{"id":18094,"date":"2025-06-20T09:39:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/?p=18094"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:44:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:44:58","slug":"celebrating-fists-graduating-m-a-students-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fist\/2025\/celebrating-fists-graduating-m-a-students-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating FIST&#8217;s Graduating M.A. Students of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Celebrating FIST&#8217;s Graduating M.A. Students of 2025\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>The Feminist Institute of Social Transformation is proud to celebrate the outstanding achievement and brilliance of our 2025 graduating M.A. students in Women and Gender Studies: <strong>Brittany Crane<\/strong>, <strong>Sierra Sherman<\/strong>, and <strong>Jade Sullivan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their scholarship exemplifies the depth and transformative potential of feminist research grounded in care, justice, and community. Throughout their graduate studies, Brittany, Sierra, and Jade have demonstrated exceptional commitment to advancing critical conversations within and beyond the academy. Each of their theses challenges dominant paradigms, centres marginalized voices, and reflects a profound engagement with the social and political urgencies of our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Brittany Crane<\/strong> &#8211; <em>\u201cNavigating \u2018Innocent\u2019 Conversations: Early Childhood Educators\u2019 Rationales for Addressing Topics of Gender and Sexuality with Young Children\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sierra Sherman<\/strong> &#8211; <em>\u201cBecoming \u2018Lesbian\u2019 in TV Land: Television as an Interlocutor of Queer Consciousness &amp; Community\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jade Sullivan<\/strong> &#8211; <em>\u201cLegacies of Art and Activism: Black Feminist Resistance, Transformation, and Collective Care in the Caribbean\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To Brittany, Sierra, and Jade; thank you for the scholarship, passion, and care you have brought to your work and to our learning community. Your contributions have left a lasting impact, and we are deeply grateful for the knowledge, vision, and leadership you have shared. We look forward to witnessing the continued brilliance of your journeys ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>With heartfelt congratulations from all of us at FIST.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Feminist Institute of Social Transformation is proud to celebrate the outstanding achievement and brilliance of our 2025 graduating M.A. students in Women and Gender Studies: Brittany Crane, Sierra Sherman, and Jade Sullivan. Their scholarship exemplifies the depth and transformative potential of feminist research grounded in care, justice, and community. 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