Class of 2020 Recognition

Author: Gender Studies Program

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Congratulations to Our Graduates

Undergraduate Class of 2020

Kelsey Allen
Major: Film, Television, and Theatr
Minors: Gender Studies, Studio Art

Sara Berumen
Majors: Gender Studies, Anthropology

Hannah Burchfield
Major: Computer Science and Engineering
Supplementary Major: Mathematics for Engineers
Minor: Gender Studies

Dinuka Cooray
Major: Gender Studies
Supplementary Major: Pre-Health Studies

Peyton Davis
Major: English
Supplementary Major: Gender Studies

Mary Hogan
Majors: Gender Studies, English

Anne Jarrett
Majors: Gender Studies, Philosophy

Dustin Macuiba
Major: Economics
Supplementary Major: Gender Studies

Andrea Martinez-Dominguez
Major: Gender Studies

Melisa Martinez-Muñoz
Major: Psychology
Minors: Gender Studies, Irish Language and Literature

Samantha Viqueira
Major: Gender Studies
Minor: Computing and Digital Technologies

Isabel Weber
Major: English
Minors: Gender Studies, Anthropology, Honors Program

James Zwierzynski
Major: Gender Studies

Graduate Class of 2020

Elijah Andrews
MA Romance Languages and Literatures - French
Gender Studies Minor

Sebastian Bostwick
MFA English
Gender Studies Minor

Jeremy Davidheiser
PhD English
Gender Studies Minor

Danielle Green
PhD English
Irish Studies Minor
Gender Studies Minor

Andrew Khajavipour
MFA English
Gender Studies Minor

Jessica Kim
PhD English
Irish Studies Minor
Gender Studies Minor

Graduate Class of August 2019

Marisol Fonseca Malavasi
PhD Literature
Gender Studies Minor

Marjorie Housley
PhD English
Irish Studies Minor
Gender Studies Minor

Minju Kwon
PhD Political Science
Gender Studies Minor

Eric Lewis
PhD English
Irish Studies Minor
Gender Studies Minor

Colleen Mitchell
PhD Political Science
Gender Studies Minor

Rebecca Wiegel
PhD Theology
Gender Studies Minor

Alpha Phi Chapter of Iota Iota Iota (Triota) Honor Society Inductees

Kelsey Allen
Sara Berumen
Hannah Burchfield
Dinuka Cooray
Peyton Davis
Anne Jarrett
Samatha Viqueira
Isabel Weber

Joan Aldous Praxis Award

Peyton Davis
Anne Jarrett

Genevieve D. Willis Thesis Award

Isabel Weber (2020)
[                      ]: Meaningful Blankness in The Little Review

G. Margaret Porter Graduate Writing Award

Danielle Green (2016)
“[Their] dress so antick”: Cross-Dressing, Mobility, and Gender Identity in the Work of Margaret Cavendish

Boehnen Internship Grant Recipients

Sara Berumen (2019)
Melisa Martinez-Muñoz (2019)
Anne Jarrett (2017)

Genevieve D. Willis Research Grant Recipients

Dinuka Cooray (2019)
Andrea Martinez-Dominguez (2019)
James Zwierzynski (2019)

Graduate Research Grant Recipients

Andrew Khajavipour (Spring 2020)
Minju Kwon (Fall 2018)

Teaching Apprentices

Marisol Fonseca Malavasi (2017-2018)
Kaneb Center Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award

Marjorie Housley (2017-2018)​​​​​​​
Kaneb Center Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award

Danielle Green (2016-2017)

Eric Lewis (2016-2017)

Programming Apprentices

Elijah Andrews (2019-2020)
Danielle Green (2018-2019)

Research Workshop Coordinators

Andrew Khajavipour (2019-2020)
Danielle Green (2018-2019)
Jeremy Davidheiser (2016-2017)
Marjorie Housley (2016-2017)
Eric Lewis (2015-2016)


Through Gendered Lenses
Volume 11, 2020
An Undergraduate Academic Journal of Gender Research and Scholarship

The Weinstein Effect and the Catholic Church: Why Female Ordination is Essential for Reform
By Ashton Weber ‘22
Majors: Economics/Film, Television, and Theatre
Minors: Journalism, Ethics & Democracy

Brooms and Bonnets: How the Toy Industry Influences Girls Towards Domesticity and Away From STEM
By Selina Nie ‘23
Major: Computer Science

The Invisible Public Health Crisis: Transgender Inmate Health Care
By Sara Berumen ‘20
Majors: Gender Studies/Anthropology

'How Come He Eats While He Works?': 1950s Hegemony and Frank Sinatra’s Alternative to Breadwinner Masculinity
By Eileen DiPofi ‘20
Major: Film, Television, and Theatre
Minor: Glynn Family Honors Program

On Being Black in America: How Atlanta Constructs Masculinity
By Sydney Porter ‘20
Majors: Political Science/Film, Television, and Theatre
Minor: Korean

Agnés Varda: The French Female Force of the New Wave
By Margret Roe ‘20
Majors: Film, Television, and Theatre/Pre-Professional Studies