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Kate Clancy she/her

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Contact Information

Department of Anthropology
607 S Mathews Ave.
M/C 148
Urbana, IL 61801

Professor

Education

2001, BA cum laude, Harvard University, Biological Anthropology and Women's Studies
2007, PhD, Yale University, Anthropology

Grants

2019     PI: Clancy. NSF, “Workshop: Transdisciplinary Research on Incivility in STEM Contexts” $59,985

2018     Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute Award $20,000

2017     Illinois Leadership Center Faculty Fellows Program $2,500

2016     co-PIs: Jenny Amos, Kelly Cross, Kathryn Clancy, Princess Imoukhuede, Ruby Mendenhall, NSF, “The Double Bind of Race and Gender:  A Look into the Experiences of Women of Color in Engineering” $386,530

2016     Illinois Leadership Center Faculty Fellows Program $5,000

2015     Illinois Leadership Center Faculty Fellows Program $5,000

2014     PI: Clancy co-PIs: Daniel Simons, William Hammack, Daniel Urban, Jessica Hekman. Focal Point Grant, for “Training the 21st Century Scientist” $15,000

2013     PI: Clancy. NSF, “Ecological determinants of luteal reproductive function” $229,643

2012     PI: Clancy. Campus Research Board Grant, for “Girl power: how girls negotiate their environments,” $9,905

2010     PI: Clancy. Hewlett International Travel Grant, University of Illinois, $4,000

2009     PI: Clancy. Campus Research Board Grant, University of Illinois, $17,000

Courses Taught

ANTH 110: HUMANIZING SCIENCE

ANTH 399: BIRTH AND THE POSTPARTUM EXPERIENCE

ANTH 438: PRIMATE LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION

ANTH 515: FEMINIST SCIENCE

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Anthropology
Professor, Gender and Women's Studies
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Affiliate, Center for Social and Behavioral Science
Interim Associate Head, Anthropology

Recent Publications

Junkins, E. J., Chehab, S., Lee, K. M. N., & Clancy, K. B. H. (2024). No one listens to us, we know this, so we participated: Qualitative evidence from menstruation research during the COVID-19 pandemic. Women's Health, 20. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057241285189

Choudhary, N., SturtzSreetharan, C., Trainer, S., Brewis, A., Wutich, A., Clancy, K., Fatima, U. A., & Jobayer Hossain, M. (2023). Managing menstruation with dignity: Worries, stress and mental health in two water-scarce urban communities in India. Global Public Health, 18(1), Article 2233996. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2023.2233996

Clancy, K. (2023). Period: The Real Story of Menstruation. Princeton University Press.

Ban, H. E., Lee, K. M. N., Rogers-LaVanne, M. P., Zabłocka-Słowińska, K., Galbarczyk, A., Jasienska, G., & Clancy, K. B. H. (2022). Dietary protein source matters for changes in inflammation measured by urinary C-reactive protein in rural polish women. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 178(1), 182-190. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24502

Cortina, L. M., Sandy Hershcovis, M., & Clancy, K. B. H. (2022). The Embodiment of Insult: A Theory of Biobehavioral Response to Workplace Incivility. Journal of Management, 48(3), 738-763. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206321989798

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