Kathleen A. Herman Prize in Gender Studies

Kathleen A. Herman Prize in Gender Studies was established by friends, colleagues and former students to honour Kathleen Herman for her wisdom, determination, perseverance in advancing the status of women at Queen's.

Previous winners

2020-21: Dallas Cochran "Black Internationalism", Professor Yolande Bouka, POLS 443

2019-20: Dylyn Reid-Davies "Postcards from Nowhere", Professor Trish Salah, GNDS 370

2018-19: Samuel Maclennan "Queering Mary in Christian Feminist Theological Literature", Professor Tracy Trothen, RELS 312

2017-18: Kennedy MacMaster 鈥淐litoraid: Yes, it is as bad as it sounds鈥 Professor Yasmine Djerbal, GNDS 330

2016-17: Jacob Schroeter 鈥淭he Masculine, Heterosexual, and White U.S. Military Regime: Online Discourse and the Media鈥檚 Reaction to the Abu Ghraib Scandal鈥, Professor Melissa Houghtaling, GNDS 215.

2015-16: Meghan Rand 鈥淏eyond Bad Blood: How Black Gay Men Remain Stigmatized by United States Blood Donation Policies鈥, Professor Melissa Houghtaling, GNDS 215.

2014-15: Annalise Chapman 鈥淨ueering Ferguson, An Analysis of Transformative Justice and Alliance Work in Ferguson Protest Movements鈥 submitted by Professor Cameron Greensmith, GNDS 280.

2013-14: Amanda Kraft 鈥淭eaching Normalcy: Exercises of Power, Constructions of National Identity, and the Emergence of Sex Education in Ontario, 1871-1950鈥, Professor Brittney Bos, HIST 465.

2012-13: Sean Jackson 鈥淔emale Genital Mutilation or Genital Cosmetic Surgery: Is There a Difference?鈥 submitted to Professor Chowdhury in GNDS 401.

2011-12: Shawn Tripp 鈥淗aiti on the Periphery: Representational and Material Inequality in the Production of HIV/AIDS Discourse in Haiti 1975-85鈥; Healy Thompson, GNDS 320.

2010-11: Brittany Whalen 鈥淩acism at Queen鈥檚: How effective is a 鈥楪ender Studies鈥 education in reducing racial prejudice?鈥, Professor Little, GNDS 345.

2009-10: Lauren Horwood 鈥淎 Badass Black Femme: Negotiating Desire, (Dis)Identity and Performance in Etang Inyang鈥檚 Badass Supermama鈥, Professor Katherine McKittrick, WMNS 412.

2008-09: Ariella Gross-Grand 鈥淪OUL FOOD: A Critical (Self) Reflection鈥, Professor Sarita Srivastava, WMNS 440.

2007-08: Laura Levick 鈥淚dentity Crisis: The Evolving Relationship Between Feminine and Nationalist Identities in Quebec and France鈥, POLS 382.

2006-07: Natalie Gorska 鈥淗egemonic Masculinity: Not the Norm鈥, POLS 382.

2005-06: Beth Ferguson 鈥淣ative Identity: Geographies of (Un)Belonging鈥, WMNS 432.

2004-05: Elisa Wynne-Hughes 鈥淭he Reincarnation of the Oral Tradition鈥, WMNS 432.

2003-04: Deborah Aarts 鈥淭he Politics of Femininity: Propoganda, Representation and the Gendered Political Body in the Militant Women鈥檚 Suffrage Movement in Britain, 1903-1914鈥, HIST 465.

2002-03: Adrienne Boudreau 鈥淢aquila Work: Gender on the Line鈥, WMNS 330.

2001-02: Rowan Weaver 鈥淭he Slave Narrative as Historical Autobiography: Writing the Racialized and Gendered 鈥淪elf鈥 in Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl鈥 and Frederick Douglass鈥檚 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself鈥, IDIS 302.

2001-02: Kirsten Leng 鈥淭he Body as a Battlefield: Rape as a Weapon of War During the Bosnia-Herzegovina Conflict鈥, WMNS 330.

2000-01: Michelle Teixeira 鈥淭owards Reconciliation: Reframing the Sadomasochism Debate in Feminism鈥, WMNS-310.

1999-2000: Sarah Beemer 鈥淪exual Abuse: A Personal Experience and The Sheldon Kennedy Case鈥, WMNS 100.

1999-2000: Tracey Taylor 鈥淭he Love Letters of Frieda and Bud鈥, HIST 465.