Department of Anthropology

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign




Kathryn B. H. Clancy PhD

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

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Office Hours

  • Spring 2009: T 2-3p, T 8:30-10:30a or by appt

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Education

  • 2001, BA cum laude, Harvard University, Biological Anthropology and Women's Studies
  • 2007, PhD, Yale University, Anthropology

Grants

  • 01/2009 Illinois Campus Research Board

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Courses

  • ANTH 143: Biological bases of human behavior (Fall)
  • ANTH 240: Biological anthropology (Spring 2009)
  • ANTH 499KC: The evolutionary biology of women (Spring 2009)
  • ANTH 249: Evolution and human disease (Spring 2010)
  • ANTH 4xx: Behavioral endocrinology (Spring 2010)

Works in Progress

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Clancy, Kathryn B. "The role of the endometrium in women's reproductive ecology and life history." Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 52 (2009): 137-154. 1 Dec. 2009. <https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/kclancy/www/Clancy2009.pdf>.
  • Clancy, Kathryn B., Peter T. Ellison, Grazyna Jasienska, and Richard G. Bribiescas. "Endometrial thickness is not independent of luteal phase day in a rural Polish population." Anthropological Science 117.3 (2009): 157-163. 1 Sep. 2009. <https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/kclancy/www/Clancyetal2009.pdf>.
  • Clancy, Kathryn B. "Unexpected luteal endometrial decline in a healthy rural Polish population." European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 134.1 (2007): 133-134. <http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/kclancy/www/Clancy2007.pdf>.
  • Clancy, Kathryn B., Ilona Nenko, and Grazyna Jasienska. "Menstruation does not cause anemia: endometrial thickness correlates positively with erythrocyte count and hemoglobin in premenopausal women." American Journal of Human Biology 18.5 (2006): 710-713. <http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/kclancy/www/Clancyetal2006.pdf>.

Research Interests

  • Endometrial function
  • Stress, immunity and fertility
  • Female reproductive physiology
  • Fetal growth and brain development
  • Iron-deficiency anemia

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