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In my lab we are interested in learning how nerve cells generate calcium signals to communicate and the role of calcium channels - the gateways of calcium entry into cells - in this process. We specifically study the transient receptor potential (TRP) family of calcium channels using the small nematode (round worm) C. elegans. C. elegans has a very simple body plan yet its TRP calcium channels are very similar to the human versions. Studying TRP channels in a much simpler organism like C.
Professor and Coordinator of Gender and Sexuality Studies
My research interests:
My current research interest is on cultural constructions of childhood sexuality. My book with Gail Hawkes, Theorizing the Sexual Child in Modernity (2010, Palgrave) is a discourse analysis of childhood sexuality in medical, reform and academic discourse from the mid 19th to early 20th century. This research is also featured in several scholarly articles.
Professor of English and African Studies, Associate Dean for International and Intercultural Studies
My research interests:
My research is on African literature, particularly literature from Zimbabwe. I am interested in the political and cultural conditions which affect African writers and which they address in their work.
