WGSS News

WGSS Chair Janell Hobson and Affiliated Faculty, music professor Kyra Gaunt, are part of a panel discussion following the film screening on January 24. This is the first in a series of commemorative events for the late author (1931-2019) who once taught at the University at Albany. The next event is a special exhibit of Morrison's time at UAlbany, which will launch on her birthday, February 18, in the Science Library.

Awkwafina, or Nora Lum, graduated from UAlbany in 2011 with a degree in women’s studies and journalism. Awkwafina became the first Asian-American woman to win “Best Actress in Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy” at the Golden Globes for her role in “The Farewell.” Read the News 10 story

The College of Arts and Sciences Public Engagement office featured on their site Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Chair Janell Hobson, where she discussed her November 2019 pop-up exhibit on Harriet Tubman and what attracted her to this particular public engagement. 

WGSS alumni Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Vanessa Valenti, both co-founders of Feministing, are part of a feature in the New York Times as the blog comes to an end. 

The Harriet Tubman Pop-Up Exhibit at the Albany Barn took place on November 22, 2019. The exhibit was a collaborative public engagement across University at Albany, Albany Law School, and RPI. Students in the course “Race, Rape Culture, and the Law” contribute a detailed timeline exploring Tubman’s life. The event commemorated the 170th anniversary of Tubman’s escape from slavery. View photos from the event.

More than 200 members of the University’s faculty and staff — primarily women — gathered last week for a conference dedicated to strengthening connections, sharing experiences and encouraging the leadership of the University’s women.  

Congratulations to Prof. Barbara Sutton, who was selected for a Writing Residency at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy for Summer 2019. Also receiving honors is WGSS major Cheyenne Alexis-Pieters, who received a 2019 Presidential Award for Undergraduate Research for her creative photographic project on Black Women Artists.

SIGH (Sexuality Intersectionality Gender Hangout), the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies graduate student organization at the University at Albany, is hosting a conference titled Feminism is for Every(Body) on Saturday, April 13, from 9am-4pm in Humanities 354 (on the uptown UAlbany campus).