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Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

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Congratulations, and thank you!

Congratulations are in place for Doctor Rachel Raimist! Dr. Raimist obtained her doctorate degree with her dissertation, Grindin' the Walls to Dust: Feminist Media Praxis. The department thanks all of Dr. Raimist's hard work and dedication, including the implementation of the Rachel Raimist Feminist Media Center. Dr. Raimist has now joined the Faculty at The Telecommunication and Film Department at the University of Alabama.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Regina Kunzel, whose book Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of American Sexuality won the Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Studies. Regina's award was presented in New York City, NY, last May.

In addition to winning the Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Studies, Regina's book was named a finalist for the John Hope Franklin Prize, given to the best book published in American Studies in 2009. Regina will be honored at the ASA meetings in Washington, D.C. this November.

Off to a Great Start!

We extend our sincere congratulations to incoming graduate students, Reina Rodriguez and Brittany Lewis, on becoming the recipients to the Diversity of Views & Experiences (DOVE) Fellowship.

Additional congratulations are in place for Reina, whose commitment to the interdisciplinary study of the global south in the context of global change has earned her the prestigious International Center for the Study of Global Change (ICGC) Fellowship.

Congratulations!

Our sincere congratulations go out to graduate student Papori Bora, whose work has earned her the International Center for the Study of Global Change (ICGC) Fellowship.

Baby on Board!

We would like to sincerely congratulate graduate student Yeonbo Jeong on her new journey as a mother, as well as welcoming baby Alice to the world!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to graduate student Charlotte Albrecht on being awarded the prestigious Francis Maria Fellowship by the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) at the University of Minnesota.

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