Recent Honorees:
2020
Alex Escaja-Heiss - Honors Day Outstanding Senior Award
Zoe Shepard, Carmen Harris - Ellen Hamilton and Lida Mason Award
Each year students in the department are recognized for outstanding efforts. The Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Outstanding Senior Award honors a GSWS major who embodies a combination of theory and activism. The Ellen Hamilton Lida Mason Award honors a GSWS major for academic excellence in Women's and Gender Studies. Ellen Hamilton and Lida Mason were the first female students at UVM. The University of Vermont was the first university to admit women into Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
Alex Escaja-Heiss - Honors Day Outstanding Senior Award
Zoe Shepard, Carmen Harris - Ellen Hamilton and Lida Mason Award
Triota is named for the ancient goddesses Inanna, Ishtar, and Iris, the University of Vermont chapter is Alpha Delta. Chapters of Triota have been established at universities across the United States. The purpose of the society is to promote an interest in women's studies, research of social problems affecting all women, and other social and intellectual activities that will lead to the improvement in the condition of all people. Membership is awarded on the basis of superior academic performance both in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and in the candidate's entire undergraduate work at the University of Vermont.
Abaigail Hurd
Ada Case
Alex Escaja-Heiss
Ali Tuden
Ann Wong
Ashley Shepard
Bryn Martin
Cate Ward
Ciara Mead
Cole Urquiola
Eliza Shaughnessy
Emily Britton
Emily Neuman
Emma Bearison
Emma Hayday
Emma Staff
Erin Harris
Haley Rosen
Izzy Brady
Jada Rosemark
Jane Burton
Josie Rimmer
Julian Barritt
Kala Daylor
Katie Brighton
Kayla Duvel
Kayley Dillon
Lane Dibler
Leah Endler
Lexi Sutyak
Lucie Novelline
Madeline Spear
Madi Chase
Matthew Hagberg
Mia Vaccaro
Morgan Gregory-Sample
Olivia Voth
Raven Mellinger
Ryn Renzetti Stanfield
Sabrina Fiore
Sierra Miller
Sophie Behunick
Sophie Majerske
Steph Ryder
Valorie Vanarsdall
Zoe Sheppard
Ali Barritt
Sade Bolger
Kayley Dillon
Justine Gerace
Carmen Harris
Anna Moore
Lauren Schnepf
Zoe Sheppard
Emma Spitzer
Emma Staff
Juls Sundberg
Alli Tuden
Olivia Turner
Mickenzie Zadworny