Current Graduate Students

Current Women’s Studies Students
Honors
Organizations & Activities

Current Women’s Studies Students

LGBTQ Studies Certificate Program

Aaron Boalick, aaronbo@umich.edu
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
Tiffany Ball, tdball@umich.edu
Mira Bellwether, @umich.edu
Catherine Cassel, cscassel@umich.edu
MicKenzie Fasteland, mfastel@umich.edu
Emma Garrett, endless@umich.edu
Molly Hatcher, mollyhat@umich.edu
Amanda Healy, akhealy@umich.edu
Dashini Jeyathurai, jeyathud@umich.edu
Jina Kim, jinabkim@umich.edu
Jennifer McFarlane-Harris, jfmcfarl@umich.edu
Navaneetha Mokkil-Maruthur, navnee@umich.edu
Sridevi Nair, nairs@umich.edu

Women’s Studies and History Joint PhD Program Student

You-Sun Crystal Chung, yscrys@umich.edu
Lynn Eckert, eckertl@umich.edu
Dasa Francikova, dafranc@umich.edu
Kara French, karaf@umich.edu
Nicole Greer, ngreer@umich.edu
Kirsten Leng, kleng@umich.edu
Ángela Pérez-Villa, pangela@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
Shanta (Nishi) Kanukollu, snishik@umich.edu
Elma Lorenzo-Blanco, elmalb@umich.edu
Kristine Molina, kmolina@umich.edu
Samantha Montgomery, smontgo@umich.edu
Amy Moors, amymoors@umich.edu
Desdamona Rios, drios@umich.edu
Natalie Sabik, sabik@umich.edu
Danielle Shapiro, razzled@umich.edu
Alison Ziegler, aazieg@umich.edu

Women’s Studies and Sociology Joint PhD Program Student

Saida Grundy, grundy@umich.edu
Trevor Hoppe, thoppe@umich.edu
Yan Long, longyan@umich.edu
Zakiya Luna, zakiyal@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

Sarah Brooks, samcb@umich.edu
Elizabeth (Beth) Chen, bethchen@umich.edu
Elena Dalla Torre, edalla@umich.edu
Mary Kate Dennis, mkdennis@umich.edu
Amy Carpenter Ford, amycar@umich.edu
Roxana Galusca, rgalusca@umich.edu
Emily Kazyak, ekazyak@umich.edu
Emily Leskinen, leskinen@umich.edu
Lee Roosevelt, morgaine@umich.edu
Stephen Spiess, saspiess@umich.edu
Alyssa Walker, alyssasc@umich.edu
Alyssa Woods, alywoods@umich.edu
Ruth Zielinski, ruthcnm@umich.edu

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Honors

Fellowship and Award Winners--2009-10

RACKHAM HUMANITIES RESEARCH/DISSERTATION

• Navaneetha Mokkil-Maruthur

RACKHAM HUMANITIES RESEARCH/CANDIDACY

• Jamie Small

RACKHAM MERIT FELLOWSHIP

• Tiffany Ball
• Nicole Greer
• Jina Kim
• Angela Perez

RACKHAM ONE-TERM DISSERTATION

• Victoria Castillo
• Sri Nair
• Desi Rios
• LaKisha Simmons

IRWG COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS

• Meg Ahern
• Jamie Small
  

IRWG GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD

• Natalie Sabik
• Danielle Shapiro
• Cookie Woolner
  

LIPSCHUTZ/HOST/SMITH AWARD

• Nicola Curtin
  

OUTSTANDING GSI AWARD

• Sri Nair
  

RACKHAM PREDOCTORAL

• Nicola Curtin
• Desi Rios
  

DAAD Graduate Scholarship

• Kirsten Leng
  

RAMSDELL FELLOWSHIP

• Jennifer McFarlane-Harris
  

SWEETLAND DISSERTATION WRITING INSTITUTE

• Jennifer McFarlane-Harris

ROGER W. BROWN MEMORIAL AWARD (Psychology)

• Kristine Molina

For fellowship and award winners in previous years, please view them online here.

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. The 2009–2010 Women’s Studies Representative is Kara French.

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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