2022

Cassandra Hall
PhD in WGSS 2022

Dissertation: "Care as Divine Light; Care as Jagged Shard: Feeling for Transformative Care Through Midrash.” Dr. Patti Duncan (Chair), Dr. Bradley Boovy, Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (Queer Studies Minor Representative), Dr. Karen Holmberg and Dr. H. Rakes. Queer Studies Minor. Current: Adjunct Faculty in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Portland State University.

Gabs James
MAIS 2022

M.A.I.S. (Adult Learning & Higher Education/Queer Studies/College Student Services Administration). Thesis: "Joy Production: Gender Euphoria in Trans University Student Lives." Committee: Dr. Gloria Crisp (Chair), Dr. David Bernell, Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (Queer Studies Representative) and Dr. Janet Nishihara. Current: the Associate Director of Student Engagement in the College of Science at Oregon State University.

Eyra E. Kaledzi
MAIS 2022

M.A.I.S. (Speech Communication/Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies/Sociology ). Thesis: "Silence in the Storm: A Qualitative Study on the Role and Identity of Informal Supporters of Intimate Partner Violence in the Context of Ghana.” Committee: Dr. Elizabeth Root (Chair), Dr. Stephanie Jenkins, Dr. Mehra Shirazi (WGSS Represenative) and Dr. Steven Ortiz.  

Niamh Timmons
PhD in WGSS 2022

Dissertation: “'We Burst Into Being:' Dreaming the Trans Feminine Radical Imagination.” Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (Chair), Dr. Bradley Boovy, Dr. Patti Duncan, Dr. H. Rakes (Queer Studies Minor Representative) and Dr. Ana Milena Ribero. Queer Studies Minor. Current: Visiting Lecturer in Gender Studies at Mount Holyoke College.

Jennifer A. Venable
PhD in WGSS 2022

Dissertation: "Looking Back is Moving Forward: Analyzing and Re-envisioning the Contours of Cajun Cultural Identity.” Dr. Bradley Boovy (Chair), Dr. Stephanie Jenkins, Dr. Janet Lee, Dr. Ronald Mize and Dr. Elizabeth Sheehan. Current: Instructional Assistant Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi.

2021

Eli Evza Anderson
MA in WGSS 2021

Thesis: "On Happiness, Dysphoria and Pain." Committee: Dr. Patti Duncan (Chair), Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill, Dr. Karen Holmberg, Dr. H. Rakes (QS Representative) and Dr. Elizabeth Sheehan. Queer Studies Minor.

Emerson L. R. Barrett
MA in WGSS 2021

Thesis: "'The System is F*cked. Everything Needs to Change:' A Queer Feminist Pro-Sex Work Analysis of the Digital Age." Committee: Dr. H. Rakes (Chair), Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (QS Representative), Dr. Patti Duncan and Dr. Robert Melchior Figueroa. Queer Studies Minor. Current: PhD Student in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University.

Mateo Rosales Fertig
MA in WGSS 2021

Thesis: "Whisper Like Lovers: (Re)membering Story as Soul Retrieval." Committee: Dr. H. Rakes (Chair), Professor Laurie Bridges, Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (QS Representative) and Dr. Patti Duncan. Queer Studies Minor. Current: PhD Student in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University.

Kali Furman
PhD in WGSS 2021

Dissertation: "Making Sense of Social Justice Education: A Case Study of the Difference, Power and Discrimination Program." Dr. Nana Osei-Kofi (Chair), Dr. Jessica Beck, Dr. Bradley Boovy, Dr. Larry Roper and Dr. Susan Shaw. Current: Postdoctoral Scholar in Difference, Power and Discrimination at Oregon State University.

Andrea Haverkamp
PhD in Environmental Engineering, Queer Studies Minor 2021

PhD in Environmental Engineering. Dissertation: “Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Undergraduate Engineering Students: Perspectives, Resiliency and Suggestions for Improving Engineering Education.” Committee: Dr. Michelle Bothwell (Chair), Dr. Vrushali Bokli, Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (Queer Studies Representative), Dr. Natasha Mallette and Dr. Devlin Montfort. Current: Organizer, United Food & Culinary Workers.

Lzz Johnk
PhD in WGSS 2021

Dissertation: “Shifting Roots: Reimagining the Genealogical Roots of Disability Studies and Mad Studies through Women of Color Feminisms." Committee: Dr. Patti Duncan (Chair), Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (Queer Studies Minor Representative), Dr. Stephanie Jenkins, Dr. Ron Mize and Dr. H Rakes. Queer Studies Minor. Current: Visiting Assistant Professor in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Grand Valley State University.

Andrés C. López
PhD in WGSS 2021

Dissertation: “Kemenik Natajsaj Qach’ob’oj Chirij le Xib’inel / Weaving to Remember Our Ghost Stories: A Queer and Trans Memoria Histórica of the Guatemalan Civil War.” Committee: Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (Chair), Dr. Natchee Barnd, Dr. Patti Duncan (Queer Studies Minor Representative), Dr. Ana Milena Ribero and Dr. Elizabeth Sheehan. Queer Studies Minor. Current: Assistant Professor of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University.

Maxwell Sajaad López
MA in WGSS 2021

Thesis: "The Tawhīdic Pull: Towards a Queer Islamic Spiritual Activism." Dr. Patti Duncan & Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (co-chairs), Professor Flaxen Conway, Dr. Susan Shaw, & Dr. Mehra Shirazi. Queer Studies Minor. Current: Equity Research Officer, Carleton University Academic Staff Association (CUASA)

Gabrielle Miller
MA in WGSS 2021

Thesis: “Cosmic Heritages: Multiraciality and Epistemologies of Black and Native Storytelling.” Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (Chair), Dr. Karen Holmberg, Dr. Ronald Mize and Dr. H. Rakes (QS Representative). Queer Studies Minor. Current: Digital Student Experience Coordinator at Grand Valley State University.

Abby Mulcahy
PhD in Public Health, WGSS Minor 2021

PhD in Public Health. Dissertation: “Transgender Adults Living with Disabilities: Factors Associated with Health Care Utilization.” Dr. Marie Harvey (Chair), Dr. Janet Lee (WGSS Representative), Dr. Laurel Kincl, Dr. Aurora Sherman, Dr. Darcy McMaughan and Dr. Karen Volmar. Current: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care at the VA Portland Healthcare System; Delivery Systems Science Fellow through AcademyHealth.

2020

Aneeq Ahmed
MA in WGSS 2020

Thesis: "Understanding Queer and Trans Muslim Divinity through Islamic Feminisms." Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (Chair), Dr. Patti Duncan, Dr. H Rakes, Dr. Mehra Shirazi, Dr. Patti Sakurai. 

Devon Graham
MA in WGSS 2020

Thesis: "Missed the Best Months of the War’: Masculinity,Homosociality and Empire among British Royal Flying Corps Interned in First World War German Prisoner of War Camps." Dr. Janet Lee (Chair), Dr. Bradley Boovy (QS Representative), Dr. Mina Carson, Dr. Daniel Lopez-Cevallos. Queer Studies Minor.

Tiramisu Hall
MA in WGSS 2020

Thesis: "Dark Yolk: Decolonial Two-Spirit Storytelling." Committee: Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (Chair), Dr. Natchee Blu Barnd, Dr. Patti Duncan and Dr. H. Rakes (QS Representative). Queer Studies Minor.

Tallon Kennedy
MA Literature & Culture, Queer Studies Minor 2020

Thesis: “Queer Materiality: Freaks, Ghosts and Madness in Victorian Culture and the Novels of Charlotte Brontë." Dr. Megan Ward (Chair), Dr. Susan Bernardin, Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill, Dr. H. Rakes.

Rebecca Lambert
PhD in WGSS 2020

Dissertation: "Getting Emotional: Affective Whiteness in Feminist Anti-Racist Social Justice Movements." Dr. Patti Duncan (chair), Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill, Dr. Marta Maldonado, Dr. Larry Roper, Dr. Tom Scheurmann and Dr. Elizabeth Sheehan. Current: Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor in Women's and Gender Studies at Syracuse University.

Maria Lenzi Miori
MA in WGSS 2020

Thesis: "Remapping the Margins: Women's Narratives and Perspectives about Health and Access in the state of Amazonas (Brazil)." Dr. Cari Maes (Chair), Dr. Janet Lee, Dr. Mehra Shirazi, Dr. Melissa Cheyney, Dr. Soria Colomer, Dr. Susan Bernardin. Current: Shelter Advocate at Center Against Rape & Domestic Violence, Corvallis, Oregon. 

Odunola Oladejo
MA in WGSS 2020

Thesis: "A Reproductive Justice Approach to Understanding Yoruba Women’s Experiences with Early Marriage and Bride Price in Nigeria." Dr. Mehra Shirazi (Chair), Dr. Nana Osei-Kofi, Dr. Robert Thompson, Laurie Bridges.

Fatima Rezai
MA in WGSS 2020

Thesis: “Narratives of Motherwork, Agency and Resilience: An Oral History of Afghan Immigrant Mothers in the Pacific Northwest Diaspora." Dr. Cari Maes (Chair), Dr. Kelly D. Chandler, Dr. Melissa Cheyney and Dr. Liddy Detar

Dawn Schiller
MA in WGSS 2020

Thesis: "'Casting Call': The Female Actor’s Struggle to Stardom.” Dr. Susan Shaw (Chair), Dr. Liddy Detar, Dr. Charlotte Headrick, Dr. Darlene Russ-Eft. Current:  Speaker, educator, consultant, coach and author. https://www.dawn-schiller.com.

Luhui Whitebear
PhD in WGSS 2020

Dissertation: "Secrets of Survival: Restoring Cultural Memories through Counter-Colonial Intergenerational Storytelling in Indigenous Activist Circles." Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (chair), Dr. Natchee Barnd, Dr. Bradley Boovy (Queer Studies Representative), Dr. Patti Duncan, Dr. Ronald Mize. First PhD student to minor in Queer Studies at OSU. Current: Assistant Professor in the School of Language, Culture and Society at Oregon State University; Center Director at Kaku-Ixt Mana Ina Haws, Oregon State University.

Minerva Zayas
MA in WGSS 2020

Thesis: “LGBTQ Latinx Student Activists and Leaders in the State of Oregon: A Preliminary Study.”  Dr. Susan Shaw (Chair), Dr. Susan Bernardin, Dr. Marta Maldondo, Dr. Tenisha Tevis. Current: Case Manager at Foster First, Yakima and Wenatchee, Washington.

2019

Emma Larkins
MA in WGSS 2019

Thesis: "'The Struggle Continues': An analysis of the Concerned Student 1950 Demands at the University of Missouri." Dr. Ronald Mize (Chair), Kryn Freehling-Burton, Dr. Janet Lee, Dr. Janet Nishihara. Current: PhD Student in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University. 

Carolina Melchor
MA in WGSS 2019

Thesis: "The Feminist Itinerant School: A Feminist Pedagogical Approach to Curriculum Transformation for Public School Teachers in Brazil. " Dr. Janet Lee, Dr. Cari Maes, Dr. Michael O'Malley. Current: Teacher, Waldorf School, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Jeana Moody
MA in WGSS 2019

Thesis: "Feeling through Language: Affect in Gendered Language." Dr. Bradley Boovy (Chair), Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill, Dr. Elizabeth Sheehan, Dr. Adam Schwartz. Current: Coordinator for Programs, Women's Center at the University of Idaho.

Folasade Oludayo
MA in WGSS 2019

Thesis : "A Global Trend of Child trafficking Among Girls Experiencing Violence and Neglect in the Yorùbá Ethnic group in Nigeria: A Transnational Feminist Approach." Dr. Susan Shaw (Chair), Dr. Janet Lee, Dr. Liddy Detar, Dr. Iyunolu Osagie. Current: Social Services Specialist, State of Oregon, DHS, Corvallis, Oregon.

2018

Abritty Abdullah
MA in WGSS 2018

Thesis: "Living Through Resistance: A Transnational Feminist Analysis of Hijras and Gender Non-Conforming Identity Representation in the Documentary Films, Call Me Salma and Are We So Different?" Dr. Liddy Detar (chair), Dr. Patti Duncan, Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill and Dr. Adam Schwartz. 

Phebean Adekunle
MA in WGSS 2018

Thesis: "The Invisible Mosaic of Unpaid Reproductive Labor in Nigeria: A Transnational Feminist Perspective." Dr. Patti Duncan (chair), Dr. Marigold Holmes, Dr. Janet Lee and Dr. Mehra Shirazi.

Gabrielle Boyle
MA in WGSS 2018

Thesis: "The Drag of Being A Drag Princess: A Queer Performance Auto-ethnography." Queer Studies Minor. Dr. Liddy Detar (chair), Dr. Bradley Boovy, Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill (Queer Studies representative) and Dr. Darlene Russ-Eft. Current: ASWOU Office Coordinator, Western Oregon University.

Sanju Gharti Chhetri
MA in WGSS 2018

Thesis: "Queer Representations within Hindu Theology: A Site of Inquiry on Current Heteronormative Paradigms of Sexuality in Nepal." Dr. Nana Osei-Kofi (chair), Dr. Liddy Detar, Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill and Dr. Stuart Sarbacker.

Cassandra Hall
MA in WGSS 2018

Thesis: "Beyond Shame: Feeling for Care in Queer, Crip Memoir." Queer Studies Minor. Dr. Bradley Boovy (chair), Kryn Freehling-Burton, Dr. Patti Duncan (Queer Studies representative), Dr. Barbara Muraca. Current: PhD Candidate in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University.

Marisa Moser
MAIS 2018

M.A.I.S. (Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies/College Student Services Administration). Project: "Social Justice Education Textbooks: What’s Changing Between Editions- A Comparative Analysis Between Multiple Editions of Is Everyone Really Equal? and Readings for Diversity and Social Justice." Dr. Larry Roper (chair), Dr. Patti Duncan, Dr. Erich Pitcher and Dr. Mila Zuo. Current: Program Coordinator, Queer Resource Center, Portland Community College, Cascade, Oregon.

Sam Rodenberg
MAIS 2018

M.A.I.S. (College Student Services Administration/Kinesiology/Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies). Project: "Department of Recreational Sports at Oregon State University: Expanding Gender Inclusion in Collegiate Recreation." Dr. Larry Roper (chair), Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill, Dr. Vicki Ebbeck and Dr. Veronica Irvin. Current: Sport Programs Coordinator, Recreational Sports, Oregon State University.

Samuel Z. Shelton
MA in WGSS 2018

Thesis: "Advocates Empowered: Queering the Contemporary Movement Against Sexual and Domestic Violence." Queer Studies Minor. Dr. Janet Lee (chair), Dr. Bradley Boovy (Queer Studies representative), Dr. Liddy Detar, Dr. Ana Ribero. Current: PhD Student in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University.

Emerald Stacy
PhD in Mathematics, WGSS Minor 2018

Ph.D. in Mathematics. Dissertation: “On Small Heights of Totally p-adic Numbers." Dr. Clayton Petsche (chair), Dr. Mary Flahive, Dr. David Finch, Dr. Cari Maes (WGSS representative) and Dr. Darlene Rust-Eft. Current: Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Washington College.

Elijah Stucki
Integrated Minor in WGSS, Queer Studies and Ethnic Studies 2018

M.A. in College Student Services Administration. Thesis: "A Place for Us: Asexual and Aromantic Students in Higher Education." Dr. Erich Pitcher (chair), Dr. Bradley Boovy (WGSS/Queer Studies representative), Charline Martinez and Dr. Robert Thomson.

2016

Michelle Marie
PhD in Design and Human Environment, WGSS Minor 2016

Ph.D. in Design and Human Environment. Dissertation: "Lived Experiences of 'Beautiful' Women: A Postmodern Feminist Exploration of Beauty Discourse and Identity." Dr. Brigitte Cluver (Chair),  Dr. Hsiou-Lien Chen, Dr. Stephanie Jenkins and Dr. Janet Lee (WGSS Representative). Current: Program Manager, InnovationX, College of Business at Oregon State University.

2015

Courtney Everson
PhD in Applied Anthropology, WGSS Minor 2015

Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology. Dissertation: "'I'm a Mom Too!' - Stigma, Support & Contested Identities among Adolescent Mothers in the United States." Committee: Dr. Melissa Cheyney (Chair), Dr. Marit Bovbjerg, Dr. Donna Champeau, Dr. Urszula Iwaniec, Dr. Janet Lee (WGSS representative) and Dr. Kenneth Maes. Current: Academic Faculty and the Dean of Graduate Studies at the Midwives College of Utah.

2010

Tucker Readdy
PhD in Exercise and Sport Science, Women Studies Minor 2010

Ph.D. in Exercise and Sport Science. Dissertation: "Weighing in on NBC’s 'The Biggest Loser': Surveillance Medicine, Self-Concept and Gender on the Scale." Dr. Vicki Ebbeck (chair), Dr. Brad Cardinal, Dr. Janet Lee (Women Studies Representative) and Dr. Patti Watkins. Current: Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator in Exercise and Sport Psychology at the University of Wyoming.

Susan D. Turner
PhD in Education, Women Studies Minor 2010

Ph.D. in Education. Dissertation: "Exploring Resilience in the Lives of Women Leaders in Early Childhood Health, Human Services and Education." Dr. LeoNora Cohen (chair), Dr. Janet Lee, Dr. Becky Warner, Dr. Patti Watkins, Dr. Ken Winograd and Dr. Susan M. Shaw.

2005

Mehra Shirazi
PhD in Public Health Promotion and Education, Women Studies Minor 2005

Ph.D. in Public Health Promotion and Education. PhD Minor in Environmental Health Management. Dissertation: "Breast Cancer Screening Behaviors of Immigrant Iranian Women." Donna Champeau (chair), Dr. Charles Langford, Dr. Anne Rossignol and Dr. Susan Shaw (Women Studies representative). Current: Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University.

2003

Marilyn J. Barlow
PhD in Family Resource Management, Women Studies PhD Minor 2003

Ph.D. in Family Resource Management. Dissertation: "In their Own Words: Divorced and Widowed Women, Retirement and Friendships." Committee: Leslie N. Richards and Geraldine I. Olson (co-chairs).

Áine M. Humble
PhD in Human Development and Family Studies, Women Studies PhD Minor 2003

Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies. Dissertation: "'Doing Weddings': Couples' Gender Strategies in Wedding Preparation." Committee: Dr. Alexis J. Walker and Dr. Anisa M. Zvonkovic (co-chairs). Current: Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator in Family Studies & Gerontology at Mount Saint Vincent University.

2002

Margaret Manoogian
PhD in Human Development and Family Studies, Women Studies PhD Minor 2002

Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies. Dissertation: "Linking Generations: The Family Legacies of Older Armenian Mothers." Committee: Dr. Alexis J. Walker and Dr. Leslie N. Richards (co-chairs), Dr. Barbara Cusimano and Dr. Janet Lee (Women Studies representative). Current: Associate Professor, Gerontology Division, Behavioral Sciences at Western Oregon University.

Lori McGraw
PhD in Human Development and Family Studies, Women Studies PhD Minor 2002

Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies. Dissertation: "Connections between Women's Unpaid Family Work and their Family Relationships: A Feminist Analysis." Committee: Dr. Alexis J. Walker (chair), Dr. Karen Hooker and Dr. Janet Lee (Women Studies representative). Current: Senior Instructor in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University.

1998

Tamara Lee
PhD in Public Health, Women Studies PhD Minor 1998

Ph.D. in Public Health. Dissertation: "Life Stories of High-Risk White Female Teens: Qualitative Retrospective Interviews with Adolescents Ten Years after Participation in a Dropout and Pregnancy Prevention Program." Dr. Margaret M. Smith (chair), Dr. Luana Beeson, Dr. Anna Harding, Dr. Arlene Holyoak and Dr. Janet Lee (Women Studies representative).