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Extended: 2025-2026 Community Knowledge Alliance Call for Proposals
This Call for Proposals is being RE-POSTED. Funds remain available to support CKA Projects. The Community Knowledge Alliance (CKA) fund
2025-2026 Community Knowledge Alliance Call for Proposals
The Community Knowledge Alliance (CKA) fund is meant to galvanize, encourage, and facilitate discussions across different sites of intellectual inquiry
WGSI Collaborative Student Taylor Chalker Awarded the 2025 Kay Armatage Graduate Women and Gender Studies Entrance Prize
The WGSI is delighted to announce that incoming WGSI Collaborative student Taylor Chalker has been awarded the Kay Armatage Graduate Women and Gender
Congratulations Dr. Jade Nixon!
Please join the WGSI in congratulating Jade Nixon who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation  -  “The Site of Feeling: Black
Four WGSI Students Receive 2025-2026 OGS Awards
The Women & Gender Studies Institute is pleased to announce that four of our students, Yusra Khogali Ali, Esra Kazanbas,
Congratulations Dr. Hazal Halavut
Please join the WGSI in congratulating Dr. Hazal Halavut, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation – “Archives of Absence: Nation’s
Sam Yoon to Join The School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Grand Valley State University
Recent WGSI graduate Dr. Sam Yoon will begin a position as an Assistant Professor in The School of Interdisciplinary Studies
WGSI PhD Student Valley Weadick Selected as a 2025-2026 Burstow Scholarship Recipient
The Women & Gender Studies Institute would like to congratulate PhD Student Valley Weadick on being selected as a recipient
Bennette Baguisa & Samantha Dolores Sanchinel are the recipients of the 2024-2025 June Larkin TA award
Congratulations to WGSI PhD Students Samantha Dolores Sanchinel and Bennette Baguisa on receiving the 2024-2025 June Larkin TA Award. The award recognizes outstanding graduate
WGSI MA Student Stephanie Sawah is the Recipient of the 2024-2025 Margrit Eichler Award
The WGSI would like to congratulate MA student Stephanie Sawah on being the recipient of the 2024-2025 Margrit Eichler Award.