Past Recipients of a WS Graduate Certificate
2003
Zoe Peterson completed her clclinical
internship at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center (2005), which was the
final step for her PhD in Psychology. She then accepted a postdoctoral
fellowship at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and
Reproduction. In 2007 Zoe became an Assistant Professor of Psychology at
the University of Missouri-St. Louis, teaching gender/sex-related
courses.
Carey Scheerer began graduate work (2005)
in Anthropology at the University of Colorado.
Sharon Sullivan is currently an A Assistant
Professor in Theatre at
Washburn University, teaching Theatre and Women's Studies.
Sullivan's Final WS 898 Paper: "Refusing Stereotypes".
Jennifer Thibodeaux is currently an
Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater,
and teaches courses in Medieval, Ancient, and Early Modern European
History, and in Gender and Women's History.
Heather Van Mullem is currently a
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology
at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, ID.
2004
Elizabeth M. Lagaron is currently working
on her Ph.D. in English at the University of Kansas,"Jack Kerouac's vision
of the 'Fellaheen'." Lagaron's Final WS 898 Paper:
"Hazy Image of the Mexican "Fellaheen" in On The Road".
Jimmie Manning
Susan Reneau received her PhD in
Psychology (2006, KU),"The Function of Unwanted Consensual Sexual Activity
in Heterosexual Dating Relationships". She is a clinical psychologist at
the VA Medical Center in Brimingham AL (2007- present). Reneau's Final WS
898 Paper:
Consensual Sexual Activity in Heterosexual
Dating Relationships".
2005
Roksana Alavi is an assistant prorofessor in
the Philosophy and History Department at South Texas College
(2005-present). Alavi's Final WS 898 Paper:
"Female Genital Mutilation and
Cosmetic Surgery"
Carly Hayden Foster received her PhD in
Political Science (2005, KU) and is now assistant professor in Political
Science at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (2006-present).
Dawn Gale
Shana Hughes received her PhD in Applied
Anthropology (KU, 2006),"The Affect of Gender and Culture on the
Experience of Migrant Farmworkers in the United States"; she is now
Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida (2006-present).
Hughes' Final WS 898 Paper: "The
Moment of Feminine Invention".
Tamela Ice received her PhD in Philosophy
(KU, 2007),"The Paradox of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Sexual Politics:
Voluntary Agreement, Psychological Oppression, and the Dehumanization of
Woman." She is now Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences,
Kansas City Kansas Community College (2007-present). Ice's Final WS 898
Paper:
"Sexual Politics in Rousseau, Flaubert,
and Sand".
Chelsea D. Schlievert was in the
Photography Department, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art (2007-2008), and is
now Public Programs Coordinator, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
(2008-present). Schlievert's Final WS 898 Paper: "Nostalgic
Coolness"; bibliography.
2006
Christine Anderson received her doctorate in
History (August 2008, KU),"(Per)Forming Female Politics: The Making of the
'Modern Woman' in London, 1890-1914." Dr. Anderson is currently a Lecturer
in the Department of History and Department of Humanities & Western
Civilization at KU for the 2008-09 academic year.
Jennifer Balke continues to work on her PhD
dissertation in English, which explores pre- and post-modern
representations of medieval virginity. In addition, She recently accepted
and began a Communication Arts teaching position at Blue Valley High
School in Stilwell, Kansas. Balke's
Final WS 898 paper.
Jane Irungu received her Certificate in Women
Studies in 2006. She worked for International Programs as Director of
the Global Awareness Program 2004-2008. She is currently the
Associate Director of the Kansas African Studies Center, KU and a PhD
Candidate in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies,
School of Education, KU.
Anne Marie Morgan is a graduate student,
working on her PhD in Philosophy.
Milton Wendland is a graduate student,
working on his PhD in American Studies.
2007
Ryan Gaston
Erin Gingrich-Gaylord
Jan Hovden
Nichole Kathol
Elizabeth Miller
Ryan Weaver
2008
Jason Barrett-Fox received his graduate
certificate in Spring 2008 and his MA in English and American Studies; he
currently is a PhD student in English.
Lindsey Feitz received her graduate
certificate in Spring 2008 and is currently a PhD student in the Institute
for Policy and Social Research.
Sohyun Lee received her graduate certificate
in Summer 2008, and is currently a PhD student in Theatre and Film.
