Dr. Bev­er­ley Chalmers’s research focus­es on the repro­duc­tive life of women in dif­fi­cult cir­cum­stances. Her book Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women’s Voic­es under Nazi Rule was award­ed a Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award in Women’s Stud­ies, a Cana­di­an Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award for Holo­caust Lit­er­a­ture, and a CHOICE Out­stand­ing Aca­d­e­m­ic Title award.