SCHOLARSHIPS
For
a listing of scholarships and fellowships available to graduate students
via San Francisco State University:
PLEASE GO TO http://www.sfsu.edu/~gradstdy/main-scholar-fellowship.htm
This scholarship
is established in the name of Dr. Deborah Tolman, founding director of
the Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality Studies, under the Department
of Sexuality Studies where she was a professor. Dr. Tolman is a feminist
developmental psychologist whose research is focused on adolescent sexuality,
gender development, and gender equity. She has received wide recognition
for her contributions to feminist psychological understandings of female
adolescent development
This scholarship is established in the name of Dr. Pepper Schwartz. Dr. Schwartz is Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Yale University. Dr. Schwartz is a key figure in sexuality studies due to her unique ability to bridge academic sociological insights to public discourse. Dr. Schwartz is committed to educating the public in matters relating to sexuality.
The Department of Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University
annually awards one scholarship through the bequest of the late Grant
A. Larsen trust to encourage excellence in gay and lesbian studies. The
scholarship value is approximately $1000.00 A faculty committee selects
the best applicant for the year, but reserves the right to defer. The
applicant must be a second year full-time graduate student in good standing
in the Master of Arts in Human Sexuality Studies Program. Furthermore,
the applicant must have a 3.0 grade point average, and be actively conducting
study or research in the area of GLBT studies. The scholarship will be
awarded in Fall 2009.
This scholarship is established in the name of Dr James Brogan, Professor of English at SFSU. He is a distinguished teacher with an exemplary writing career in support of human sexuality studies. Notably, Jim Brogan taught the first course on homosexuality at the university in the later l960s. Throughout his career, Jim has worked with students, encouraged their writing and professional development, and is a great friend to the Human Sexuality Studies Program. This scholarship will be awarded to the eligible graduate student in the Human Sexuality Studies Master of Arts Program who is selected as the best teaching assistant. The scholarship will be awarded Fall 2009.
