About Us
Data in Service to Community
Founded in 2019, the CLASS Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality is the first university-based think tank on gender and sexuality in our region. Focused on Houston and Harris County, our researchers examine the many challenges around these matters now facing individuals, policymakers, businesses and the community. Read More
Research
Affordable Childcare Could Reduce Domestic Violence
Texas & Harris County Reproductive Health Update: 2022 Fertility Rates, post 2021 Six-Week Abortion Ban
Effects of State-Level Abortion and LGBT Laws and Policies on Interstate Migration Attitudes
Houston Area Domestic Violence Providers Study Initial Local DV Data Aggregation
Pan Gen Snapshot #12: IRWGS Pandemic Snapshot #12 – October 7, 2022
PODCAST
Good data is needed to inform good policy. But what is good data and how is data inflected by who we are? Join Dr. Elizabeth Gregory (É«»¨ÌÃ-IRWGS) and Dr. Shreela Sharma (UT-SPH) as they and their guests parse out the complexities of Houston and Harris County data as it relates to intersectional gender and sexuality dynamics. Topics include health, economics, childcare, violence, workforce issues and more.
VIDEO
Good data is needed to inform good policy. But what is good data and how is data inflected by who we are? Join Dr. Elizabeth Gregory (É«»¨ÌÃ-IRWGS) and Dr. Shreela Sharma (UT-SPH) as they and their guests parse out the complexities of Houston and Harris County data as it relates to intersectional gender and sexuality dynamics. Topics include health, economics, childcare, violence, workforce issues and more.