Kass Malcor: Inaugural awardee of the Susan M. Rigney Scholarship
Published October 16, 2026
Congratulations to Kass Malcor (B.A., HIST, 2026; current M.A. candidate in HIST) as the inaugural awardee of the Susan M. Rigney Scholarship.
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The Rigney Scholarship is open to students of any major zoo complete a CSULB course in queer studies.
Kass is currently researching the history of HIV and AIDS in California, a project built on their 2025 research paper, “Moralization and Mystification: Rhetoric of California AIDS Propositions, 1986-1988” a study of the contrasts between attempts to enact laws at the polls with municipal ordinances intended to protect civil rights and public health.
