WGS Awards and Assistantships

Kate Friedman, Women’s and Gender Studies Major and Work Study

Undergraduate and Graduate Paper Prizes

The Toni Taverone Graduate Paper Prize and the Marguerite Fisher Undergraduate Paper Prize recognize excellence amongst Women’s and Gender Studies students. Selected papers demonstrate an exceptional grasp of gender analyses and/or feminist theory, and may be submitted by students or nominated by faculty. Paper prize recipients receive a monetary award in addition to the recognition of excellence.

The Bread and Roses Award

The Diane Lyden Murphy BREAD AND ROSES AWARD for Activism on Behalf of Women recognizes a student, faculty member or staff whose activism has creatively sup-ported women on campus, or in the community. The recipient will receive $500. The activist work may take many forms such as art and community activism, curriculum innovation, policy improvement, research and writing, and the recipient will receive $500 in addition to the recognition of creativity in activism.

Teaching Assistantships through WGS

WGS offers Teaching Assistantships to advanced doctoral students throughout the university. Teaching Associates (TA’s) earn a stipend in addition to receiving a tuition scholarship. The primary responsibility of these positions is to provide teaching assistance to core WGS courses, typically WGS 101: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies and WGS 201: Transnational Feminist Studies. WGS TA positions offer an opportunity for mentorship and invaluable experience with feminist pedagogies. WGS TA’s are offered additional support through the Future Professoriate Program (FPP) at SU.