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  1. Headshot of Meredith McCarroll
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Meredith McCarroll '03MA: Director of Writing and Rhetoric at Bowdoin College

    The flexibility of the gender and cultural studies program broadened the scope of Meredith's scholarly work. Tell us about your current work. I am the Director of Writing and Rhetoric at Bowdoin College. I work with faculty and students across...

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    Voices of Simmons

    Professor Jo Trigilio Named the 2018 Pride Marshal

    Professor Jo Trigilio has been an influential activist within the LGBTQ community since 1985 and is honored to be the Pride Marshal for the 48th Annual Boston Pride Parade. How Pride began Gay Liberation marches began in cities across the...

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    Anna Brecke ’06MA, ’11MA Studies Gender Representation in Popular Media

    Anna tells us about discovering her passion for theory and academia while at Simmons. Tell us about your recent work. I’m a Victorianist working on gender representation in popular media. My nineteenth century interests connect to my secondary areas of...

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    Brenda Sanya '11MA Researches Citizenship, Immigration, and Education

    Brenda’s scholarly work and teaching benefit from the interdisciplinary approaches she learned in the GCS program. What is the focus of your work? As a scholar of citizenship, immigration, and education, my research is situated at the intersection of critical...

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    Amy Stewart ‘13MA on Being a PhD Candidate in Philosophy

    Amy reflects on the skills she cultivated at Simmons in preparation for doctoral work. What attracted you to the MA in gender and cultural studies (GCS) program at Simmons? After finishing my undergraduate work in psychology and gender studies, I...

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    Shayne Zaslow ‘11MA: The GCS Program Is Very Unique

    A PhD student in Sociology at University of Virginia, Shayne shares his thoughts on how GCS prepared him for his current studies. What did you study at Simmons? I completed a dual degree program to earn my MA in gender...

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    Ally Day '09MA: GCS Will Always Be My Intellectual Home

    Ally reflects on how her MA in gender and cultural studies made her more competitive in applying to PhD programs. Which graduate program did you complete at Simmons? What were your areas of focus? I graduated with my MA in...

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    Sarah Shives '13MA Applies Gender Theory at Work

    Sarah filled us in on her job as the Assistant Dean of Students at the University of Puget Sound! What attracted you to the gender and cultural studies (GCS) program at Simmons? I was particularly attracted to the intersectional approach...