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University of Memphis Center for Research on Women http://crow.memphis.edu
Contact Information: 337 Clement Hall Memphis, TN 38152 Lynda M. Sagrestano, Ph.D., Director Phone: 901/678-2770 Fax: 901/678-3652 Email: crow@memphis.edu & lynda.sagrestano@memphis.edu
*CENTER DESCRIPTION*
The Center for Research on Women (CROW) at the University of Memphis conducts, promotes and disseminates scholarship on women and social inequality. CROW's approach to research, theory and programming emphasizes the structural relationships among race, class, gender and sexuality, particularly in the U.S. South and among women of color. CROW publishes a semi-annual newsletter, and periodic special reports.; facilitates faculty research on topics related to race, class, gender and sexuality; sponsors conferences, workshops, and speakers on related scholarship; and collaborates with community partners in policy-oriented and action research. Areas in which faculty affiliated with the center currently conduct research include work; poverty and social policy; education and economic development; women’s health, including violence against women; Latino immigration and racial/ethnic transformation in the U.S. South; and globalization. Several faculty are also involved in community-based research projects, undertaken in partnership with local nonprofit organizations, on topics of concern to women and girls in Memphis and the South.
*AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE*
activism and organizing; affirmative action; diversity; economic development; economic & social status of women; employment; girls and adolescents; health and health care; immigration; reproductive rights; science, math, engineering, and technology; sexual harassment; sexuality; violence against women and girls
*RECENT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES*
CROW's brand of action-oriented, community-based research strengthens the public's understanding of women's experiences in Memphis and contributes to local, regional and national policy discussions. In addition to ongoing research, Center programs include: Publications, workshops and conferences Semi-annual newsletter, StandPoint Space and administrative support for the Memphis Area Women's Council, a non-profit organization working to improve the status of women through positive policy change Girls for Change, a project to support, mentor and empower teen girls to work for change in their schools, neighborhoods and communities (in collaboration with the Memphis Area Women's Council and the UofM Women's Studies Program) Faculty Research Interest Groups Women's Academic Network Women's Research Forum Participation in the Memphis Safe Campus Consortium, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women, designed to reduce and prevent violence against women on Memphis college campuses. Administrative support for the North American Research and Action Network (NARAN) (in collaboration with the Benjamin Hooks Institute for Social Change) Research Fellowships Support for Visiting Scholars Research experience and mentoring for graduate students in Women's Studies and other disciplines
*PUBLICATIONS*
Newsletter published twice yearly. To subscribe, send e-mail to crow@memphis.edu. Extensive back list of working papers and bibliographies on Southern women and women of color. Contact CROW for list and order information. Examples of recent publications include: Across Races & Nations: Building New Communities in the U.S. South, Published September 2006 by The Center for Research on Women, University of Memphis (TN); the Highlander Research and Education Center (TN); and the Southern Regional Council (GA). This 370-page report published in English and Spanish provides information to activists, philanthropists and others who seek to address immigration and the needs of immigrants as part of larger social justice agendas in the South. Includes project and participant overviews, case studies, glossaries of U.S. immigration terms and policies, economic fact sheets, maps, “Know Your Rights” workshop guides for immigrants, and other materials for popular education. What Is a Living Wage in Memphis?, David H. Ciscel, working paper (2002). Advocates for Girls: Promoting Success in Early Adolescence, Barbara Ellen Smith and Claire Porter (1998). Profiles: A Report on the Women and Girls of Greater Memphis, Martha Schmidt (1997).

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