WGSS News

Drew Dixon, music executive/producer, artist, activist, and an important advocate for the game-changing New York State Adult Survivors Act, which expired in 2023. Free and open to the public in the Campus Center Extension Multipurpose Room.

Samhita Mukhopadhyay, a UAlbany alum who graduated with a BA in Women’s Studies in 2000, visited our university to present her new book “The Myth of Making it: A Workplace Reckoning” (Random House, 2024).

Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. Free and Open to the Public. Location: Standish Room of the Science Library, 3rd Floor on the Uptown Campus, University at Albany.

Featuring the work of Dr. Aideen O'Shaughnessy and Dr. Nayla Luz Vacarezza. To be presented Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 3 p.m. in the Standish Room, 3rd floor Science Library at the University at Albany Uptown Campus. The two featured authors will present their scholarship on abortion politics and what's at stake when abortion is largely illegal or severely restricted. They will also showcase strategies for social change.

The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.

On May 11, 2024, during the Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony, Nora Lum ('11 BA, Women's Studies and Journalism) received an honorary doctorate degree from the University at Albany. Among other accomplishments, Nora Lum (or Awkwafina, as she is known professionally) was the first Asian-American to win a Golden Globe Best Actress award. WGSS faculty were delighted to join the ceremony and celebrate with Awkwafina!

The department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies joined the 2024 UAlbany Showcase on Tuesday, April 30 with sessions including 15 student presentations.

WGSS students, staff, faculty and friends of the department gathered May 1, 2024 to honor their graduating class, the Teaching Collective, student interns, community partners and award recipients.