Dr. Jennifer Croissant: Mary Bernard Aguirre Professorship for AY 25-26

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Jennifer Croissant is the winner of the Mary Bernard Aguirre Professorship in Gender and Women’s Studies for 2025-2026!!

The Mary Bernard Aguirre Professorship is awarded through the generosity of Rowene Aguirre-Medina and Roy Medina and honors the career of Mary (Mamie) Bernard Aguirre, by some accounts the first woman Department Head at the University of Arizona, in the Department of Spanish. Find out more about Mamie in the Plaza of Honor database:

https://plaza.sbs.arizona.edu/honoree/2341. 

The Professorship is awarded based on forward-looking ideas that serve the best interests of the Department by promoting outstanding research, teaching, and/or the building of intellectual community. 

Dr. Croissant has been invited to edit the Handbook of Feminist Science and Technology Studies for DeGruyter Publishing (Belgium). This important project will further develop a network of  feminist STS Studies at UA, and enhance GWS visibility. Dr. Croissant will use the Professorship funds to support a Graduate Assistant, who will be credited as the handbook's Managing Editor. 

Warmest congratulations to Dr. Croissant for her accomplishments!!