WRI Distinguished Research Award 2009
Brandie R. Siegfried is an associate professor of English at Brigham Young University. She teaches courses in 16th- and 17th-century English literature and specializes in Shakespeare, Renaissance drama, early modern women writers, gender studies, and Irish literary history.
She is known as an expert on Elizabeth Tudor and Gráinne Uí Mháille and has shared her work in radio interviews, film projects, conferences, and invited keynote addresses. Currently, her work includes a fully annotated modernized edition of Margaret Cavendish's Poems and Fancies (1668) and a book on the political, theological, and philosophical implications of the written works of Elizabeth Tudor (1558-1603)...
He Said, She Said:
Gender, Language, & Communication
Susan Balcom Walton, MA, APR
Deborah Tannen uses everything from scholarly research to familiar examples to draw a road map through the complex maze of why we speak the way we do, and why others so frequently do not hear what we mean.
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Peace, Violence, and Gender Research
The Effect of Witnessing Domestic Violence on Children's Attributions of Emotion.
Why is it that children who witness interparental violence (IPV) are more likely to be victims or perpetrators of this devastating form of violence as adults? Drs. Ballif-Spanvill and Clayton and their WRI associates Rebecca Nichols and Rachel Kramer suspected that emotion, which is a known influence on decision making and behavior, could be the culprit...
Status and Accomplishments of Women
The Heart of the Matter: The Security of Women and the Security of States.
Does the security of women influence the security and behavior of states? Existing evidence linking the situation of women to state-level variables such as economic prosperity and growth, health, and corruption is fairly conclusive. Questions remain, however, concerning the degree to which state security and state security-related behavior is linked to security of women...
International Women and Development Research
Meaningful Learning? Gendered Experiences with an NGO-sponsored Literacy Program in Rural Mali.
Utilizing ethnographic techniques to examine the effectiveness of an NGO-sponsored literacy program in rural Mali this study reveals that the program has been more advantageous for men. Oversight of the cultural context combined with programmatic challenges has limited women’s ability to access and derive benefits from the literacy program.
New PEACEABILITIES Curriculum
For the past several years, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, PhD and Claudia Clayton, PhD have been developing a program to help children reduce violent behavior and increase their capacity to have peaceful relationships with others. The culmination of their efforts is the PeaceAbilities program, soon to be available. To find out more about this program and its aims, click on the link below.
