On Thursday, September 24th, UNCG hosted a virtual faculty-student panel entitled “Defending Your Right to Vote”. The presenters on this panel were Jessica Agbemavor, a UNCG Democracy Fellow, Mark Elliot and Watson Jennison, both professors of History. This event was co-hosted by the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, the… Continue reading…
On Wednesday, September 9th, Dr. Lisa Tetrault (Associate Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University) returned to UNCG via zoom to speak with us about the history and continuity of voter suppression in the United States. Her lecture was titled: “When Women Won the Right to Vote: An American Fiction.” … Continue reading…
Dr. Tracey Sharpley-Whiting 9:30 AM Jefferson’s Paradox, or A Very Brief History of Black Women’s Sexuality, Hip Hop, and American Culture Historically and culturally, black women in the United States have been either dubiously represented in mainstream popular and political culture or erased. In black popular culture, particularly in the… Continue reading…
Black Faculty at UNCG has made a formal statement concerning the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others lost at to state sanctioned violence. In the midst of the pandemic, it is incredibly shocking to continue to deal with racist violence, mourn and fight for Black Lives. As members… Continue reading…
A quick note from our Director of Undergraduate Studies, Sarah Jane Cervenak
Please take a minute to check out our 2020 WGSS Program Newsletter! 2020 WGSS Newsletter
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies would like to congratulate Azariah Journey on winning the Cone Award for an Undergraduate Course Scholarship, in order to help fund her education in WGSS. Azariah Journey is a history major and WGSS minor from Louisville, KY. She’s an adult transfer student who received her… Continue reading…
In WGS 270 Intro to LGBTQ Studies, Dr. Carrie Hart designed an Archival Project to help students learn about the history of the LGBTQ community in Greensboro. Dr. Hart realized that students do not know much about this history and there was a need for them to educate themselves on… Continue reading…
The Call for Papers is now open! Please visit our Assemblages webpage for more info. https://wgss.uncg.edu/assemblages/
UNCG Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program mourns the passing of the Greensboro philanthropist and feminist pioneer Sally Cone. A staunch advocate of women’s rights and social justice, Sally Cone played a critical role in the establishment of UNCG’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and was one of our… Continue reading…