Celebrating Graduation, May 2020

Welcome to the Gender and Women’s Studies and LGBTQ+ Studies celebration of 2020 graduates. You will find a video montage from GWS faculty, a keynote address from Aili Mari Tripp, the Department Chair, and a note from Finn Enke, Associate Chair and Director of the LGBTQ+ Studies program. There are also loads of wonderful photos from students. Looking for the celebratory page for graduate students? Click here.

Find more celebration on the Spring Commencement 2020 page and remember to hashtag your social media with #UWGrad. Best wishes as you graduate. Stay in touch. We love to hear how you are doing and what you are doing in post-graduate life.

Faculty and Lecturer Messages to Students

Faculty and Lecturers Araceli Alonso, Chris Barcelos, Chris Garlough, Jenny Higgins, Judy Houck, Janet Hyde, James McMaster, Annie Menzel, Kate Phelps, and Sami Schalk

Find the transcript for the faculty and lecturer messages here.

Faculty Keynotes

Aili Mari Tripp, Chair of Gender and Women’s Studies; Professor of Political Science and Gender and Women’s Studies

Find the transcript for the keynote address from the GWS Department Chair here.

Finn Enke, Associate Chair of Gender and Women’s Studies; Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and History; Director of Graduate Studies and the LGBTQ+ Studies Certificate Program

Find the transcript for the LGBTQ+ Studies Certificate video here.

GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies Graduates

These photos and captions are also shared on the GWS Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages.

Graduating Students in Gender and Women's Studies

GWS Major
Saja Abu Hakmeh
Olivia Anderson
Brooke Behlmer
Andrew Briceno
Katie Danforth
Ana Campo Peralta
Hannah Cole
Sydney Copus
Sierra DeMartino
Katherine Eberley
Anne Eisenman
Emerson Encell
Renee Engels
Josie Garwood
Sarah Gaydos
Raina Gerritts
Julia Hagen
Lauren Hoffarth
Katie Jakubowski
Isabel Jordan
Elaina Keiser
Allison Kelliher
Elizabeth Knoll
Maura Pallitta
Aastha Pandey
Leah Piehl
Katie Pilarski
Abby Roberts
Kaitlynne Roling
Mackenzie Schlangen
Courtney Schwalbach
Allison Severin
Lariisa Stewart
Lydia Stiegman
Kaitlin Verchimak
Kayla Wasserman
Julia Wu
Ada Zhang

LGBTQ+ Studies Certificate
Andrew Briceno
Kimberly Duke
Emma Knutson
Haley Schmidt
Maya Smithson
Lariisa Stewart

GWS Certificate
Sophia Anderson
Raven Bachand
Maria Balbach
Olivia Bee
Ariana Blair
Rhiannon Bloczynski
Grace Bossert
Brianna Bren
Katherine Brenneke
Kailyn Brown
Natalie Brunner
Haley Buerger-Cole
Nora Burgener
Natalia Caldas
Breanna Callaway
Yeritza Carreno
Kathryn Castle-Wisman
Robyn Cawley
Natasha Cherono
Nicole Chladek
Elizabeth Clarke
Sid Conway
Alexandra Counts
Mackenzie Cowles
Kahley Czupek
Samantha DeSantiago
Elizabeth Dohm
Elise Drott
Madison Duello
Karissa Ebert
Allison Elliot
Xiunan Fan
Laura Farlow
Jaclyn Felicijan
Mackenzie Finch
Kaylee Garland
Marisa Gasparri
Grace Gecewicz
Chloe Gehl
Annie Gense
Holly Gill-Kneebone
Rebecca Glendon
Jessica Glickman
Alejandra Gonzales-Walker
Anesha Gordon
Meredith Grimes
Brooke Grover
Ava Gurman
Margaret Hackett
Serena Haley
Regina Hein
Emma Hicks
Leah Hollar
Ella Hosack
Alyssa Hui
Ella Hyndiuk
Emily Izenman
Dema Jaber
Katherine Johnson
Orli Jona
Samantha Jones

GWS Certificate cont.
Almira Khan
Ariana King
Isabel King
Emma Knutson
Nikita Konkel
Eli Krebs
Mary Grace Larson
Madyson Lehmann
Adeline Lennon
Jessica Levy
Megan Lewandowski
Victoria Lewis
Haley Liptow
Sophie Looker
Elizabeth Martin
Katherine McCarthy
Kathryn McClure
Samantha Michaels
Kierra Miller
Emily Mogden
Caroline Mohr
Arielle Mora Hurtado
Megan Nedden
Mia Ogorchock
Bridget Olig
Abby Olivieiri
Junlin Ou
Tayler Palkowski
Maura Pallitta
Emma Patet
Shalini Patro
Olivia Poches
Claudia Pott
Megan Provost
Katherine Reinemann
Haley Rohloff
Christa Russell
Nesha Ruther
Maria Schaefer
Amanda Scharenbrock
Leah Schmeling
McKenzie Schmitz
Rabiya Sehgal-LaRocque
Teressa Shaw
Lauren Souza
Kennedy Stumpf
Dahlia Tesfamichael
Catherine Torner
Lindsey Tushman
Mfonobong Ufot
Julia Urban
Shayna Valianos
Amelia Wagner
Claire Warsek
Lea Wheeler
Ruwandi Wijenayake
Carissa Witthuhn
Megan Wittman
Emma Woods
Natalie Worcester
Sumin Yang
Jasmine Zeidan