Meet Our Students
Take a look at the wonderful work that our M.A. students are doing in the WGS graduate program! Our program features a diverse group of students from around the world. Our students' research projects and theses are important and unique! If you would like to contact any of these students, please e-mail wgs@uni.edu.
Full Time Students
Second Year
Sara Naughton (she/her/hers)
Hometown: Erie, Pennsylvania
Applied Track Student
Research Project: Issues of Accessibility for Survivors of Gendered Violence with Disabilities
Alia Afzal (she/her/hers)
Hometown: Patna, India
Thesis Track Student
Thesis Topic: Unpacking the Culture Scaffolding of Victim Blaming for Sexual Misconduct in India
Elena Golosova (she/her/hers)
Hometown: Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Applied Track Student
Research Topic: Burmese Refugee Women, Oppressions Experienced, and Adaptive Responses to American Culture
Shareece Burrell (she/her/hers)

Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Applied Track Student
Research Topic: Equal Rights and Gendered Issues in Women's Sports
Lamis Laouar(she/her/hers)
Hometown: Mila, Algeria
Thesis Track Student
Research Topic: The Rite of "Tasfih" in Algeria: Preserving Female Chastity?
First Year
Eli Williams (he/him/his)
Hometown: Ottumwa, Iowa
Applied Track Student
Hasina Jalal (she/her/hers)
Hometown: Afghanistan
Melody Kosobucki (she/her/hers)
Hometown: Solon Springs, Wisconsin
Applied Track Student
Phales Milimo (she/her/hers)
Hometown: Lusaka, Zambia
Rifat Siddiqui (she/her/hers)
Home country: Bangladesh
Part Time Students
Carole Hansbrough
Susan Grover