Author: Helana Darwin
-
#MeToo Activism
Helana is vocal about her experiences of sexual abuse within the academy because she wasn’t able to talk about it for so long. It is a massive problem that isn’t discussed nearly enough, in large part due to NDAs and fear of retaliation from powerful academics. Helana recently completed her second book, intended for a […]
-
Bio
Dr. Darwin is an innovative and insightful researcher with twelve years of experience in human-centered research projects. She is currently employed as a UX Researcher at AnswerLab, where she has led over twenty end to end research projects in a client-facing agile environment. She is experienced in leading all phases of research. Her methods have […]
-
Books and Articles
NEW BOOK! Available on Amazon for $25 through the hyperlink- Redoing Gender: How Nonbinary Gender Contributes toward Social Change Redoing Gender demonstrates how difficult it is to be anything other than a man or a woman in a society that selectively acknowledges those two genders. Gender nonbinary people―who identify as other genders besides simply “man” or […]
-
Helana in the News
“More than one million nonbinary adults live in the U.S., a pioneering study finds.” Washington Post “Cheers to Girly Beer: Bro-Based Beer Culture Explained.” Quench Magazine “Meet Athletic, The Brewery Finally Making Non-Alcoholic Beer Cool,” Thrillist “A Chance to Exhale–The Sanctity of Women’s Bottle Shares,” Good Beer Hunting “On Instagram, Seeing Between the (Gender) Lines,” […]
-
Podcast Interviews
Gender & Society Science Social Hour Untenured Tracks Sociology of Religion The Michael Calderin Show The Ivory Tower Boiler Room (Two Parts: Part One and Part Two)
-
Art
Before becoming an academic, Helana worked with her mother as a face painter and caricature artist for ten years. But her preferred artistic method involves expressive painting with acrylics on wood while listening to Bjork. Helana is open to painting commissions. She specializes in goddess art and can arrange to do belly casts for pregnant […]