Faculty and Staff news
Winter 2021 Newsletter
Mar 09, 2021
This issue features news about the department's 35th anniversary, faculty hiring opportunity, a new bursary, and more.
Melissa Houghtaling receives the Gender Studies Teaching Award
Feb 22, 2021
Assistant Professor (Continuing Adjunct) and Undergraduate Chair Melissa Houghtaling has been awarded the 2019-2020 Teaching Award in Gender Studies.
Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin named Canada Research Chair in Youth and African Urban Futures
Queen's Gazette - Dec 17, 2020
Dr. Adeniyi-Ogunyankin's research involves a comparative study of the impact of contemporary urban transformations on African youth identity, labour practices, psychosocial well-being and future orientation.
Fall 2020 Newsletter
Oct 20, 2020
This issue features an introduction of the new BA Minor in Black Studies, the department's new visual identity, faculty news, and alumni spotlights.
Gender Studies students co-author paper with Karen Lawford
Oct 12, 2020
Students from the Winter 2020 GNDS 480 course “Special Topics in Gender Studies: Kinship & Indigenous Relations” have published a paper with Assistant Professor Dr. Karen Lawford.
Heather Castleden garners prestigious Fulbright Fellowship
Queen's Gazette - Oct 08, 2020
Queen’s University associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Reconciling Relationships for Health, Environments, and Communities, Heather Castleden will be conducting a 4-month research program at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa after being named a Fulbright Fellow.
burcu baba awarded the Ban Righ Foundation Mentorship Award
Sep 22, 2020
Term Adjunct Assistant Professor burcu baba has received the Ban Righ’s Mentorship Award which recognizes a Queen’s female-identifying faculty member who demonstrates mentorship and knowledge-sharing, and has been inspirational to a student or students.
Welcome to Denita Arthurs
Elaine Power, Department Head - Jun 25, 2020
On behalf of the hiring committee, I am delighted to announce that Denita Arthurs is the successful candidate for the position of Administrative Assistant to the Department Head/Graduate Assistant.
Katherine McKittrick inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
May 04, 2020
Queen’s University professor Katherine McKittrick has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as an International Honorary Member in social sciences.
Karen Lawford receives Indspire Laureate Award
Feb 04, 2020
Representing the highest honour the Indigenous community bestows upon its own achievers, the Indspire Awards were created in 1993, in conjunction with the United Nation’s International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
Welcome Elaine Power
Gordon E. Smith, Vice Dean - Jan 08, 2020
On behalf of Interim Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Tom Harris and Dean Barbara Crow, I am pleased to inform you that Dr. Elaine Power, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, has been appointed Head, Department of Gender Studies.
Katherine McKittrick receives American Association of Geographers' Award for Anti-Racism Research and Practice
Mar 11, 2019
Dr. Katherine McKittrick of Queen’s University has not only contributed to the study of race and gender through her prodigious scholarly output, but she has been a consummate mentor to various students and faculty of color.