Please note we are not currently accepting applications for this award.
The Sara Woods Outstanding Graduate Student Award recognizes excellence in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies scholarship. Students must be enrolled in the WGSS dual-title doctoral program to be eligible for the award. (Minors are not eligible.) Self-nominations are welcome. Applications should include:
- A 1–2 page statement from the applicant that addresses the way in which Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies research has shaped their scholarship
- Two letters of recommendation that focus on the applicant’s research
- A current CV
Applications are due TBD. Please submit all materials in pdf form (except recommendations) to wgssgradprogram@psu.edu. Please ask your letter writers to send their recommendation directly to the same email address, preferably as an attached document.
Previous Recipients:
2022 Liz Schoppelrei
2021 Eric Disbro and Nicole Yokum
2020 Yi-Ting Chang
2019 Kelsey Brain
2018 Elisabeth Garner
2017 Aparna Parikh
2016 Jenna Christian and William Paris
2015 Laura Sapelly
2014 Emma Mullaney
2013 Katie Marchetti
2012 Dana Cuomo and Sarah Kornfield
2011 Rachel Moran
2010 Alexa Schriempf
2009 Srijana Shrestha
2008 Crystal Endsley and Ruth Mendum
2007 Sushmita Chatterjee and Raena Quinlivan
2006 Natalie Jolly
2005 Jennifer Fluri
2004 Risa Whitson
2003 Corinne D. Mann-Morlet
2002 Kristin Jacobson, Dee May and Jill Wood
2001 Beth Widmaier
2000 Jamie Warner
1999 Lynne Fallwell
1998 Carmen Heider
1997 Lynn Freeman
1996 Anne Demo and Christina Jarvis
1995 Mary Yudin