Gender and economic restructuring
Rural livelihood strategies in Appalachia and Southern Africa
Flexible manufacturing networks and home-based workers
Feminist pedagogy
- National Science Foundation. "Gender and Collective Economic Strategies: A Comparative Analysis of Women's Producer Groups in Peripheral Regions," $103,395, 1999-2002.
- The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development. (Co-investigator with Karen Jacobson, Vice President of Appalachian By Design.) "The Impact of a Manufacturing Network on Participants and Communities." $13,100, 1999. (description of project)
- Faculty Development Grant. Office of International Programs, West Virginia University. " A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Economic Organizations among Women in Rural Appalachia and South Africa," 1998.
- National Science Foundation. "Gender and Industrial Restructuring in Appalachia: An Analysis of Women's Homework," $74,607, 1993-1997.
- Senate Research Grant. West Virginia University. "Economic Networks among Rural Appalachian Women," $7,500, 1997-1998.
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