2016-17 WLP Annual Report

THE USF WLP FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD program provides grant awards to USF System faculty whose research and creative
efforts focus on women and issues affecting women. This award is presented in the spring of each year through a competitive process,
with the recipient receiving a one-time $5,000 award to support their research. To date, WLP has awarded 23 grants to deserving faculty
members whose research helps to support and advance women throughout the world. In recognition of the outstanding research
throughout the USF System, this year WLP awarded its newest faculty research grant for USF Health that recognizes the research
contributions of female faculty in USF Health.
JEANNE TRAVERS is a Professor in the School of Theatre and Dance, USF Tampa. Travers is
dedicated to enhancing audience awareness about human rights and women’s issues. Her research projects
are interdisciplinary and multicultural in nature, and address issues of social concern and injustice that
impact and give voice to women.
DR. KATHRYN ARTHUR is an Associate Professor of Anthropology in the College of Arts and
Sciences, University of South Florida St. Petersburg. She is an archaeologist specializing in community
archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, gender, stone tool technology, and the historical archaeology of Africa.
DR. FAWN T. NGO is an Associate Professor of Criminology at USF Sarasota-Manatee’s College
of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. Dr. Ngo’s research on stalking focuses on gender differences in stalking
incidents and police reporting.
DR. STEPHANIE MARHEFKA is an Associate Professor for Community and Family Health,
USF Health. Her doctoral dissertation work focuses on the assessment of medication adherence among
caregivers of children ages 2 to 12 who were perinatally infected with HIV.
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