Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Oliveri Family Prize

Cacildia Cain poses with her prize certificate and the presenter

Cacildia Cain accepts the Oliveri Prize in 2018

This award, created by Rosalie and Joseph Oliveri in honor of Rachel Oliveri '95, commends a senior WGS/SQS major or minor for extraordinary service and dedication to the Women’'s, Gender and Sexuality Studies community.

The WGS program selects the recipient of this prize annually. There is no application.

Recent Award Recipients

Prize Year Recipient
2025 Maia Lefferman
2024 Jolecia Saunderson
2023 Sanjitha Subramaniam
2022 Cassipea Stith
2021 Quinn Weiner
2020 Makayla (MK) Richards
2019 Yiyi Wu
2018 Cacildia Cain
2017 Tina Nguyen and Kiana Nwaobia
2016 Cecile Afable and Sam Daniels
2015 Zuri Gordon