The WGSS Department is delighted to introduce Jonell Ashby as the 2024 winner of the Terry Alexander Award. This award is given in honor of Terry Alexander, the mother of Courtney Alexander, a Women’s Studies major who graduated from Stony Brook in 2006. Terry Alexander worked in the New York City public schools, she was…Continue Reading 2024 Terry Alexander Award Winner: Jonell Ashby

This year, the WGSS Department selected three fabulous graduating students to receive Academic Excellence Awards: Samantha Aguirre, Julianna Goldman, & Devin Lobasco Samantha Aguirre maintained an impressive 3.90 GPA as a double major in Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. At Stony Brook, Sammie not only excelled in her coursework but also contributed to…Continue Reading 2024 Academic Excellence Awards: Sammie Aguirre, Julianna Goldman, & Devin Lobosco

The WGSS Department is delighted to introduce Francesca Petronio as the 2024 winner of the Vivien Hartog Graduate Teaching Award. This award is named in honor of Vivien Hartog, a Women’s and Gender Studies graduate certificate student who died before she could complete her Ph.D. in Sociology. This award goes to the graduate student teacher…Continue Reading 2024 Vivien Hartog Graduate Student Teaching Award Winner: Francesca Petronio

This past spring, Lizbeth Zúñiga received the Graduate School’s highly competitive President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student. The WGSS Department has known for years that Lizbeth is a fabulous teacher with an unwavering commitment to feminist pedagogy and mentoring. So, we’re absolutely thrilled to see Stony Brook recognizing Lizbeth’s excellence! For…Continue Reading WGSS PhD Candidate Wins President’s Award for Teaching Excellence: Lizbeth Zúñiga

On April 30, three WGSS students were featured at 2024 URECA Celebration: The Annual Stony Brook Undergraduate Research Symposium. Samantha Aguirre, Gwendolyn Loubier, and V Mancebo prepared poster presentations based on the research they conducted for their WGSS Senior Research Projects. Check out their posters and scenes from the celebration!…Continue Reading WGSS Undergrads Showcased at URECA Celebration

On March 18, WGSS PhD Candidate Ashley Barry took 2nd place in the 2024 Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Challenge. Each year, the Graduate School invites doctoral students to compete in a competition designed to enhance their research and communication skills to more effectively share their work with the wider public. This spring, fifteen Stony Brook students…Continue Reading WGSS PhD Candidate Takes 2nd Place in 3MT Challenge: Ashley Barry

The WGSS Department was awarded a $100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation’s “Affirming Multivocal Humanities” program. This award will support WGSS program-building activities during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic years. The “Affirming Multivocal Humanities” program is a component of the Mellon Foundation’s Higher Learning initiative, which seeks to elevate humanities knowledge that lays the foundation…Continue Reading WGSS@SBU Awarded “Affirming Multivocal Humanities” Grant from Mellon Foundation