The Harry Frank Guggenheim African Fellows …in Zimbabwe Isaac Dery (Gender Studies, Unaffiliated), “Illegal Border Crossing” and Gender-Based Violence: Developing an African-Centered Perspective on Masculinities Michael Owojuyigbe (Sociology, University of Ibadan), Sexual Learning Among the “Omo…
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Welcomes Its 2025-2026 African Fellows …are doctoral candidates at African universities exploring important problems of violence related to the African continent. Fellows are investigating topics across ten African countries, including political extremism, gender-based violence, postcolonial…
“This Isn’t Just a Normal Political Fight”: A Conversation with Lilliana Mason …political violence can have a corrosive effect. According to political scientist Lilliana Mason, political violence amounts to a rejection of democracy. “If a person has used violence to achieve a…
Valuable Resources: Women, Conflict, and Modern Mining in Rwanda …decade. The government and companies argue that this increase in legal regulation improves outcomes through enhanced protection against gender-based violence (GBV) and discriminatory employment for the estimated fifty thousand women…
“Violence Is Contagious”: A Conversation with Andrew Papachristos …data, to understand how patterns of relationships affect what we do. A lot of my work has applied this idea to understanding patterns of crime and violence, specifically gun violence….
“Why Do People of Color Have to Go to Extremes to Save their Kids?” A Conversation with Joseph Richardson …Capital Region Violence Intervention Program, a hospital-based program that provides trauma-informed care and psychological services to survivors of violent injury in an effort to prevent further violence and victimization. In…
Violence Against Women and Social Changes in Postcommunist Societies …their everyday life and women’s vulnerability to violence. Structural violence contributes to gendered interpersonal violence both by causing it and by preventing society and victims from confronting it effectively. My…
Can the State Interrupt the Vicious Cycle of Gendered Violence that it Helped to Create? Evidence from Guatemala …rural areas; racial, class, and gender-based discrimination among state authorities; corruption and bribery in state offices; and long delays in legal processes that put women at risk of retaliatory violence….
“You Can Reduce Violence But Harm People”: A Conversation with Caterina Roman …in February, not long after she had published an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer calling for deeper investments in evidence-based gun violence prevention programs. Much of our conversation was devoted…
“People Who Do Harmful Things Are Reacting to Harmful Things”: A Conversation with Marlon Peterson …what I mean? And that’s just using police violence as an example. But there are other types of violence on the communal level that are always impacting people. Health disparities…
