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Nicole Anzalone, Mental Health Counseling and Community Psychology graduate student, and James Brennan, associate professor of physical therapy 
Associate Professor of Biology Kristi Lamonica, Mental Health Counseling and Community Psychology student Nicole Anzalone, Associate Professor of Psychology Alicia Harlow, and counseling students Joshua Kahn and Rosemary Jarvis. 
Alex Kagan, Biology major Daniel Kagan, and Professor of Spanish and Associate Director of RSC’s Honors Program Kate Kagan 
Sociology major Hannah Voorhaar 
Kate Kagan, professor of Spanish and Honors program associate director, and Michelle Napierski-Prancl, professor of sociology, faculty director of Denise Taber Finard Women’s Institute at Russell Sage College, and coordinator of the Capital District Feminist Studies Consortium. 
Kate Kagan, professor of Spanish and associate director of RSC’s Honors Program and Maverick Douglas, administrative assistant, Interdisciplinary Studies.
A Russell Sage College faculty member and three students presented their original research at the Capital District Feminist Studies Consortium’s 2025 Conference on February 26 at Union College.
The annual conference is convened to advance interdisciplinary dialogue and collaboration around feminist and gender studies.
Michelle Napierski-Prancl, professor of sociology and faculty director of Denise Taber Finard ’80 Women’s Institute at Russell Sage College, is the coordinator of the consortium.
The following individuals presented research at the conference:
— Associate Professor of Physical Therapy James Brennan presented “What Should Menstruating Adults Teach Young, Puberty age, Non-menstruating Persons about Menstruation?”
— Nicole Anzalone, a graduate student in RSC’s Mental Health Counseling and Community Psychology master’s program, presented “The Impact of Social Camouflaging on Career Satisfaction in the Learning Disability Population.”
— Daniel Kagan, a Biology major, presented “Breaking the Silence: Women with Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease.”
— Hannah Voorhaar, a Sociology major, presented “Gun Safety is a Feminist Issue: Gender, Race, and Political Affiliation and Attitudes About Gun Policies.”