WGSS has a busy and exciting Spring 2020 in the works.
We are pleased to announce that thanks to the vision and generosity of Emily B. Proctor, an alum of our M. A. Program, we are accepting applications for the Emily B. Proctor Research Grant ($1000) from WGSS graduate students working on any research project related to gender and sexuality studies. This year, we were delighted to grow our ever-widening circle of participating faculty in the program by bringing on board Dr. Xiaofei Kang (Religion) as a member of our Executive Committee, and Dr. Nicole Ivy (American Studies) as an Affiliated Faculty member. I really appreciate the support and engagement of Professors Kang and Ivy to grow the mission of our program. Our graduate students gave conference presentations, won internships, spoke at GW’s Diversity Summit “Be Bold,” and organized workshops on a range of topics including decriminalizing sex work. We are so proud of their accomplishments!
I really appreciate the support and engagement of Professors Kang and Ivy to grow the mission of our program. Our graduate students gave conference presentations, won internships, spoke at GW’s Diversity Summit “Be Bold,” and organized workshops on a range of topics including decriminalizing sex work. We are so proud of their accomplishments!
After much deliberation about our M.A. curriculum last year with faculty and students, we are piloting a new Capstone Seminar for M.A. students this Spring, beautifully designed and taught by Dr. Eiko Strader (WGSS and TSPPA). We are excited to offer this new opportunity which promotes a learning and writing community for our second year students.
Our WGSS Brown Bag Seminar kicks off this semester by showcasing the cutting-edge thesis research done by recent and current M.A. students. We have so far heard from WGSS alumna Nichole Smith and current MA student (Liberal Arts track) Sarah-Anne Gresham on gender-based violence and mass incarceration in the United States, and the use of historical fiction as feminist historiography respectively. It was wonderful to hear their eloquent and powerful presentations, emerging from their MA theses. Smith analyzed the experiences of incarcerated women, GBV, and critical activism in the US, in her sociological analysis of 4 prisons. Gresham presentd her theorization of "istwa," as a mode of representing the historical experiences of women in the Global South, through a reading of Danticat's writing.
Other speakers this semester include Afeefa Abdur-Rahman (USAID), and Associate Director of WGSS Cynthia Deitch. In light of the centennial of women’s suffrage, in February, Dr. Sara Matthiesen (WGSS and History) will host a dialogue with the historian Lisa Tetrault (Carnegie Mellon University) about her award-winning book, The Myth of Seneca Falls.
On behalf of the WGSS program, I want to thank recent alums Susan Markham, Andrea Pagano-Reyes, Caroline Hubbard, and Gina Chirillo, for taking on the leadership of the Women's Studies Endowment. They will continue the work of growing the Endowment that Jennifer Batchelder and Anita Menghetti did so tirelessly for nearly three decades: we are grateful for their dedication and support, which has made possible so many awards for our amazing students.
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