SCHEME: A Queer Feminist Leadership Convergence is a new program hosted by the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at UNCG. It is a free, four-day, in-person experience for student activists, scholars, and creatives across Triad-Area universities to co-create a political home rooted in queer, feminist, and anti-racist politics. Attendees will… Continue reading…
2024-2028: Dr. Sarah Cervenak During the period of the professorship, Dr. Cervenak will focus on the research and writing necessary to develop her next book project, Lines, Light and Blur: Black Women Artists Undoing the Wor(l)d. Dr. Cervenak will invite prominent authors to give readings/presentations of their work. These lectures would… Continue reading…
As part of promoting interaction and belonging, the WGSS department has opened a student lounge. The lounge acts as a connection between the faculty and students, thanks to its open lounge area, conference room, and WGSS open closet.
The open closet allows students, faculty, and staff of every gender to donate and/or pick a few articles of clothing they may need. It comes with a small changing area so that students can try on the clothes before they take them home.
It’s just one way that UNCG supports students during their time of need.
In September, over one hundred students, faculty, alumni, and community members gathered to celebrate the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program’s 50th anniversary. The event opened with remarks about the Program’s history by Linda Carlisle, one of the founding members of the Friends of WGSS, and Dr. Hephziba Roskelly,… Continue reading…
Everyone is welcome at the new WGSS Student Lounge located in Curry 336 A fresh coat of paint, cozy new furniture, warm lighting, plants and great art… and Voilà: we’ve got a great new space to meet, study, browse the bookshelves, or just hang out and relax. Stay tuned for… Continue reading…
Dr. Hewan Girma, winner of the 2022-2023 Linda Arnold Carlisle Research Grant Every academic year, the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program awards a faculty member with the Linda Arnold Carlisle Faculty Research Grant to support promising research or creative work related to the program. Dr. Hewan Girma, Assistant Professor… Continue reading…
On January 31st, we celebrated the publication of Dr. Tara T. Green’s new work, Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Dr. Green wrote this book while holding the Linda Arnold Carlie Distinguished Professorship in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. In the zoom reading, Dr. Green shared parts of… Continue reading…
The WGSS program recognizes how care-work, in all of its seen and unseen, valued and devalued forms, is a common feature of our students’ daily lives. Whether it manifests as volunteering as an after-school tutor, registering marginalized voters, engaging in social justice organizing, or caring for loved ones, caring is important and often unpaid. The WGSS program, in the interest of social justice and mutual aid, will present a monetary award to selected applicant/s (either a current WGSS major or minor) each academic year.
Reflection by Lauren Sprout, WGSS MA student On Monday, November 8th, Emilia Phillips presented a glimpse at one of their new works in progress, “The Queerness of Eve.” We gathered on Zoom for an intimate reading and question session. The collection was inspired by the art piece to the right. The… Continue reading…