The very best way to get to know our programs and our community is to talk to one of our current graduate students. Please feel free to reach out to them with your questions, they’re here to help!
Laura Lee
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Hometown: Wayne, NJ
Program: Women's History, first year MA candidate
Area of focus: The representation of motherhood and non-motherhood on primetime television from the 1950's to present day
Extracurriculars: Boxing, baking, and binging on Netflix
Ask me about: What it's like to attend grad school in a pandemic, what it's like to go back to college after a career change, or anything at all!
Sidney Wegener
Pronouns: she/her/they
Hometown: Meadow Vista, CA
Program: Women's History, second year MA candidate
Area of focus: Interracial lesbian relationships between women who were incarcerated in the United States during the early twentieth century
Extracurriculars: Former Graduate Student Association coordinator, volunteer for Right to Write, Senior Editor and Outreach Coordinator for the Women's History blog (the ReVisionist), Assistant to the VP for Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Graduate Admissions Assistant, Publicist for OutHistory.org
Ask me about: Joining the Re/Visionist Women's History blog, getting involved in GSA, how to find a job on campus
Paige Kliewer-McClellan
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Hometown: Newton, KS
Program: Dance/Movement Therapy, first year MS candidate
Favorite quote: I want to dance always, to be good and not evil, and when it is all over not to have the feeling that I might have done better.
― Ruth St. Denis
Extracurriculars: Graduate admissions assistant, nanny, dance instructor, avid reader and occasional performer
Karen Loewy Movilla
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Barranquilla, Colombia
Program: Theatre, second year MFA candidate
Solo: Featuring a giant uterus puppet, in my work bodies collide with digital mediums and technology to highlight intersectional feminism in reproductive health, girl power, and their surrounding myths
Extracurriculars: Graduate Student Association, Graduate Admissions Assistant, Costume Shop Supervisor, Producer Short Play Festival
Ask me about: Being an international student, what it’s like to take Theatre classes/ produce work in a pandemic, or anything else 😊