The Women’s & Gender Studies Program is pleased to announce Dr. Mark Rifkin’s appointment as director, effective August 2015. Dr. Rifkin has been a professor in the UNCG English Department since 2008 and his work focuses on Native American writing and politics from the eighteenth century onward. Rifkin is a… Continue reading…
WGS Grad Certificate alumnus Dr. Erin Reifsteck, of UNCG’s Institute for the Promotion of Athlete Health and Wellness, received new funding from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for the project “Moving On: A Physical Activity Transition Program for Student-Athletes.”
The deadline has been extended for the Cone Award to Students for Outstanding Work in Women’s & Gender Studies. The new deadline is April 1, 2015. This award honors any creative or intellectual contribution that meaningfully addresses women’s studies, feminism, or gender studies is eligible, including, but not limited to,… Continue reading…
The WGS Media Meets Theory (2/2, 3/9 & 4/6, 3:30pm-5pm) series will use feminist theories from WGS classes to analyze pop culture artifact, text, or current event in the media. It is our hope that this series will function as a way to bring better visibility to certain subjects, a way… Continue reading…
Dr. Lisa Levenstein (History) received new funding from the National Humanities Center for “U.S. Women in Beijing: The Fourth World Conference on Women and the Global Politics of American Feminism.” This book will offer a new narrative of the history of American feminism by exploring the U.S. women’s movement in… Continue reading…
Rachel Briley (Theatre and Women’s & Gender Studies) was selected by the Washington, DC, based Impact Center for its 2014 Women’s Executive Leadership Program. The 18 women participating in this year’s class come from a diverse array of backgrounds, representing fields that include academia, healthcare, the military, business, law firms,… Continue reading…
Dr. Elizabeth L. Keathley, Associate Professor in Historical Musicology and a WGS Program faculty member, has received a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. Keathley’s funded project is a book on the ways that women influenced musical modernism in capacities other than composer and is titledThe Feminine Face of… Continue reading…
Dear WGS Students, Faculty, Friends of WGS and interested community members, It’s hard to believe I’ve been the UNCG Women’s and Gender Studies Program Administrator for almost three months now! I have enjoyed my time so far and am looking forward to an action-packed and inspiring academic year of events,… Continue reading…
