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Prisca Chabikisa

Graduate Assistant, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Prisca Chabikisa (she/her/hers) is a first-year MA student in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department. She holds an undergraduate degree in Religious Studies, specializing in women and religion, and a certificate in Humanitarian Assistance and Program Management. Prisca also earned a Master’s degree in Theology, Leadership, and Administration from the University of Zimbabwe, where her research examined the intersections of religion, gender, and migration. Her studies and research were generously supported by the Catholic Academic Exchange Service (KAAD).

Currently, Prisca serves as an instructor for the Revolutionary Women course in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her academic and professional work is deeply rooted in humanitarian efforts, with a focus on exploring gender equity and empowering marginalized communities.
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Helio Miguel Arcanjo Oliveira de Araujo

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Talisa Paige Effinger

Graduate Assistant, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Raquel D Garbanzo Nunez

Graduate Assistant, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Alex Austin Giles

Graduate Assistant, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Marcela Ozorio Goncalves

Graduate Assistant, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Elizabeth M Hinsdale

Graduate Assistant, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Precious Sika Obeng

Graduate Assistant, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Fatemeh Rezaei

Graduate Assistant, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Fatemeh Rezaei is a second-year student pursuing her Master’s degrees in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) and Fine Arts (MFA). She holds an undergraduate degree in Photography from Tehran University in Iran, Her research interests include gender roles in public spaces, and the impact of migration on women’s rights and education, with a focus on Afghanistan and Iran.
 
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Jadyn P Riggs

Graduate Assistant, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Madhulika Singh

Graduate Assistant, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Dani Taylor Tellez

Career Coach, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dani Tellez (pronounced “teh-yehz”) has called Cincinnati home since 2000 and has lived in Over-the-Rhine for nearly a decade. They graduated magna cum laude from the Art Academy of Cincinnati (AAC) in 2016, double majoring in Art History and Painting. Dani later returned to AAC to join the Admissions team, serving as a traveling counselor and traveling to meet students as far afield as Brownsville, Texas, and Paris, France. Dani is currently a Career Advisor at the Carl H. Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati. With a background rooted in creative learning and practice, she is passionate about helping students think beyond the conventional and see the bigger picture. 
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Brittany S Theodore

Graduate Assistant, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Brittany earned a BA in Sociology with a minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) from the University of Cincinnati. Now a first-year student in the dual PhD/MA program, they are pursuing a PhD in Sociology and an MA in WGSS. Their research, rooted in feminist and Marxist frameworks, engages questions of power and authority, examining how these forces are produced, maintained, resisted, and reimagined. They are particularly interested in biopower, with a focus on death, dying, and reproductive justice, and seek to investigate how social institutions govern bodies, life, and mortality. Brittany also explores the cultural and political functions of art, imagery, and social movements, exploring how they operate as both tools for social change and social control.
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