Contact
Tucson, AZ 85721-0438
Ph. 520-621-7338
Fx. 520-621-1533
http://sirow.arizona.edu [1]
sstevens@dakotacom.net [2]
sirow@email.arizona.edu [3]
The Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) is a regional research and resource affiliated with the Gender & Women's Studies Department at the University of Arizona committed to developing interdisciplinary research, professional development, and outreach programs. SIROW conducts research on projects centered around women and gender in the Southwest and Northwestern Mexico, including education, employment, health, history, literature, culture, and the advancement of women and girls in science and engineering. The institute is connected to 30 campuses in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Texas, Wyoming, and with El Colegio de la Frontera Norte and El Colegio de Sonora in Mexico.
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Principal Staff
Admin. Staff:Sally Stevens, Ph.D., Executive Director
Ph. 520-626-9558
Fax: 520-621-1533
E-mail: sstevens@email.arizona.edu
Erin Durban, Graduate Research Assistant
Ph. 520-626-4911
Fax: 520-621-1533
E-mail: durban@email.arizona.edu
Terry Mullin, Business Manager, Senior
Ph. 520-621-7339
Fax: 520-621-1533
E-mail: mullin@email.arizona.edu
Lupita Loftus, Accounting Specialist
Ph. 520-621-3839
E-mail: loftusm@email.arizona.edu
Program Staff and Grad Students:
Jeri Alexander, Research Technician
Ph. 520-670-9075
Fax: 520-670-9136
E-mail: jla3@email.arizona.edu
Thomas Bogart, Instructional Specialist
E-mail: tbogart@email.arizona.edu
Corrie Brinley, Research Specialist/Health Educator
Ph. 520-670-9075
Fax: 520-670-9136
E-mail: cbrinley@email.arizona.edu
Monica Davis, Health Educator
Ph. 520-295-9339
E-mail: midavis@email.arizona.edu
Linda Shaird, Research and Prevention Specialist
Ph. 520-670-9075
Fax: 520-670-9136
E-mail: llshaird@email.arizona.edu
Stephanie Springer, MPH, Program Coordinator
Ph. 520-295-9339
E-mail: stephks@email.arizona.edu
Andrea Verdin, Therapist
Phone: 520-670-9075
Fax: 520-670-9136
E-mail: averdin@email.arizona.edu
Areas of Expertise:
Barriers & Opportunities [5], Culture & Identity [6], Girls & STEM [7], Diversity & Inclusion [8], Family & Society [9], Higher Education [10], Women in STEM [11], Women in History [12], Women's, Gender & Feminist Studies [13], Communications, Culture & Society [14], Education & Education Reform [15], Health, Reproductive Rights & Sexuality [16], Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) [17]Member Experts:
Projects & Campaigns
The projects that SIROW undertakes either focus on women and gender in the Southwest and the Mexico-U.S. border region from a multicultural perspective, or are developed because they interest scholars in the region. They are divided into the following topics categories:
Voices, Oral History & Literacy [21]
Leadership, Policy & Advocacy [22]
Women, Girls & Science [23]
Women & Place [24]
Children and Families [25]
Education, Employment and Equity [26]
Projects
- Protecting Women's Rights at the Border [27]
- Report on Women in Immigration Detention Facilities in Arizona [28]
- Tucson Women Workers' Project [29]
- Partners in Change: Solutions to Women's Poverty in Southern Arizona [31]
- Pima County Domestic Violence Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration [32]
- HerStory to Health [33]
- Mujer Sana - Healthy Woman HIV, STD, TB, and Hepatitis B + C Drug Treatment Enhancement for Women [34]
- Project DAP (Determining Another Path) [35]
- Family Drug Court Services with Enhanced Trauma Treatment [36]
- Las Rosas: A Recovery-Oriented Support Systems Approach for Adolescent Girls [37]
- Own Yourself [38]
- Pima County Family Drug Court Evaluation [39]
- Proyecto de las Mariposas [40]
- Recover2gether [41]
- Sleep Disorders Among Adolescent Substance Users [42]
- Reading Our World
- Sowing the Seeds: Promoting the Humanities in our Communities [43]
Reports & Resources
Ruiz B., Stevens, S., Fuhriman, J., Bogart, J., & Korchmaros, J. 2009. "A juvenile drug court model in southern Arizona: Substance abuse, deliquency, and sexual risk outcomes by gender and race/ethnicity." Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.
Ruiz, B., Hedges, K., Greene, A., Arnold, A., Colonna, H., Stevens, S., Andrade, R., & O'Neill, S. 2009. "School and community counseling collaboration: A promising approach to address youth substance abuse." School Counseling Research and Practice.
Rabin, N. 2009. Unseen prisoners: A report on women in immigration detention facilities in Arizona. University of Arizona, SIROW.
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Get Involved!
SIROW is open to those who want to make a difference in the lives of women and families through collaborative and innovative research and the integration of new knowledge into policy and practice.
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