Nominations are being accepted for the 2025 I. Joan Lorch Award for Women & Gender Studies. This award honors “a person who has made a significant contribution to women and who exemplifies the pursuit of liberation and justice regarding sex, gender, and sexuality.”
2024 Lorch Award winners (from left to right): Adrienne Hill and Ana Grujić, Buffalo-Niagara LGBTQ History Project (community award); Bex Nagel ’25 (student award); Kim Griffin ’11, head coach of Women’s Softball (colleague award)
The three categories for the Lorch award are:
- Student award, honoring any current undergraduate or graduate student at Canisius University.
- Canisius colleague award, honoring any current Canisius University full- or part-time employee across faculty, staff and administration.
- Community member award, honoring any member of the wider community who is not a current student or employee of Canisius University.
The celebration to honor the three awardees will take place in March, Women’s History Month.
The deadline for nominations is Feb. 17. All nominations should include your name, your nominee’s name and contact information, and a 100-200 word description as to why the nominee is a deserving recipient of the Lorch award.
Submitted by: Tanya Loughead, Professor, Department of Philosophy and Women & Gender Studies
