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