SIROW in collaboration with CODAC and the Tucson Police Department hosted a Quarterly Meeting for the Southern Arizona Anti-Trafficking Unified Response Network (SAATURN) in Nogales on August 24, 2017. Attendees from Cochise, Santa Cruz and Pima Counties attended the meeting with a look towards working more closely together on law enforcement, victim services, and training and outreach. To learn more about SAATURN visit http://www.sacasa.org/... Read more
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Post date: Thu, 08/31/2017 - 16:09 |
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WISE Director, Jill Williams, receives two-year fellowship from the Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice. Dr. Williams will use the funds provided through the fellowship to complete a research project on social justice-based environmental science educational programs with Dr. Sara Tolbert from the UA College of Education. Read the full story HERE.... Read more Post date: Thu, 08/03/2017 - 14:07 |
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Davis, M., Korchmaros, J. D., & Sargus, T. (2017). Scruff. Produced by Monica Davis, Josephine D. Korchmaros, & Tamara Sargus, Tucson AZ. Winner of the Lunafest Tucson, AZ local film contest.
Post date: Thu, 06/29/2017 - 14:21 |
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Dr. Sally Stevens, Dr. Josephine Korchmaros, and Ms. Claudia Powell furthered SIROW’s work addressing gender-based disparities in substance use and sexual risk by participating in the 10th anniversary meeting of the International Woman’s and Children’s Health and Gender Group Conference (InWomen Conference) held in Montreal, Canada on June 16. They co-chaired the conference’s discussion table on LGBTQ and Substance Use: Factors Associated with Use and Recovery. In addition, they... Read more Post date: Tue, 06/27/2017 - 14:19 |
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Girls Who Code is a nationwide program with a single mission: to close the gender gap in technology. This year, WISE completed its first semester of a Girls Who Code club at the University of Arizona. Hosted on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until noon, this year six girls ages 12-18 signed up as the first cohort. Along with spending time doing sisterhood activities designed to... Read more Post date: Tue, 06/20/2017 - 11:34 |
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On January 28th and 29th, SIROW hosted its annual Regional Summit Meeting at the University of Texas - El Paso. 23 program heads and directors from throughout the SIROW region attended the meeting to share challenges, successes and advice for building rigorous college programs which attend to the growing needs of an activist/... Read more Post date: Tue, 06/20/2017 - 11:28 |
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From left to right; Monica Davis, B.A. is a n Assistant Research Social Scientist working at SIROW Central. Claudia Powell, M.Ed., is an Associate Research Social Scientist, working from the SIROW University of Arizona Campus location. Josephine Korchmaros, Ph.D. is the Director of Research Methods and Statistics and works out of the SIROW Central location. Alison... Read more Post date: Tue, 06/20/2017 - 11:09 |
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SIROW researchers attended the YWCA of Southern Arizona’s 100th Anniversary Birthday Luncheon on May 4, 2017. SIROW attendees included (from left to right) Libby Valdez, Tamara Sargus, Corrie Brinley, and Amy Lucero. The celebration included a display showing 100 years of YWCA history. To learn more about YWCA of Southern... Read more Post date: Tue, 06/20/2017 - 10:51 |
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Josephine (Jo) Korchmaros, PhD, will assume the position of SIROW Director with Ms. Claudia Powell serving as SIROW’s Associate Director starting July 1, 2017! Both have worked at SIROW for over 10 years and have been key researchers at the University of Arizona.
Post date: Fri, 06/09/2017 - 15:51 |
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Senior Business Manager Terry Mullin (SIROW, Gender & Women’s Studies) supported “Stuff the Cat Tran,” an annual event to benefit the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. Coordinated by the Classified Staff Council, efforts this year totaled 3,798 pounds of food and $7,915 in campus and online donations. Thank you, Terry!
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Jo Korchmaros holds a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Connecticut. She has worked at SIROW since 2006 and is... 
