Gender Inequality

Kathryn Holland is the director of the Sexual Assault and Sexual Health (SASH) Lab, where she and her students study a variety of issues related to sexual assault and sexual health—with the goal of helping people (especially those who are marginalized by their gender and/or sexual identities) live safer and healthier lives by understanding and changing oppressive social institutions and systems. Holland joined the university faculty in 2017 and is an associate professor jointly appointed in the Department of Psychology and the Women’s & Gender Studies Program. She works within both disciplines to investigate how people’s health and wellbeing are influenced by their social environments, including formal support systems, social norms, and interpersonal processes. (Updated March 2025)

Dawne Y. Curry is a professor of history and ethnic studies. Her research field is 20th and 21st century African history with an emphasis on South Africa protest and resistance struggles. Her other research interests include oral history, women and gender studies, comparative black history and African colonial history. She has published two books: Social Justice at Apartheid’s Dawn: African Women Intellectuals and the Quest to Save the Nation (2022) and Apartheid on a Black Isle: Removal and Resistance in Alexandra, South Africa (2012).