Distinguished Alumni
The Stony Brook Alumni Association seeks to reach, serve, and engage all Stony Brook alumni, students, and other constituencies to foster a lifelong intellectual and emotional connection between the University and its graduates, and to provide the University with goodwill and support.
The Department of Political Science proudly recognizes its Distinguished Alumni Award
winners. Please send your nominations for the Political Science Distinguished Alumni
Award to polsci_alumni@stonybrook.edu.
2023 DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENT
Kimberly Jean-pierre (Class of 2007)
Assemblywoman, NY Assembly District 11
Kimberly Jean-Pierre has represented the 11th District in the New York State Assembly since 2015. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College and is a proud alumna of Stony Brook University, having earned her Master of Science degree in Public Policy in 2007. In the Assembly, she chairs the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs and formerly chaired the Libraries and Education Technology Committee. She its on the Education, Children and Families, Corporations and Banks Committees in the Assembly. She has spearheaded a variety of important legislative initiatives, including legislation targeting housing discrimination, expanding access to mammogram screenings, making waterways safer for boaters, and expanding access to affordable, quality child care. She is a proud member of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus and is Chair of the bicameral, bipartisan Legislative Women’s Caucus. She is a proud homeowner in Wheatley Heights where she and her partner are raising two young children.
Past Distinguished Alumni
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