Current Graduate Students

Current Women’s Studies Students
Honors
Organizations & Activities

Current Women’s Studies Students

LGBTQ Studies Certificate Program

Maxime Foerster, maximefo@umich.edu
Patrick Lagua, jeangrey@umich.edu
Marie Stoll, stollm@umich.edu

Women’s Studies and English Joint PhD Program Student

Megan Ahern, mkahern@umich.edu
Monica Bachmann, monabach@umich.edu
Mira Bellwether, mylehman@umich.edu
Emma Garrett, endless@umich.edu
Molly Hatcher, mollyhat@umich.edu
Emily Lutenski, elutensk@umich.edu
Jennifer McFarlane-Harris, jfmcfarl@umich.edu
Navaneetha Mokkil-Maruthur, navnee@umich.edu
Sridevi Nair, nairs@umich.edu
Anne Quinio, aquinio@umich.edu

Women’s Studies and History Joint PhD Program Student

Victoria Castillo, vcastill@umich.edu
You-Sun Crystal Chung, yscrys@umich.edu
Christine Delisle, cdelisle@umich.edu
Dasa Francikova, dafranc@umich.edu
Kara French, karaf@umich.edu
Kirsten Leng, kleng@umich.edu
Jinny Prais, jprais@umich.edu
Grace Sanders, gracesa@umich.edu
LaKisha Simmons, kisha@umich.edu
Christina (Cookie) Woolner, cwoolner@umich.edu
Ying Zhang, yingaa@umich.edu

Women’s Studies and Psychology Joint PhD Program Student

Nicola Curtin, nicurtin@umich.edu
Quyen Epstein-Ngo, qen@umich.edu
Erin T. Graham, erintg@umich.edu
Janice Habarth, jhabarth@umich.edu
Shanta (Nishi) Kanukollu, snishik@umich.edu
Michelle Gross Lilly, grossmm@umich.edu
Elma Lorenzo-Blanco, elmalb@umich.edu
Kristine Molina, kmolina@umich.edu
Desdamona Rios, drios@umich.edu
Natalie Sabik, sabik@umich.edu
Danielle Shapiro, razzled@umich.edu
Jennifer Young Yim, jyim@umich.edu

Women’s Studies and Sociology Joint PhD Program Student

Saida Grundy, grundy@umich.edu
Trevor Hoppe, thoppe@umich.edu
Emily Kazyak, ekazyak@umich.edu
Yan Long, longyan@umich.edu
Zakiya Luna, zakiyal@umich.edu
Carla Pfeffer, cpfeffer@umich.edu
J. Lotus Seeley, lotuss@umich.edu
Jamie Small, jalsmall@umich.edu
Lai Sze Tso, ltso@umich.edu
Lynn Verduzco Baker, lynnvb@umich.edu

Women’s Studies Certificate Program

Elizabeth Ben-Ishai, benishai@umich.edu
Megan Biddinger, biddinge@umich.edu
Alyssa Chen, alyssasc@umich.edu
Elizabeth (Beth) Chen, bethchen@umich.edu
Elena Dalla Torre, edalla@umich.edu
Amy Carpenter Ford, amycar@umich.edu
Roxana Galusca, rgalusca@umich.edu
Ursula Keel, ukeel@umich.edu
Ji Li, liji@umich.edu
Kerry Lowell, klowell@umich.edu
Lee Roosevelt, morgaine@umich.edu
Marjorie Rubright, mrubrigh@umich.edu
Lara Rusch, lrusch@umich.edu
Monica Sheftel, msheftel@umich.edu
Nikki Siahpoush, nikkisi@umich.edu
Jessica Smith, sjessica@umich.edu
Emily Wentzell, wentzell@umich.edu
Ruth Zielinski, ruthcnm@umich.edu

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Honors

Fellowship and Award Winners—2007–2008

BARBOUR SHOLARSHIP

• Ying Zhang

INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES FELLOWSHIP

• Jennifer Palmer

RACKHAM HUMANITIES RESEARCH/DISSERTATION

• Victoria Castillo

RACKHAM HUMANITIES RESEARCH/CANDIDACY

• Navaneetha Mokkil-Maruthur

RACKHAM MERIT FELLOWSHIP

• Kara French
• Mira Bellwether
• Jessica Lotus Seeley
• Christina (Cookie) Woolner

RACKHAM ONE-TERM DISSERTATION

• Sumaio Li
• Tina DeLisle

Fellowship and Award Winners—2006–2007

MARGARET AYERS HOST

• Ying Zhang

RACKHAM INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FELLOWSHIP

• Dasa Francikova
• Kirsten Leng

RACKHAM HUMANITES RESEARCH/CANDIDACY

• Navaneetha Mokkil-Maruthur

RACKHAM ONE-TERM DISSERTATION

• Cassie Power
• Juanita Cabello
• Monica Burguera
• Christa McDermott
• Pavitra Sundar

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE INDIVIDUAL FELLOWSHIP

• Dasa Francikova

RACKHAM GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH GRANT

• Carla Pfeffer
• Jennifer Palmer
• Lynn Verduzco Baker
• Yan Long

FLAS FELLOWSHIP

• Grace Sanders

INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN AND GENDER COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIPS

• Carla Pfeffer
• Sridevi Nair

INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN AND GENDER GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD

• Dagmar Francikova
• Janice Habarth
• LaKisha Simmons

SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT DISSERTATION GRANT

• Carla Pfeffer

BARBARA PERRY ROBERTSON SCHOLARSHIP (Psychology)

• Michelle Lilly

POWER FELLOWSHIP (Psychology)

• Janice Habarth

DISSERTATION THESIS GRANT (Psychology)

• Janice Habarth
• Michelle Lilly

MOODY FELLOWSHIP (CAAS)

• Meg Ahern

NSF GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP

• Kristine Molina (honorable mention)
• Lynn Verduzco Baker (honorable mention)

NSF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT GRANT

• Lai Sze Tso

HISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND

• Kristine Molina

FORD DIVERSITY PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

• Erin Graham

STRAIGHTFORWARD MEDIA BEST ESSAY

• Kristine Molina

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HISPANICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP

• Kristine Molina

TG GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOW

• Kristine Molina

JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN COLLECTION RESEARCH GRANT (Duke University)

• LaKisha Simmons

SUMMER TRAINING ON AGING RESEARCH TOPICS-- MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM

• Natalie Sabik

Fellowship and Award Winners—2005–2006

RACKHAM PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

• Emily Lutenski (Women’s Studies & English)
• Jinny Prais (Women’s Studies & History)
• Marjorie Rubright (Women’s Studies Certificate/English Language and Literature PhD)

ANNA OLCOTT SMITH AWARD

• Jennifer Palmer (Women’s Studies & History)

BARBOUR SCHOLARSHIP

• Pavitra Sundar (Women’s Studies & English)

RACKHAM INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FELLOWSHIP

• Navaneetha Mokkil-Maruthar (Women’s Studies & English)

DOROTHY MCGUIGAN GRADUATE ESSAY AWARD WINNERS

• Kristie Ford (Sociology PhD Student), “Doing” Black Masculinity, “Being” Men

3 Honorable Mentions:

• Carla Pfeffer (Women’s Studies & Sociology)
• Kirsten Leng (Women’s Studies & History)
• Katherine Luke (Women’s Studies Certificate/Social Work & Sociology PhD)

MICHIGAN SOCIETY OF FELLOWS

• Jennifer Palmer (Women’s Studies & History)

OUTSTANDING GSI AWARD

• Cassie Power (Women’s Studies & Psychology)

INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN AND GENDER COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIPS

• Emily Lutenski (Women’s Studies & English)
• Kamille Gentles (Women’s Studies Certificate/Communication Studies PhD)

INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN AND GENDER GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD

• Jennifer Palmer (Women’s Studies & History)
• Carla Pfeffer (Women’s Studies & Sociology)

RACKHAM HUMANITES RESEARCH/CANDIDACY

• Sridevi Nair (Women’s Studies & English)
• Ying Zhang (Women’s Studies & History)

RACKHAM ONE-TERM DISSERTATION

• Cassie Power (Women’s Studies & Psychology)
• Andrea Dottolo (Women’s Studies & Psychology)
• Juanita Cabello (Women’s Studies & English)

ROBIN I THEVENET RESEARCH GRANT

• Lara Rusch (Women’s Studies Certificate/Political Science PhD)
• Emily Wentzell (Women’s Studies Certificate/Anthropology PhD)

SWEETLAND DISSERTATION WRITING INSTITUTE

• Erika Gasser (Women’s Studies & History)
• Juanita Cabello (Women’s Studies & English)

RACKHAM INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOP

• East Asia Gender Forum

Fellowship and Award Winners—2004–2005

RACKHAM PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

• Rebekah Pite (Women’s Studies & History)

HUMANITIES INSTITUTE

• Sumiao Li (Women’s Studies & English)

GLOBAL ETHNIC LITERATURES SEMINAR (GELS) FELLOWSHIP

• Jinny Prais (Women’s Studies & History)

RACKHAM SCHOOL OF CRITICISM AND THEORY (SCT) FELLOWSHIP (CORNELL UNIVERSITY)

• Pavitra Sundar (Women’s Studies& English)

INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN AND GENDER COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS FELLOWSHIPS

• Breanne Fahs (Women’s Studies & Psychology)
• Cassie Power (Women’s Studies & Psychology)

INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN AND GENDER GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD

• Emma Crandall (Women’s Studies & English)

INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN ADJUSTMENT

• Breanne Fahs (Women’s Studies & Psychology)

BARBARA PERRY ROBERSON SUMMER RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

• Cassie Power (Women’s Studies & Psychology)

2004 APA Division 27 (COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY) STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION AWARD

• Jan Habarth (Women’s Studies & Psychology)

BARBOUR SCHOLARSHIP

• Ji Li (Women’s Studies Certificate/History PhD student)

DAVID AND LIND MOSCOW PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING COMPOSITION

• Jill Lamberton (Women’s Studies Certificate/English & Education PhD Student)

RACKHAM HUMANITES RESEARCH/CANDIDACY

• Jinny Prais (Women’s Studies & History)

RACKHAM ONE-TERM DISSERTATION

• Emma Crandall (Women’s Studies & English)
• Emily Lutenski (Women’s Studies & English)

DOROTHY MCGUIGAN GRADUATE ESSAY AWARD WINNER

• Elena Dalla Torre (Romance Languages) “In the Name of Shame: Havelock Ellis, Vilette Leduc and the Birth of Lesbian Eroticism”

ROBIN I THEVENET RESEARCH GRANT

• Katherine Luke (Women’s Studies Certificate/Social Work & Sociology PhD)
• Christina Mendoza (Women’s Studies Certificate/Sociology PhD)

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Organizations & Activities

Women’s Studies Graduate Student Association—The Women’s Studies
Graduate Student Association is the official graduate student group
for students in the joint doctoral programs or certificate programs
of Women’s Studies. The Association provides an intellectual
community to develop professional interests, addresses departmental
and university concerns affecting students, sponsors events, and
fosters collegial peer relations. Questions? Please email wsgradassoc@umich.edu.

Graduate Employees Organization (GEO)—GEO is Local 3550 of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)/ Michigan Federation of Teachers and School-Related Personnel (MFT&SRP), American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) We are also affiliated with AGEL (grad employees within the AFT) and CGEU (all grad employees). GEO is an activist, democratic and volunteer-run organization where graduate employees come together to improve the wages and working conditions for themselves and for those to follow.

Rackham Graduate Student Forum—established by Rackham in 1989 as part of an effort to improve communication with and among Rackham students across all disciplines. Topics of discussion have included: climate for graduate education on campus, student governance, funding, bus transportation and other topics the participants themselves have initiated. Rackham has taken action or made changes directly in response to suggestions made during the Forum. Women’s Studies has one representative on the Forum each year. 2007–2008 Women’s Studies Representative: Emily Kazyak

LambdaGrads—organization for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer graduate and professional students at the University of Michigan. LambdaGrads provides a safe, fun and open environment for queer grad students to socialize and build community across academic disciplines. We are primarily a social organization, but we work hard to build connections with other queer grad student-serving organizations, including Open for Business (B-School), BGLAM (Med School), OUTLaws (Law School) , OUTBreak (Public Health), the Rainbow Network (Social Work), LILA (School of Info/Lib Sciences), the Stonewall Dems, and the Wolverine Commission for Human Rights. Updates on events and meetings are planned via lively, entertaining e-mail discourse. To join us, help us and hang out with us, email us.

Michigan Feminist Studies Journal—an interdisciplinary journal published annually. The journal is edited and produced by Michigan graduate students committed to interdisciplinary dialogue and critical exchange. MFS has been publishing feminist scholarship since 1978, when it began under the title Occasional Papers in Women’s Studies. In 1989, the journal began annual publication under the name Michigan Feminist Studies. It is the oldest graduate student-run journal in the country, as well as the oldest journal emerging from the University of Michigan. The primary mission of MFS is to bring original and thought-provoking scholarship in gender studies to a national audience. The journal is committed to exploring the connections between class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender.

Maize Pages—Maize Pages is the University of Michigan’s online directory of student organizations.

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