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The Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN) is pleased to announce the availability of a limited amount of financial support to graduate students to assist with expenses related to research activities during the academic year including but not limited to books, equipment, and other supplies.  Students are invited to apply for up to $250 in support to offset expenses incurred in conducting research related to sexuality or sexual orientation.

Deadline: October 26, 2020

For application instructions and detailed information, please click here.

The Sexualities Project at Northwestern helps graduate students to publicize their work and findings. Students are invited to apply for up to $500 in funding to offset expenses to attend conferences where they present work related to sexuality or sexual orientation.

Deadline: October 19, 2020

For application instructions and detailed information, please click here.

Ray Noll
Ph.D.
Political Science and Anthropology
University of Chicago
ray.noll@northwestern.edu

Renee Shelby
Ph.D.
History and Sociology
Georgia Institute of Technology
renee.shelby@northwestern.edu

Click here to learn more about our incoming postdocs.

Ryan Dohoney (Music Studies)
“Sexuality, Sound and Space”

Amy Partridge (Gender and Sexuality Studies)
“Pleasure (in the archives)”

Paola Zamperini (Asian Languages and Cultures)
“Global Pornographies: A Transnational Approach”

Click here for more info.

Alyssa Lynne (Sociology)
“Transnationalizing Gender, Medicine, and Standardization: Gender-Affirming Healthcare in Thailand and the United States”

Jennifer Porter-Lupu (Anthropology)
“Bodily Care in Crisis: Household Medicine Use and Access in Washington, D.C., 1890-1930”

Click here for more info.

Check out the write-up in Northwestern Now — November 2018

Four sexuality researchers talk shop

Northwestern fosters an interdisciplinary approach to studying and understanding sexuality.

Check out the write up in Northwestern Now — November 2018

New leadership, expanded direction

SPAN co-director Gregory Ward seeks undergraduate involvement and input.