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WGSS UG Open House
Wednesday, Oct 25 @ 1pm
Humanities Bldg, Room 1008
RSPV here
Save the Date!
Thursday, Nov 9 @ 4-5:30pm
Humanities Building, Rm 2001
Dr. Nichole Prescott
News and Announcements
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WGSS Asssociate Professor, Nancy Hiemstra, and PhD Student, Hafza Girdap, co-authored
the newly published article entitled, "Gendered State Violence and Post-Coup Migration out of Turkey" in Women's Studies International.
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WGSS PhD student, Galia Cozzi Berrondo was just named a Fall 2023 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access fellow within
the College of Arts & Sciences! Congrats, Galia! Read more about the IDEA grads here.
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Congrats to PhD student Gabriella Simpson for being selected to serve on the CAS Dean's Student Advisory Council. She will
serve as an ambassador to the Dean, provide feedback on curriculum development, and
help with teaching award selections & admitted student day events.
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Check out our Spring 2023 Newsletter!
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Check out WGSS PhD candidate Hafza Girdap's recent article, "Mahsa Amini: Women's, bodily autonomy in the context of Islamism and far-right populism."
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Congratulations to WGSS PhD students Jade Kai and Jose Flores Sanchez for their recently
published article, "Colonality and Contagion: COVID-19 and the disposability of women of color in feminized
labor sectors."
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First-year WGSS grad Kara Pernicano was selected for a Carceral Research and Teaching
Fellowship for Fall 2022. Kara will work with faculty leaders of "Writing Beyond the Prison" to amplify writings by the incarcerated & enhance the understanding of mass incarceration
& the carceral ecosystem in the U.S. Congrats, Kara!
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WGSS Assistant Professor Cristina Silva is out with a new article in Sociology of
Race & Ethnicity entitled, "Racialized Tensions and Affinities: Puerto Rican 'Apprentices' and the Policing
of Female Masculinity."
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We are excited to announce that WGSS PhD candidate Jade Kai has been selected as a
Fall 2022 IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) Graduate.
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Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Bonvissuto who succesfully defended her disstertation,
"Making Room for Queer Spatiality: Discursive Designs of All-Gendered Spaces" on Friday, Sept. 9th.
Academics
UNDERGRADUATE
The department offers a Bachelor of Arts, Minor, and Combined Undergraduate Degree
with a Master in Public Health (MPH).
Undergraduate Degree (BA)
Combined Undergraduate Degree (BA/MPH)
Learn more about the Undergraduate Program
in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at SBU
GRADUATE
The department offers a PhD and MA in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, as well
as a Graduate Certificate.
PhD Program
MA Program
Graduate Certificate