Dr. Claire Willey-Sthapit, an assistant professor with the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, will receive this year’s KU International Affairs Advisory Board International Research Award in recognition of her international research at the University of Kansas.

The award recognizes faculty members who provide outstanding leadership in international education through their research and discovery efforts. Willey-Sthapit will accept the award and give a talk on her research in a presentation titled "Webs of Power and Belonging: Practice-based Knowledge for Domestic Violence Prevention and Response in Nepal" from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on April 29 in the Kansas Union’s Big 12 Room. The public is invited to attend the presentation and reception to follow.

If you would like to attend the presentation but are unable to join in person, please email J. R. Speake(jrspeake@ku.edu) for accommodations.