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W+GRA 2021-2022 Seed Grant Recipients Announced
By Dr. Michelle Meggs
The Women + Girls Research Alliance (W+GRA) at UNC Charlotte has selected a new slate of projects it plans to fund, focused on the disproportionate, negative impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on women and girls as it relates to the workforce, health, and community.
Six research teams will be supported by this round of seed funding, totaling $1,000 to $5,000 per project:
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Dr. Shanti Kulkarni, College of Health and Human Services, School of Social Work Research Project: "Healing and Housing during Covid: Formerly Incarcerated Women Share their Stories"
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Dr. Brittany Anderson, Cato College of Education, Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Students
Research Project: "Fostering Early STEM Exploration with Gifted/High-Ability Black Girls and their Elementary Teachers" -
Dr. Candace Miller, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology and Organizational Science
Research Project: "Identifying Mechanisms of Employment Socialization in Mother-Child Dyads" -
Dr. Monika Sawhney, College of Health and Human Services, Department of Public Health Sciences
Research Project: "Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on the Economic Growth and Mobility among Women in the Charlotte Metropolitan Area" -
Dr. Brittany Anderson, Jimmeka Anderson (PhD student); Deneen Dixon-Payne (PhD student), Cato College of Education, Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Students
Research Project: "Keepin’ It REEL: Black Girls Film Camp - Phase II" -
Dr. Kendra Jason; Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology, Dr. Janaka Bowman Lewis, Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of English, Dr. Tehia Starker Glass, Cato College of Education, Associate Professor, Department of Reading and Elementary Education Research Project: "We All We Got: Supporting Home-Insecure Black Mothers Summit"
The W+GRA conducts and disseminates research on the social and economic status of women and girls in the Charlotte‐Mecklenburg region. W+GRA research is used to promote public dialogue, inform public policy and programmatic priorities, focusing on key areas such as education, employment, economic security, health and violence against women.
In March 2021, the W+GRA in partnership with Ally Financial and Bank of America held its bi-annual summit, “Recovery and Discovery: Women & Girls in a Dual Pandemic.” The summit focused on the impact of COVID-19 on education, employment, health, domestic violence, and the economic mobility of women and girls in our Charlotte metropolitan community.
This led us to research centered around what C. Nicole Mason calls a “she-cession...an economic downturn where job and income losses are affecting women more than men." This is the W+GRA’s focus for the foreseeable future, as the Charlotte region continues to deal with the aftermath of the pandemic and the recession.
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