MA Alumni Listing

• Committee: Jennifer Jones, Harriet Davidson, Jennifer Morgan
• Thesis/Practicum: Practicum: Searching for Feminist Motives in Women Who Choose Midwives

• Committee: Anna Sampaio, Radhika Balakrishnan, Carlos Decena
• Post-MA Employment/Education: Legislative Director, State Representative Mary Gonzalez of Texas.
• Thesis/Practicum: Thesis: The Anchor Baby: Discursive Constructions of Immigrant Subjects
• RU Core Link: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/37385/

Genevieve is a feminist activist who holds a B.A. in International Relations from St. Edward's University with a focus on human rights and women's rights. Her experiences in community and labor organizing informed her undergraduate research focus on issues of social justice, including policies addressing FGM in immigrant communities in the United States and Europe, the Global Gag Rule and its effects on women internationally, and published work on the history of Iraq under the British Mandate in the interwar period. Her work at Rutgers has addressed the human rights of undocumented immigrants and the impact of NAFTA on poverty in Mexico and trends in emigration from Mexico to the United States. Her MA thesis examines "anchor baby" rhetoric on cable news networks through critical discourse analysis and the consequences of this "anchor baby" discourse on the lived experiences of immigrant populations in the United States.

• Committee: Jennifer Jones, Harriet Davidson
• Thesis/Practicum: Practicum: Gender Equality in Education

• Committee: Mary Gossy, Jennifer Jones, Harriet Davidson
• Thesis/Practicum: Practicum: New York Men Against Sexism (NYC)

• Committee: Mary Trigg, Radhika Balakrishnan, Julie Rajan
• Thesis/Practicum: Practicum: Reflections on Women's Leadership in Liberia and the Work of Women's Campaign International with Women's Campaign International (Philadelphia, PA)

Kate Slider graduated from Juniata College with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary explorations of gender. Her individualized plan of study has allowed her to explore a range of perspectives on gender from fields such as sociology, peace and conflict studies, and psychology. While at Juniata, Kate became an active member of the college community through various leadership positions and by advocating for social justice on campus. During her undergraduate career, Kate spent a semester in Cheltenham, England which provided her with a valuable international perspective on women. Within the field of women’s and gender studies, Kate is particularly interested in issues relating to gender identity and expression, gender-based discrimination, and violence against women.

• Committee: Dorothy Ko, Mary Gossy, Louisa Schein
• Post-MA Employment/Education: Visiting Scholar, Institute for East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley (2010) PhD in Anthropology, UC Berkeley (2009)
• Thesis/Practicum: Thesis: A Study of Gangurol Gonguro Gyaru (Gals): the Meaning of Blackness in Contemporary Japanese Society

• Committee: Barbara Balliet, Jennifer Jones, Harriet Davidson
• Thesis/Practicum: Practicum: Women and Social Change: Communicating and Organizing Across Cultures with the Center for Women's Global Leadership (Rutgers University)

• Committee: Nancy Hewitt, Marisa Fuentes, Mary Trigg
• Post-MA Employment/Education: Desk Officer, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Association of Southeast Asian Nations Department, London
• Thesis/Practicum: Thesis: Our Rights are Not for Sale: Motherhood, Citizenship & the U.S. Welfare State 1968-1974
• RU Core Link: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/39659/

Laura Mingers lives in England and graduated in 2010 from Queens’ College, Cambridge University with a BA in history. In her final year she focused on American women’s history and particularly on the history of intimate relations. Whilst at University she also played in the college netball team, served as the President of Queens’ College History Society and was elected as the Communications Officer and then the Secretary for Queens’ College JCR. She received a Fulbright Scholarship for pursing her Masters at Rutgers University where she further explored the relationship between women, work and the family.

• Committee: Meredith Turshen, Charlotte Bunch, Judith Gerson
• Post-MA Employment/Education: Communications Director, Children & Families Program at Next Generation, San Francisco, CA
• Thesis/Practicum: Practicum: International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

• Committee: Joanna Regulska, Judith Gerson, Jennifer Jones
• Thesis/Practicum: Practicum: What 'Global' Means in the Daily Work of a Feminist Organization with The National Council for Research on Women (NYC)