Dr. Kathryn Clancy is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is co-director of the Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology with Dr. Rebecca Stumpf. Dr. Clancy’s work is focused on understanding how lifestyle factors like exercise, diet and stress impact ovarian and uterine functioning.
Dr. Clancy is also involved in the science writing and outreach community. She blogs at Context and Variation on the Scientific American Blog Network, where she shares the latest research on women’s health and human behavior, science education, and issues for women in science. Dr. Clancy is invited to speak at universities across the country several times a year about academic science blogging, women in science, and her own research. You can follow her on Twitter as @KateClancy or on her Facebook page, or email her with questions. Dr. Clancy welcomes questions she can address on her blog as well as public speaking queries. Check the News page for a schedule of her most recent speaking engagements.
Hello Dr. Clancy,
I read the SA article with interest. I especially like the phrase” The story depends on who performs it. and who tells it”. I appreciate the story you tell about perceptions of menstruation thru history.
The most food-fot-thought book that I ever read on menstruation is Judy Grahn’s “Blood, Bread, and Roses: How Menstruation shaped Civilization”. Not scientific…i.e., not observable, not
testable…but certainly thought-provoking. If you haven’t read it…I recommend it!
Georgeann Johnson
Georgeann, thanks for sharing! I’ll have to check out the book.
Warmly,
Kate