Kathryn B H Clancy
Biographic Data
| ID | 131405 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn B H Clancy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn B H |
| FAMILY NAME | Clancy |
| SIGNATURE | CLANCY K B H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6901-254X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Who is a responsible woman? Understanding the scope and characteristics of responsible womanhood amongst women in Karachi
In this paper, we will construct and analyze intersecting definitions of womanhood among middle‐class women living in Karachi, Pakistan. Women are agents of their lives and are not passive voices. In this paper, we present narratives of women who resist “societal” narratives of womanhood to live a life of their choosing. We found that participants often defined womanhood through a lens very similar to the Victorian womanhood enforced on people of…
Cycle Effects Are Not Universal: A Case Study of Urinary C‐Reactive Protein Concentrations in Rural Polish and Polish American Samples
OBJECTIVES: We need to better understand how the menstrual cycle interacts with other biological systems, such the inflammation and immune response. One way to study this interaction is through C-reactive protein (CRP). Studies of CRP concentrations across the menstrual cycle have been inconsistent. This study explores menstrual cycle CRP variation in two geographically different samples of Polish and Polish American individuals. METHODS: Analyse…
Managing menstruation with dignity: Worries, stress and mental health in two water-scarce urban communities in India
An emerging body of literature examines multiple connections between water insecurity and mental health, with particular focus on women's vulnerabilities. Women can display greatly elevated emotional distress with increased household water insecurity, because it's them who are primarily responsible for managing household water and uniquely interact with wider water environments. Here we test an extension of this proposition, identifying how notio…
What are friends for? The impact of friendship on communicative efficiency and cortisol response during collaborative problem solving among younger and older women
Conversation is a skilled activity that depends on cognitive and social processes, both of which develop through adulthood. We examined the effects of age and partner familiarity on communicative efficiency and cortisol reactivity. Younger and older women interacted with familiar or unfamiliar partners in a dyadic collaborative conversation task (N = 8 in each group). Regardless of age, referential expressions among familiar and unfamiliar partne…
Bone density and frame size in adult women: Effects of body size, habitual use, and life history
OBJECTIVE: Bone mineral density (BMD) and frame size are important predictors of future bone health, with smaller frame size and lower BMD associated with higher risk of later fragility fractures. We test the effects of body size, habitual use, and life history on frame size and cortical BMD of the radius and tibia in sample of healthy adult premenopausal women. METHODS: We used anthropometry and life history data from 123 women (age 18-46) from …
Declining ages at menarche in an agrarian rural region of Poland
OBJECTIVE: Age at menarche in Poland has varied with political and socioeconomic changes. An increase in age at menarche corresponded to a period of economic crisis and food rationing between 1976 and 1989. Experiencing food shortages in utero or during childhood development can affect menarcheal timing, but this national effect may be buffered in local agrarian regions growing their own food. Here we examine patterns of age at menarche over time…
From maternal tending to adolescent befriending: The adolescent transition of social support
Attachment theory holds that parental relationships have lifelong effects on offspring social lives. The tend‐and‐befriend hypothesis posits that female friendships among humans evolved as part of a primate‐wide coping mechanism to mediate stress by relying on social support. Here we bridge developmental and evolutionary frameworks to examine adolescent girls’ perception of their reliance on female friendship for social support, how perceptions o…
Physical activity in women of reproductive age in a transitioning rural Polish population
OBJECTIVE: Health research often focuses on moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity while neglecting low-intensity habitual activities. Our aim was to understand habitual physical activity in women from a transitioning economy using a physical activity monitor. METHODS: This study investigated physical activity in 68 healthy premenopausal women (age 18-46) in rural Poland using FitBit One activity trackers for 1 week. Standard anthropom…
Soylent Is People, and Weird Is White: Biological Anthropology, Whiteness, and the Limits of the Weird
WEIRD populations, or those categorized as Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic, are sampled in the majority of quantitative human subjects research. Although this oversampling is criticized in some corners of social science research, it is not always clear what we are critiquing. In this article, we make three interventions into the WEIRD concept and its common usage. First, we seek to better operationalize the terms within WE…
Signaling Safety: Characterizing Fieldwork Experiences and Their Implications for Career Trajectories
Numerous studies use quantitative measures to evaluate retention, advancement, and success in academic settings. Such approaches, however, present challenges for evaluating the lived experiences of academics. Here, we present a qualitative thematic analysis of self-reports of positive and negative experiences that occurred while conducting academic field research. Twenty-six semistructured interviews highlighted two central themes: (1) variabilit…
Cycle‐phase dependent associations between CRP , leptin, and reproductive hormones in an urban, C anadian sample
OBJECTIVES: To assess the relationships among reproductive hormones, follicular development, inflammation, and adiposity in a sample of urban, Canadian women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants (n = 41) had blood collected every 3 days through one interovulatory interval (IOI) to measure estradiol, progesterone, LH, FSH, leptin, and C-reactive protein (CRP). Participants underwent daily transvaginal ultrasound examinations during the IOI to quan…
Women who deliver twins are more likely to smoke and have high frequencies of specific SNPs: Results from a sample of African–American women who delivered preterm, low birth weight babies
OBJECTIVES: We examine if there are genetic and environmental differences between mothers of singleton and multiple pregnancies in a sample of African-American mothers. METHODS: We focus on genomic areas suggested to increase or decrease the odds of multiple pregnancies. We computed the odds ratio (OR) and the 95% confidence interval (CI) for each SNP unadjusted or adjusted with smoking. SNPs' allelic differences between mothers of multiple pregn…
Relationships between biomarkers of inflammation, ovarian steroids, and age at menarche in a rural polish sample
Inflammation itself may suppress ovarian function, or indicate immune challenges that lead to ovarian suppression. The timing of menarche may also influence adult inflammatory sensitivity and ovarian hormone concentrations. This lends support to existing models of trade-offs between maintenance and reproduction in women
When a Beginning Is Not a Beginning
Late Pregnancy, Labor Induction, and the Occupy Uterus Movement
Reproductive ecology and the endometrium: Physiology, variation, and new directions
Endometrial function is often overlooked in the study of fertility in reproductive ecology, but it is crucial to implantation and the support of a successful pregnancy. Human female reproductive physiology can handle substantial energy demands that include the production of fecund cycles, ovulation, fertilization, placentation, a 9‐month gestation, and often several years of lactation. The particular morphology of the human endometrium as well as…
Endometrial thickness is not independent of luteal phase day in a rural Polish population
The endometrium is important for luteal phase function, implantation, placentation, and gestation. Endometrial morphology has been shown to impact early pregnancy success in in vitro fertilization and egg donor cycles and has been implicated in conception success in spontaneous cycles. However, few studies have monitored endometrial morphology in normo-ovulatory women or examined possible population variation in its physiology or thickness. Furth…
Menstruation does not cause anemia: Endometrial thickness correlates positively with erythrocyte count and hemoglobin concentration in premenopausal women
Menstruation has often been cited as a risk factor for iron‐deficiency anemia. This study tested whether normal, premenopausal women's luteal endometrial thickness (ET) was associated with their red blood cell count (RBC) and hemoglobin concentrations (Hg), and therefore whether a high ET put women at risk for anemia. Endometrial thickness can be considered a reasonable proxy for menstrual blood loss in normal women. Twenty‐six healthy women from…
Signaling Safety: Characterizing Fieldwork Experiences and Their Implications for Career Trajectories
Numerous studies use quantitative measures to evaluate retention, advancement, and success in academic settings. Such approaches, however, present challenges for evaluating the lived experiences of academics. Here, we present a qualitative thematic analysis of self-reports of positive and negative experiences that occurred while conducting academic field research. Twenty-six semistructured interviews highlighted two central themes: (1) variabilit…
Soylent Is People, and Weird Is White: Biological Anthropology, Whiteness, and the Limits of the Weird
WEIRD populations, or those categorized as Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic, are sampled in the majority of quantitative human subjects research. Although this oversampling is criticized in some corners of social science research, it is not always clear what we are critiquing. In this article, we make three interventions into the WEIRD concept and its common usage. First, we seek to better operationalize the terms within WE…
Endometrial thickness is not independent of luteal phase day in a rural Polish population
The endometrium is important for luteal phase function, implantation, placentation, and gestation. Endometrial morphology has been shown to impact early pregnancy success in in vitro fertilization and egg donor cycles and has been implicated in conception success in spontaneous cycles. However, few studies have monitored endometrial morphology in normo-ovulatory women or examined possible population variation in its physiology or thickness. Furth…
Reproductive ecology and the endometrium: Physiology, variation, and new directions
Endometrial function is often overlooked in the study of fertility in reproductive ecology, but it is crucial to implantation and the support of a successful pregnancy. Human female reproductive physiology can handle substantial energy demands that include the production of fecund cycles, ovulation, fertilization, placentation, a 9‐month gestation, and often several years of lactation. The particular morphology of the human endometrium as well as…
Cycle‐phase dependent associations between CRP , leptin, and reproductive hormones in an urban, C anadian sample
OBJECTIVES: To assess the relationships among reproductive hormones, follicular development, inflammation, and adiposity in a sample of urban, Canadian women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants (n = 41) had blood collected every 3 days through one interovulatory interval (IOI) to measure estradiol, progesterone, LH, FSH, leptin, and C-reactive protein (CRP). Participants underwent daily transvaginal ultrasound examinations during the IOI to quan…
When a Beginning Is Not a Beginning
Menstruation does not cause anemia: Endometrial thickness correlates positively with erythrocyte count and hemoglobin concentration in premenopausal women
Menstruation has often been cited as a risk factor for iron‐deficiency anemia. This study tested whether normal, premenopausal women's luteal endometrial thickness (ET) was associated with their red blood cell count (RBC) and hemoglobin concentrations (Hg), and therefore whether a high ET put women at risk for anemia. Endometrial thickness can be considered a reasonable proxy for menstrual blood loss in normal women. Twenty‐six healthy women from…
Reproductive ecology and the endometrium: Physiology, variation, and new directions
Endometrial function is often overlooked in the study of fertility in reproductive ecology, but it is crucial to implantation and the support of a successful pregnancy. Human female reproductive physiology can handle substantial energy demands that include the production of fecund cycles, ovulation, fertilization, placentation, a 9‐month gestation, and often several years of lactation. The particular morphology of the human endometrium as well as…
Endometrial thickness is not independent of luteal phase day in a rural Polish population
The endometrium is important for luteal phase function, implantation, placentation, and gestation. Endometrial morphology has been shown to impact early pregnancy success in in vitro fertilization and egg donor cycles and has been implicated in conception success in spontaneous cycles. However, few studies have monitored endometrial morphology in normo-ovulatory women or examined possible population variation in its physiology or thickness. Furth…
Late Pregnancy, Labor Induction, and the Occupy Uterus Movement
Relationships between biomarkers of inflammation, ovarian steroids, and age at menarche in a rural polish sample
Inflammation itself may suppress ovarian function, or indicate immune challenges that lead to ovarian suppression. The timing of menarche may also influence adult inflammatory sensitivity and ovarian hormone concentrations. This lends support to existing models of trade-offs between maintenance and reproduction in women
When a Beginning Is Not a Beginning
Women who deliver twins are more likely to smoke and have high frequencies of specific SNPs: Results from a sample of African–American women who delivered preterm, low birth weight babies
OBJECTIVES: We examine if there are genetic and environmental differences between mothers of singleton and multiple pregnancies in a sample of African-American mothers. METHODS: We focus on genomic areas suggested to increase or decrease the odds of multiple pregnancies. We computed the odds ratio (OR) and the 95% confidence interval (CI) for each SNP unadjusted or adjusted with smoking. SNPs' allelic differences between mothers of multiple pregn…
Cycle‐phase dependent associations between CRP , leptin, and reproductive hormones in an urban, C anadian sample
OBJECTIVES: To assess the relationships among reproductive hormones, follicular development, inflammation, and adiposity in a sample of urban, Canadian women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Participants (n = 41) had blood collected every 3 days through one interovulatory interval (IOI) to measure estradiol, progesterone, LH, FSH, leptin, and C-reactive protein (CRP). Participants underwent daily transvaginal ultrasound examinations during the IOI to quan…
Signaling Safety: Characterizing Fieldwork Experiences and Their Implications for Career Trajectories
Numerous studies use quantitative measures to evaluate retention, advancement, and success in academic settings. Such approaches, however, present challenges for evaluating the lived experiences of academics. Here, we present a qualitative thematic analysis of self-reports of positive and negative experiences that occurred while conducting academic field research. Twenty-six semistructured interviews highlighted two central themes: (1) variabilit…
Physical activity in women of reproductive age in a transitioning rural Polish population
OBJECTIVE: Health research often focuses on moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity while neglecting low-intensity habitual activities. Our aim was to understand habitual physical activity in women from a transitioning economy using a physical activity monitor. METHODS: This study investigated physical activity in 68 healthy premenopausal women (age 18-46) in rural Poland using FitBit One activity trackers for 1 week. Standard anthropom…
Soylent Is People, and Weird Is White: Biological Anthropology, Whiteness, and the Limits of the Weird
WEIRD populations, or those categorized as Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic, are sampled in the majority of quantitative human subjects research. Although this oversampling is criticized in some corners of social science research, it is not always clear what we are critiquing. In this article, we make three interventions into the WEIRD concept and its common usage. First, we seek to better operationalize the terms within WE…
Declining ages at menarche in an agrarian rural region of Poland
OBJECTIVE: Age at menarche in Poland has varied with political and socioeconomic changes. An increase in age at menarche corresponded to a period of economic crisis and food rationing between 1976 and 1989. Experiencing food shortages in utero or during childhood development can affect menarcheal timing, but this national effect may be buffered in local agrarian regions growing their own food. Here we examine patterns of age at menarche over time…
From maternal tending to adolescent befriending: The adolescent transition of social support
Attachment theory holds that parental relationships have lifelong effects on offspring social lives. The tend‐and‐befriend hypothesis posits that female friendships among humans evolved as part of a primate‐wide coping mechanism to mediate stress by relying on social support. Here we bridge developmental and evolutionary frameworks to examine adolescent girls’ perception of their reliance on female friendship for social support, how perceptions o…
What are friends for? The impact of friendship on communicative efficiency and cortisol response during collaborative problem solving among younger and older women
Conversation is a skilled activity that depends on cognitive and social processes, both of which develop through adulthood. We examined the effects of age and partner familiarity on communicative efficiency and cortisol reactivity. Younger and older women interacted with familiar or unfamiliar partners in a dyadic collaborative conversation task (N = 8 in each group). Regardless of age, referential expressions among familiar and unfamiliar partne…
Bone density and frame size in adult women: Effects of body size, habitual use, and life history
OBJECTIVE: Bone mineral density (BMD) and frame size are important predictors of future bone health, with smaller frame size and lower BMD associated with higher risk of later fragility fractures. We test the effects of body size, habitual use, and life history on frame size and cortical BMD of the radius and tibia in sample of healthy adult premenopausal women. METHODS: We used anthropometry and life history data from 123 women (age 18-46) from …
Managing menstruation with dignity: Worries, stress and mental health in two water-scarce urban communities in India
An emerging body of literature examines multiple connections between water insecurity and mental health, with particular focus on women's vulnerabilities. Women can display greatly elevated emotional distress with increased household water insecurity, because it's them who are primarily responsible for managing household water and uniquely interact with wider water environments. Here we test an extension of this proposition, identifying how notio…
Cycle Effects Are Not Universal: A Case Study of Urinary C‐Reactive Protein Concentrations in Rural Polish and Polish American Samples
OBJECTIVES: We need to better understand how the menstrual cycle interacts with other biological systems, such the inflammation and immune response. One way to study this interaction is through C-reactive protein (CRP). Studies of CRP concentrations across the menstrual cycle have been inconsistent. This study explores menstrual cycle CRP variation in two geographically different samples of Polish and Polish American individuals. METHODS: Analyse…
Who is a responsible woman? Understanding the scope and characteristics of responsible womanhood amongst women in Karachi
In this paper, we will construct and analyze intersecting definitions of womanhood among middle‐class women living in Karachi, Pakistan. Women are agents of their lives and are not passive voices. In this paper, we present narratives of women who resist “societal” narratives of womanhood to live a life of their choosing. We found that participants often defined womanhood through a lens very similar to the Victorian womanhood enforced on people of…
Medicine (12 works) · Endocrinology (7 works) · Biology (6 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works) · Pregnancy (6 works) · Ovarian function and disorders (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Follicular phase (4 works) · Hormone (4 works) · Luteal phase (4 works)