Our Graduate Community

We congratulate Heather Ondercin, who will graduate this term. Her dissertation has been selected as the best dissertation on women and politics in 2007. Heather is an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Women's and Gender Studies Program at LSU.

Great work!

Uma Asher Ph.D candidate in History, with a minor in Women's Studies email Uma Asher

Beth Bee Dual PhD candidate in Geography and Women's Studies email Beth Bee

Jennifer Biedendorf PhD candidate in Communication Arts and Sciences with a minor in Women's Studies email Jennifer Biedendorf

Yihuai Cai Dual PhD candidate in Curriculum & Instruction and Women's Studies email Yihuai Cai

Valentina Cesco email Valentina Cesco

Sushmita Chatterjee Dual PhD candidate in Political Science and Women's Studies email Sushmita Chatterjee

Jennifer de Coste Dual PhD candidate in Curriculum & Instruction (Educational Leadership) and Women's Studies email Jennifer de Coste

Karen DeHerman PhD candidate in English with a minor in Women's Studies email Karen DeHerman

Kate Driscoll Derickson Dual Ph.D candidate in Geography and Women's Studies email Kate Driscoll Derickson

Crystal Endsley Dual PhD candidate in Curriculum & Instruction and Women's Studies Interim Assistant Director of the Robeson Cultural Center email Crystal Endsley

Mary Faulkner Dual PhD candidate in History and Women's Studies email Mary Faulkner

Sarah Gervais Dual PhD candidate in Psychology and Women's Studies email Sarah Gervais

Jessica Hayes-Conroy Dual PhD candidate in Geography & Women’s Studies email Jessical Hayes-Conroy

Stephanie Jenkins Dual PhD candidate in Philosophy and Women's Studies email Stephanie Jenkins

Johanna Johnson email Johanna Johnson

Hillary A. Jones PhD candidate in Communication Arts and Sciences with a minor in Women’s Studies email Hillary Jones

Elizabeth Kinne Dual PhD candidate in French and Women's Studies email Elizabeth Kinne

Regina McNamara PhD candidate in Mass Communications with a minor in Women's Studies email Regina McNamara

Marie Madonna-Kissell Dual PhD candidate in Curriculum & Instruction and Women's Studies email Marie Madonna-Kissell

Ruth Mendum Dual PhD candidate in Rural Sociology and Women's Studies email Ruth Mendum

Niveditha Menon PhD candidate in Sociology and Demography with a minor in Women's Studies email Niveditha Menon Click here for information on Niveditha's Job Talk, November 27th

Rachel Moran Dual MA candidate in History and Women's Studies email Rachel Moran

Challen Nicklen Dual PhD candidate in Political Science and Women's Studies email Challen Nicklen

Atsuko Nonoguchi PhD candidate in Rural Sociology with a minor in Women's Studies email Atsuko Nonoguchi

Heather Ondercin Dual PhD candidate in Political Science and Women's Studies email Heather Ondercin

Adetty Perez-Miles Dual PhD candidate in Art Education and Women's Studies email Adetty Perez-Miles

Raena Quinlivan PhD candidate in Communication Arts and Sciences with a minor in Women’s Studies email Raena Quinlivan

Laura Rattner Dual PhD candidate in Curriculum & Instruction and Women's Studies email Laura Rattner

Cole Reilly Dual PhD candidate in Curriculum & Instruction and Women's Studies email Cole Reilly

Melissa Rock Dual PhD candidate in Geography and Women's Studies email Melissa Rock

Zenaida Sanjurjo-Rodriguez MS candidate in Curriculum & Instruction with a minor in Women's Studies email Zenaida Sanjurjo-Rodriguez

Alexa Schriempf Dual PhD candidate in Philosophy and Women's Studies email Alexa Schriempf

Dana Schulte Dual MA candidate in French and Women's Studies email Dana Schulte

Srijana Shrestha Dual PhD candidate in Psychology and Women's Studies email Srijana Shrestha

Nicole Sparling PhD candidate in Comparative Literature with a minor in Women's Studies email Nicole Sparling

Lissette Szwydky Dual PhD candidate in English and Women's Studies email Lissette Szwydky

Margaret Thomas PhD candidate in Psychology with a minor in Women's Studies email Margaret Thomas

Tasha Walston PhD candidate in Comparative Literature with a minor in Women's Studies email Tasha Walston

Shannon Walters Dual PhD candidate in English and Women's Studies email Shannon Walters

Ying Wang Dual PhD candidate in French and Women's Studies email Ying Wang

Sarah Stone Watt PhD candidate in Communication Arts and Sciences with a minor in Women’s Studies email Sarah Stone Watt

Jill Weber PhD candidate in Communication Arts and Sciences with a minor in Women’s Studies email Jill Weber

Carol Williams PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics with a minor in Women's Studies email Carol Williams

Dai-Rong Wu Dual PhD candidate in Art Education and Women's Studies email Dai-Rong Wu

Women's Studies encourages interdisciplinary and promotes collegiality among students and faculty. We coordinate many events throughout the year that bring together our graduate students and faculty from different departments and colleges across campus. Some of our regular events include:

• Women's Studies Graduate Organization - creates intellectual networks and conducts various events including an annual conference
• Feminist Scholars Series - four prominent scholars visit Penn State each year to present cutting edge work
• Informal gatherings where students, faculty and staff relax together, celebrate achievements, and introduce new colleagues into the women's studies community
• Women's Studies Newsletter - our newsletter is a forum for interdisciplinary discussion within women's studies as well as the larger community.

Visit the Women's Studies Graduate Organization to see what our grads are up to!