Year of graduation: December 2018, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies with an Advanced Certificate in Spanish 1. Tell us about what you are doing now. This past May, I graduated from The George Washington University Law School with an LL.M (Masters of Laws) in National Security Law and Cybersecurity Law. An LL.M is a specialized…Continue Reading WGSS Alum in the Spotlight: Brianna G. Rodriguez, Esq.
On Friday, May 23, 2025, the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department gathered to honor 43 graduates at our Spring 2025 commencement ceremony. We’ve been inspired by your perseverance, your scholarship, and the ways you’ve challenged and expanded conversations about gender and sexuality during your time at Stony Brook University. It’s been a privilege to…Continue Reading Congratulations to our WGSS Spring 2025 Graduates!
Emillion Adekoya is a Ph.D. candidate in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department at Stony Brook University. She exemplifies the values honored by the Vivien Hartog Graduate Student Teaching Award, which commemorates Vivien Hartog—a WGSS graduate certificate student who passed away before completing her Ph.D. in Sociology. This award recognizes a graduate student who…Continue Reading Congratulations to WGSS Ph.D. candidate Emillion Adekoya, the 2025 recipient of the Vivien Hartog Graduate Student Teaching Award!
WGSS PhD candidate Hafza Girdap was recognized at the 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Visionary Awards Gala. In celebration of Women’s History Month, the New York State Senate and Nassau County named Hafza a “Woman of Destiny” for her work with Advocates of Silenced Turkey. The 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Visionary Awards…Continue Reading WGSS PhD Candidate Hafza Girdap Recognized at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Visionary Awards Gala
This year, WGSS undergrad researchers have received recognition for their excellent work here at Stony Brook and beyond. Laci Burton (Class of ’25) was named URECA Research of the month this semester, and Angeline Castillo (Class of ’24) published an article based on her WGSS Senior Research Project this past winter. Laci Burton is a…Continue Reading WGSS Undergrad Researchers: Angeline Castillo & Laci Burton
WGSS PhD candidate Emillion Adekoya was selected – not once, but twice! – to serve as a Summer Research Fellow with the Human Sexuality Studies program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. During Summers 2023 and 2024, Emillion joined a team of researchers at the Sexuality Research Data Lab to systematically study sex work…Continue Reading WGSS PhD Candidate Emillion Adekoya’s Summer Fellowships with the Sexuality Research Data Lab
Thanks to a generous gift from Distinguished Professor Emerita Mary Jo Bona and her partner Judith Pfenninger, WGSS@SBU will be launching the Mary Jo Bona Distinguished Lecture Series during the 2026-27 academic year. Our gratitude for Mary Jo and Judy’s generosity is matched only by our excitement about planning the inaugural lecture! Dr. Mary Jo…Continue Reading Coming Soon: The Mary Jo Bona Distinguished Lecture Series