The Institute for Women’s Leadership Interdisciplinary Summer Grant Program seeks to foster research collaborations across the university that further the community’s understanding of gender and sex. In its sixth year, the program continues to help fund research and support efforts to grow research into larger extramurally funded projects, while recognizing that research on gender and sex spans many disciplines and that gender and sex intersect with many fields.
IWL’s Interdisciplinary Summer Grant Program supports projects involving collaborators from two or more disciplinary backgrounds or traditions.
The 2025 IWL Interdisciplinary Summer Grant Program awardees are:
- Exploring the Role of Book Clubs in Fostering Belonging Among Women in Academic Spaces
- Principal investigators: Dr. Karisse A. Callender, associate professor of counselor education and counseling psychology; Dr. Jennifer Maney, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning
- LGBTQ+ Catholic Young Peoples’ Experiences of Church Teachings on Gender
- Principal investigators: Dr. Dawne Moon, professor of social and cultural sciences; Dr. Theresa W. Tobin, associate professor of philosophy
- The Role of Feminist Media in Shaping Health Advocacy and Policy Post the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
- Principal investigator: Dr. Sudeshna Roy, associate professor & Lucius W. Nieman Chair of Journalism, with Dr. Satarupa Dasgupta, contemporary arts from Ramapo College
These awards also support multiple Marquette University student researchers who are involved with these projects.
For more information about IWL’s Interdisciplinary Summer Grant Program and other research opportunities, visit the IWL website.
