For this event, Women’s & Gender Studies was proud to bring together a range of scholars who in various ways are working within queer studies and trans studies on questions related to race and empire. The aim of the symposium was to help make connections across what otherwise can be separate… Continue reading…
Throughout the month of March, Women’s and Gender Studies alumni and Friend, Dr. Sarah E. Colonna, has hosted a biographical exhibit in the Office of Intercultural Engagement. The installation highlights some of UNCG’s faculty and alumna in Biopoem format, written by students of Dr. Colonna’s RCO 215 classes.
Dr. Lisa Levenstein is an Associate Professor of History and Women’s and Gender Studies. She was recently featured in an NPR segment called “What The American Health Care Act Means For Women’s Health.” In the segment, Dr. Levenstein talks about about the history of women’s health care in the U.S…. Continue reading…
On October 24, students in Lisa Levenstein’s HIS 524, Voting Rights in Recent US History (a course with a WGS marker) staged a campus-wide teach-in to encourage their peers to vote in the 2016 election. After spending the first half of the semester studying the history of voting rights, the… Continue reading…
WGS Alumni Holden Cession was recently featured in an article by Molly Wharton titled “What’s God Got to Do With It?” In it, Holden talks about how they see Black Lives Matter and the movement for racial justice as deeply connected to their spirituality. “Mx. Cession grew up in a… Continue reading…
Dear WGS students, faculty, staff, and supporters, It’s been a week since the atrocity in Orlando, in which 49 people were murdered (and more injured) for being in a gay night club. The victims overwhelmingly were people of color — most victims of violent crime against queer and trans people… Continue reading…
The Women’s & Gender Studies Program is still seeking applicants to the MA in WGS Fall 2016 cohort. The deadline for applications to has been extended to June 15. For more information on the program, see Graduate Studies in WGS or the MA FAQ. To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of… Continue reading…
Alaina Monts, a WGS major doing an independent study with AADS, placed 3rd in the Humanities division of the 2016 Carolyn & Norwood Thomas Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo for their paper “Don’t let me be Misunderstood: Meshell Ndegeocello, Liminality, and Radical Black Sexualities.” When asked about their paper, they said “I… Continue reading…
Haillee Mason, triple majoring in Women’s and Gender Studies, African and African Diaspora Studies, and International and Global Studies with a concentration in Human Rights, has been elected to the Golden Chain Honor Society. Golden Chain was founded in 1948 and is open to juniors and seniors with a minimum of a 3.25 GPA…. Continue reading…
Recently, the WGS program was contacted by an undergraduate student with a list of questions for a class assignment on “why women need feminism in college.” One of our students, Taylor Chapman, responded with her own answers about this very salient issue. Why do women need feminism? Truthfully, I think… Continue reading…
