish Studies national conference
2019 Grant Recipients
Dinuka Cooray ‘20
Fetal Mortality in St. Joseph County, Indiana
Andrea Martinez Dominguez ‘20
The Effects of Birth Order and Sex on the Familial Responsibility of Children in First-Generation Mexican Families
James Zwierzynski ‘20
The Anticipatory Body: Towards a Critical Trans Materialism
2018 Grant Recipients
Allison Dopazo ‘19
Gendering Cybercrime
Sarah Kelly ‘19
The Criminalization of Motherhood and California Safe Baby Surrender Laws
Lawrence (Trey) Murphy ‘19
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Gay and Lesbian Dating Patterns in Santiago de Chile and Chicago, Illinois
2017 Grant Recipients
Molly Burton '18
Senior thesis research on the topic of sex-work decriminalization
Pete Freeman '18
Sexualized Ceroplasty and the Male Medical Gaze: How Wax Anatomical Models Toe the Line Between Seduction, Instruction, and Sexist Feminine Reconstruction
2016 Grant Recipients
Pete Freeman ’18
Gender Differences in Entrepreneurship: Motivation and Entrepreneurial Training of Mother Technopreneurs in Switzerland
Moira Horn ’17
Rhetoric of Maternal Healthcare Policy in Rural Mexico
Amit Paul ’18
Gendered Recreation of Underprivileged Children: Savannah Beach Setting
Arielle Sims ‘17
Issues of Appropriation and Assimilation in South Korean Music Culture
2015 Grant Recipients
Abigail Bartels '16
Proportional Representation's Effect on Women
Kristin Brennan '16
Can American women drink Cabernet Sauvignon?: How U.S. wineries are using gendered marketing
Daniella Grover '16
What Mother Does, Daughter Believes? The Relation of Maternal Childhood Experiences to Parenting Attitudes
Brett O'Connell '16
An Amicable Occupation: Maori Perceptions of Masculinity in Post-Colonial Aotearoa/ New Zealand
Shannon Sheehan '16
All Else Equal – How Internalized Gender Inequities Influence Identity Formation in College Students
2014 Grant Recipients
Kristin Brennan ‘16
Exploring Women’s Role in the Israeli Food Industry
Daniella Grover ‘16
Childhood Experiences to Maternal Attitudes: Breastfeeding, Positive Touch, Responsiveness, Play, Embedded-ness, and Social Support
Anne Kuster ‘16
The Effect of Family Solidarity on Economic Independence of Single Mothers in Mexico
Katie Lee ‘16
Gender in Business School
Kimberly Mai ‘16
The Gender Differences in Human Capital Within Maquila Employment in Puebla
Melyssa (Rae) Moors ‘15
Depictions of Femininity in Western Irish Folk Belief
2013 Grant Recipients
Kristine (Leah) Corachea '14
The Power of the Visual: A Study of the Effects of Gendered Advertising
Christina Dines ’14
Gender Issues Faced by the Refugee Population in Western New York: Success Predictors Resulting in Effective Refugee Resettlement
Molly Shank ‘14
Sadomasochism and Gendered Power: A Study of Three of Jamaica Kincaid's Novels
2012 Grant Recipients
Nora Goebelbecker ’14
A Comparison of the Impact of Gender Norms on Women’s Experiences in Public Office in Spain and Ireland
Lauren Kelly '13
Pretty in Orange
Maria McLeod ‘13
The Psychology of Motherhood
2011 Grant Recipients
Jennifer Gast '12
Women's Role in Government: A Comparative Analysis between the US and UK
2010 Grant Recipients
Kelly McGauley '11
Exploring the Role of the Governess in Victorian and Gothic Fiction
2009 Grant Recipients
Amanda Lewis ’10
Perceptions and Realities: Discerning the Relationship between Mayan Women and the Roman Catholic Church
2008 Grant Recipients
Amanda Lewis ’10
Perceptions and Realities: Discerning the Relationship between Mayan Women and the Roman Catholic Church
Daniel Nolan ’09
Coming Out and Identity Formation in Gay Male Teens
Patrick Tighe ’10
Matrilineal and Christian Traditions: Moral Resources Against Ghanaian Female Subjugation
2007 Grant Recipients
Andrea Torres Hermoza ’09
Women’s Changing Roles in Latin American Politics
Jamie Catherine Grebowski ’08
Estimating the Effects of Single-Sex Secondary Education on Further Education and the Labor Market
Daniela De Luna ’08
Bebe a Bordo: Teenage Pregnancy among Mexican-American Girls