Congratulations to the New McNair Scholars from WGSS

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is thrilled to have three undergraduate WGSS majors inducted as McNair scholars this year! These students are hardworking, dedicated, and optimistic about their futures in WGSS and the McNair scholars program.       (McNair Scholars: Leila Kiandost, Rejani King, and Jessica Golden, depicted in… Continue reading…

Congratulations to UNCG WGS Alumna Hannah Dudley Shotwell on her new book

Congratulations to UNCG WGS Alumna Hannah Dudley Shotwell . Her new book: Revolutionizing Women’s Healthcare: The Feminist Self-Help Movement in America is coming out soon. Check it out! https://www.amazon.com/Revolutionizing-Womens-…/…/0813593026 Revolutionizing Women’s Healthcare is the story of a feminist experiment: the self-help movement. This movement arose out of women’s frustration, anger,… Continue reading…

Program Name Change

Honoring the centrality of sexuality and queer studies to the field of women’s and gender studies, we are now the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program.

AFTERTHOUGHTS: FEMINISM AND INCARCERATION

  The Women’s and Gender Studies Program would like to thank everyone who attended our panel on “Feminism and Incarceration.” Approximately 80 people came to hear esteemed panelists Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean (Quinnipiac University), Dr. Liat Ben-Moshe (University of Illinois, Chicago), and Dr. Lena Palacios (University of Minnesota). As Dr. Brown-Dean… Continue reading…

Afterthoughts: Race and The University, Immigration Now

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program would like to thank everyone who came out to support “Race and the University: Immigration Now” on Thursday, November 15th, 2018. A special thanks goes to our guest speakers: Stephen J. Sills (Center for Housing and Community Studies, Director), Leilani Roughton (New Arrivals Institute,… Continue reading…

Afterthoughts: Reproductive Justice, Past and Present

The WGS Program would like to thank everyone for attending the Reproductive Justice Panel on October 29. The panel featured scholars Dr. Cynthia Greenlee of Rewire News and Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens from the City University of New York. Unfortunately, scheduled speaker Elena Rebecca Gutiérrez was unable to join us…. Continue reading…