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rebecca-irvine.jpgGenCen is excited to welcome our new Assistant Director, Rebecca Irvine!

 

In April 2019, Rebecca Irvine was welcomed to the Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen) as the new Assistant Director. In this role, Rebecca will provide support and advocacy for gender and women’s studies across campus and internationally, particularly in relation to international research and engagement. Her research interests span traditional disciplines but are broadly linked to the social and political inclusion of marginalized groups.

Prior to joining GenCen, Rebecca was the Coordinator of the Conflict, Terrorism and Development Collaboratory at MSU. She holds a BA in International Relations from James Madison College at MSU, an MA in Comparative Ethnic Conflict and a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Queen’s University Belfast, where she was a founding member of the Disability Research Network and maintains Visiting Research Fellow status. Rebecca has also served as a consultant for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Northern Irish government departments and agencies, Inclusion International and its subsidiary organizations, and various other international NGOs.

You can learn more about Rebecca on our Meet the Staff page.


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We would also like to thank Amy Jamison, former Associate Director for GenCen for her many years of service! Amy was with us over 8 years, first as the assistant director, then serving as interim co-director after Anne Ferguson’s retirement, then as associate director during 2017. During the last several years, Amy split her time between the GenCen and the Alliance for African Partnership (AAP) as associate director.

As of September 1, 2018, Amy was promoted to co-director of AAP, joining co-director José Jackson-Malete in the running of this important program. While it has been difficult to have Amy leave the GenCen, we are happy that she has this new opportunity to pursue her interests in gender and Africa. We are delighted that we will still continue working closely with her on areas of mutual synergy and we wish her all the best in her new role.

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