Presidential
Awards ($1,000 each)
Catherine Sustana
Graduate student in English. To create a "room of her own"
to engage in creative writing projects.
Catherine Sustana and Kim Sprague
Marcia Esparza
Ph.D. student in Sociology. To visit Chiapis, Mexico, as part of
a study of human rights and Zapatista movement.
Marion Harris
Non-traditional Ph.D. student in Sociology. To study mental health
issues of black and white elderly women, drawing comparisons between
New York City and Albany.
Lakishia Jetter
Office of Technology staff member. To pursue an undergraduate computer
science degree.
Margery Saunders
Ph.D. student in Social Welfare. To conduct evaluation research
of the Center for Women in Government's leadership intern program
(a program which encourages teenage women of color to consider careers
in public policy).
General Awards
Nancy Belowich-Negron ($400)
Director, Disabled Student Services. To attend an institute on leadership
education, to help empower disabled students.
Elissa Brown ($500)
Ph.D. student in Psychology. To undertake thesis research in the
clinical psychology effects of disclosing rape.
Loucia Constantinou ($500)
Ph.D. student in Educational Theory and Practice. To return to Cyprus
for completion of research on teacher education.
Institute for Research on Women
($500)
To create a competitive award for a faculty woman to write research
grants.
Jo-Anne Latza ($500)
Non-traditional undergraduate in sociology with a Psychology minor.
For tuition for two courses and child care support.
Carol Sanchez ($600)
MFA student in printmaking. To purchase special tools to advance
knowledge of mezzotint technique.
Eileen Scanlon ($500)
Office of Accounting staff member. For tuition for CPA exam preparation.
Robin Shepard ($250)
Ph.D. student in Criminal Justice. To attend the American Society
of Criminal Justice to present a paper on Police Supervision.
Heather Sullivan-Catlin
($500)
Ph.D. student in Sociology. To study cohousing communities and their
impact on women and child care support.
Julie Tomaso ($600)
MFA student. To purchase materials for her MFA thesis exhibit paintings.
Shannon Turner ($500)
Ph.D. student in Clinical Psychology. To research irritable bowel
syndrome, which primarily affects women, and cognitive therapy.
Annie Verbicky ($250)
Ph.D. student in English. To videotape the performance of her play,
"Crossing Over: I'm Gonna' Make It After All" on gender
roles, to be shown at the New England Women's Studies Association
meeting.
Top of the Awards
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