Meet Our Alumni

Seth Arico completed his PhD in Global Gender Studies and now serves as the Program Manager for Social Sector Leadership at the Dartmouth Center for Social Impact.

Anne Marie Butler is an Assistant Professor of Art History and Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Kalamazoo College. Her research investigates how intersections between surrealism, sexuality, and queerness in contemporary Tunisian art can subvert state authority and social norms.

Since completing his PhD, John Cerretti has worked as an Assistant Professor of History and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Western Washington University.

Elif Ege is currently writing her dissertation on the Kurdish and Turkish women’s movements in Turkey and their multi-tiered collaborations and negotiations around the international norms and standards of women's rights.

"After getting my MA at the University at Buffalo, I went on to get my PhD in Sociology at Brandeis University, which was my top choice of schools at the time. I am currently a professor of criminal justice at California State University, Sacramento."

A former civil servant and representative of Poland to the European Union and the United Nations, Karolina researches gendered organizations, institutional mechanisms of sustaining inequality and public service institutions.

"I owe my success to the department. I started traveling across the world after joining the department. I have never stopped."

"There was not a single day during the GGS studies that I did not go home feeling challenged, enlightened or just incrementally motivated to find ways to bring such brilliant learnings into my work back at home in India, after I finished my PhD."

"Currently I am working as an Assistant Professor with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). For the studies of arts and humanities, TISS is considered to be the second best academic institution after JNU in India."

Shantese holds a master's degree from the Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies and is a recipient of an Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship from UB.

Hilary is a Gender Violence Prevention Specialist in the Sexual Assault Unit at the NYS Office for the the Prevention of Domestic Violence. She oversees approximately 30 Enough is Enough campus sexual assault programs across upstate New York and assist with trainings and policy development around sexual violence and health relationships.