The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s departmental awards. To learn more the scholarships we offer, the alumni they memorialize, and the generous benefactors who support our students.
Stephen Lynn Smith Memorial Scholarship for Social Justice ($3,000 each for two awardees—open to graduate or undergraduates)
Oriette D’Angelo from Caracas, Venezuela is a second-year doctoral student in Spanish & Portuguese with a graduate certificate in Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences/Graduate College.
Amira Nash from Cedar Rapids, Iowa is a second-year doctoral student in Educational Policy and Leadership Studies: Schools, Culture, & Society, College of Education/ Graduate College.
Adah Johnson/Otilia Maria Fernandez Scholarship ($1,500 for one undergraduate awardee)
Shimin Park from Cheongju, South Korea is a senior majoring in Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies, with a minor in Sociology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Kristin K. Lippke Memorial Scholarship ($4,000 each for two undergraduate awardees)
Claire Player from Mount Vernon, Iowa is a junior majoring in Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies and International Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Yasmina Sahir from Dyersville, Iowa is a fourth-year student majoring in Social Justice and Criminology, with a minor in philosophy and certificate in Human Rights, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Adele Kimm Scholarship ($3,000 for one graduate awardee)
Mengmeng Liu from Jinzhou, China is a second-year doctoral student in Communication Studies as well as a certificate student in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies and Public Digital Humanities, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences/Graduate College.
Jane A. Weiss Memorial Dissertation Scholarship ($5,000 for one graduate awardee)
Hannah I. Rochford from Cedar Rapids, Iowa is a fourth-year doctoral student in the Department of Health Management & Policy, College of Public Health/ Graduate College.
We offer our warmest congratulations to these outstanding students and to the many other impressive students who applied for these awards.