Janice Kroeger, Ph.D., a professor in EHHS' department of Curriculum and Instruction, recently teamed with Alex Gunn, Ph.D., University of Otago in New Zealand, to present on a panel about their two-country, mixed-methods research, The Gender-Diversity Project, at the .
The Gender Diversity Project documents the advocacy effort of parents and teachers of young, gender-diverse children via survey and in-depth interviews. Kroeger is a recipient of the Universities Research and Creativity Award of (AY 24/25) and EHHS's SEED grant (AY 19/20), as well as Akron Community Foundation's Gay Community Endowment Fund for this and related projects.
Dana Oleskiewicz, a doctoral student studying health disparities in the Cultural Foundations program, was the recipient of the Graduate Student Senate International Travel Award. Oleskiewicz and Chris Konieczko, an Ed.S. graduate student studying Rehabilitation Counseling, each presented a paper based on the studies' findings. Oleskiewicz and Konieczko have co-authored numerous publications with Gunn and Kroeger this year.
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To learn more about this project, please reach out to jkroege1@kent.edu