Duke Feminist Theory Workshop Travel Grant
The UB Gender Institute provides support for doctoral students to attend Duke’s Feminist Theory Workshop (FTW), held annually in March. The FTW is a two-day long conference that combines small seminars and roundtable discussions with keynote lectures. The conference encourages collaborative conversations and sustained dialogue about feminist theory.
The UB Gender Institute will award travel grant(s) (up to $700) to Durham, North Carolina to pay for transportation and accommodation. There is no charge to participate in the workshop or for some meals during the event.
For more information about FTW, visit the workshop website.
Applications for the Duke Travel Grant are due Monday, December 2, 2024.
Application Information
It is the student’s responsibility to register directly with FTW and to make travel and lodging arrangements. Receipts must be submitted for reimbursement. The travel grant is only available to PhD students who have completed their oral exams.
Application for the Gender Institute travel grant can be sent to ub-irewg@buffalo.edu and must include:
1. Application cover sheet, available here
2. Essay (500 words) that describes your dissertation project and how it would benefit from the workshop; and what you believe you can contribute to FTW.
3. Two-page CV, including date oral exams completed and names of dissertation committee members.
4. Letter of support from dissertation chair (which can be sent separately).
2024 Duke Feminist Theory Workshop Travel Grant Recipients
Amelia Gayle
PhD Candidate,
Romance Languages and Literatures,
University at Buffalo
Amelia is a fifth-year PhD student of French in the department of Romance Languages and Literatures. Her research in 18th, 19th, and 20th century French literature explores connections between classical music performance and feminisms.
Kailey McDonald
PhD Candidate,
Global Gender & Sexuality Studies,
University at Buffalo
Kailey McDonald is a PhD candidate in the Global Gender and Sexuality Studies department at SUNY University at Buffalo. Her research focuses on decolonial, eco-feminist, and material feminist critiques of the modern political subject, in search of alternative ways to organize society outside of liberal, individual humanist paradigms. She received her Masters of Arts from Central European University in Critical Gender Studies in 2017.
Past Awardees
2023: Gabriela Cordoba Vivas, Media Studies; Yuyun Sriwahyuni, Global Gender and Sexuality Studies
2022: Kathleen Naughton, English; Jocelyn E. Marshall, English
2020: Gabriela Cordoba Vivas, Media Studies
2019: Gabriella Nassif, Global Gender & Sexuality Studies
2018: Naila Sahar, English; Cheryl Emerson, Comparative Literature
2016: Sarah Robert, Learning and Instruction; Anne Martell, Learning and Instruction; Catherine Dawson, Visual Studies; Morani Kornberg-Weiss, English; Mopelolade Oreoluwa Ogunbowale, American Studies
2015: Fremio Sepulveda, English; Yoonha Shin, English; Elif Ege, Global Gender Studies
2014: Sangeeta Chatterji, Social Work; Kristina Darling, English; Alison Fraser, English; Yitian Zhai, Comparative Literature