Meet Zaren Healey White, alumnus

Zaren Healey White is a writer, activist and communications professional. She holds a BA (honours) in English, an MA in gender studies from Memorial University of Newfoundland and an additional MA in English from McGill University.

She has worked as a broadcast journalist, a web/social media editor and is currently director of communications for the Newfoundland and Labrador NDP Caucus. "I think the humanities and social sciences teach you how to think, how to learn, how to grapple with and care about different viewpoints and lived experiences."

Read more about Zaren here.

Meet Mimi Sheriff, gender studies grad

With undergrads in gender studies and law from the University of Capetown in South Africa and a MA from our Department of Gender Studies, Memorial University, Mimi Sheriff now works with Bluedrop Learning Networks when she isn't selling Ethiopian food for Gursha NL at the St. John's Farmer's Market.

"I thought that living on an island in the Atlantic would be a fun two year adventure for an African - that was nine years ago."

Read more about Mimi here.

Meet Carol Lynne D'Arcangelis

Dr. Carol Lynne D'Arcangelis is the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Researcher of the Month for September!.

"All of these various threads – for example, realizing my lack of knowledge about the Mohawk territory; my introduction to feminism in Guatemala and the Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations I observed there - have combined in different ways. I made it here despite myself. What I mean to say is that being a university professor was never in the plan. My life unfolded in such a way that everything came together and in the end it brought me to a place that fits me. Social justice is at the heart of why I am a professor. I love theory because it can push us in the direction we should be going in – it’s our imagination and creativity at work. It’s people trying to make meaning and moving forward and coming up with solutions which they never knew existed. Theory can shape reality." You can read all about her here. 

Just be Gemma

Gemma Hickey is a master's student in the Department of Gender Studies and was recently the subject of the documentary, Just be Gemma, detailing their transition.  Read a Q&A with them in the Gazette.

Who we are, what we do: Gender Studies

Discover the various paths our students and faculty have taken to arrive at studying and teaching gender studies here at Memorial in Who We Are, What We Do: Gender Studies.