Web cookies (also called HTTP cookies, browser cookies, or simply cookies) are small pieces of data that websites store on your device (computer, phone, etc.) through your web browser. They are used to remember information about you and your interactions with the site.
Purpose of Cookies:
Session Management:
Keeping you logged in
Remembering items in a shopping cart
Saving language or theme preferences
Personalization:
Tailoring content or ads based on your previous activity
Tracking & Analytics:
Monitoring browsing behavior for analytics or marketing purposes
Types of Cookies:
Session Cookies:
Temporary; deleted when you close your browser
Used for things like keeping you logged in during a single session
Persistent Cookies:
Stored on your device until they expire or are manually deleted
Used for remembering login credentials, settings, etc.
First-Party Cookies:
Set by the website you're visiting directly
Third-Party Cookies:
Set by other domains (usually advertisers) embedded in the website
Commonly used for tracking across multiple sites
Authentication cookies are a special type of web cookie used to identify and verify a user after they log in to a website or web application.
What They Do:
Once you log in to a site, the server creates an authentication cookie and sends it to your browser. This cookie:
Proves to the website that you're logged in
Prevents you from having to log in again on every page you visit
Can persist across sessions if you select "Remember me"
What's Inside an Authentication Cookie?
Typically, it contains:
A unique session ID (not your actual password)
Optional metadata (e.g., expiration time, security flags)
Analytics cookies are cookies used to collect data about how visitors interact with a website. Their primary purpose is to help website owners understand and improve user experience by analyzing things like:
How users navigate the site
Which pages are most/least visited
How long users stay on each page
What device, browser, or location the user is from
What They Track:
Some examples of data analytics cookies may collect:
Page views and time spent on pages
Click paths (how users move from page to page)
Bounce rate (users who leave without interacting)
User demographics (location, language, device)
Referring websites (how users arrived at the site)
Here’s how you can disable cookies in common browsers:
1. Google Chrome
Open Chrome and click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
Choose your preferred option:
Block all cookies (not recommended, can break most websites).
Block third-party cookies (can block ads and tracking cookies).
2. Mozilla Firefox
Open Firefox and click the three horizontal lines in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy & Security.
Under the Enhanced Tracking Protection section, choose Strict to block most cookies or Custom to manually choose which cookies to block.
3. Safari
Open Safari and click Safari in the top-left corner of the screen.
Go to Preferences > Privacy.
Check Block all cookies to stop all cookies, or select options to block third-party cookies.
4. Microsoft Edge
Open Edge and click the three horizontal dots in the top-right corner.
Go to Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Cookies and site permissions.
Select your cookie settings from there, including blocking all cookies or blocking third-party cookies.
5. On Mobile (iOS/Android)
For Safari on iOS: Go to Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security > Block All Cookies.
For Chrome on Android: Open the app, tap the three dots, go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies.
Be Aware:
Disabling cookies can make your online experience more difficult. Some websites may not load properly, or you may be logged out frequently. Also, certain features may not work as expected.
B.Sc. & M.Sc. Geography, Presidency University, Kolkata, India
Ph.D. Geography, University of Connecticut
Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Graduate Certificate, University of Connecticut
Human Rights Graduate Certificate, University of Connecticut
Post Graduation
Assistant Professor, Community Engagement and Leadership Department, Point Park University
Testimonial
"If you are planning on seeking a tenure track position in a gender studies or community engagement department the WGSS certificate is key. Taking the feminist pedagogy class with Dr. Zane prepped me with the job market teaching materials including a teaching statement and creating a Portfolium account. Additionally, the WGSS certificate allowed me to take courses from different departments which added to my intersectional lens."
BA History, BS Education, MA Education, University of Connecticut
Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership & Equity, New England College
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Graduate Certificate
Nonprofit Management Graduate Certificate
Human Right to Education Graduate Certificate
Peace Studies Graduate Certificate
Post Graduation
Director, First Year Experience at St. Francis College
Founder of The BRAVE Institute
Testimonial
"Earning the graduate certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at UConn positioned me well to be an effective leader, lifelong learner, and skilled activist within my work in higher education as well as the nonprofit world. The coursework and community I engaged with during my time in the WGSS program challenged me personally and professionally to (un)learn ways of thinking, doing, and being, which all contribute to reimagining the systems and cultures we all co-create. My experience within the WGSS program helped prepare me to show up for ALL of my students and to co-create spaces with my students that lead to transformation and liberation."
Ph.D. in English (UConn 2022), with a Graduate Certificate in American Studies and a
Graduate Certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
MA in English (UConn 2017)
MFA in Poetry (Boston University, 2015)
BA in American Studies (Barnard College 2011)
Post Graduation
Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, affiliated with African American Studies
Testimonial
"Completing the UConn WGSS Graduate Certificate made my interdisciplinary work legible and contributed to my being hired by a WGSS program. My engagement with WGSS at UConn included TAing, teaching as Instructor of Record, and serving as a program assistant. I also received awards including the Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Fellowship (2021), the Excellence in Graduate Teaching in Women’s Studies Award (2021), and the Susan Porter Benson Graduate Research Award in Feminist Studies (2020). I am grateful to the faculty in the UConn WGSS program who served as mentors and advisors both during my time at UConn and beyond."
Ph.D. and MA in Political Science; Grad. certificates in Feminist Studies; Human Rights; and Race, Ethnicity & Politics, University of Connecticut
JD, Northeastern University School of Law
LLM, Georgetown University Law Center
Diploma in International Human Rights Law, American University in Cairo
BA in African Studies, Wesleyan University
Post Graduation
Assistant Professor of Public Law at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the Department of Political Science and a member of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program
Fulbright Scholar in Montreal, Canada, and a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar in Cairo
Prettyman Fellowship teaching in Georgetown University Law Center’s Criminal Justice Clinic
National Association for Public Interest law Fellowship (now Equal Justice) at the Georgia Resource Center in Atlanta
Mary Miles Bibb Teaching Fellow at Framingham State University
Testimonial
"Obtaining the Feminist Studies certificate was a critical part of my educational development. It provided me more resources to incorporate gender, in an interdiscipinary context, as an essential part of my pedagogy. In every political science course I teach, I integrate women authors (including those of color and from the Global South), women’s rights, and intersectionality with race, class, and gender with my roots for these in theWomen, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program. As a doctoral student, my research was supported by the Wood/Raith Gender Identity Living Trust Fellowship. One stream of my current research investigates issues of gender and race focusing on Mary Bibb, the first African American woman to graduate from Framingham State University who, with her husband, published one of the first African American newspapers in Canada focusing on the anti-slavery movement in the 1800s."
