Gender and Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary program that centers on issues of gender, sexuality, and the ways gender and sexuality shape human experience through history and across cultures. Students work closely with GWS faculty in discussion-centered courses and independent research projects. Our students become critical and creative thinkers, able to analyze gender through interdisciplinary connections and multiple cultural perspectives. GWS graduates bring their knowledge of gender and their analytical abilities to other academic fields, to graduate and professional programs, and to a wide range of careers.
Gender & Women’s Studies
Major / Minor
Gender & Women’s Studies Snapshot
Beyond the Classroom
Students have a wide array of opportunities for research, internships, conferences, and networking beyond the classroom that give them an advantage to prepare for life after W&J.
Gender & Women’s Studies Faculty
Amparo Alpanes, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Modern LanguagesJudith Atzler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of German; Director of GermanElizabeth Bennett, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of PsychologyStevie Berberick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication Arts; Coordinator of Safe Zone TrainingCandy DeBerry, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, Program Director of BiochemistryRobert East Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Director of Environmental StudiesTara Fee, Ph.D.
Chair of the English DepartmentDanielle Ficco, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of SociologyTiffani Gottschall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair of EconomicsCharles Hannon, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Computing and Information StudiesJennifer Harding, Ph.D.
Professor of EnglishAmanda Holland-Minkley, Ph.D.
Professor of Computing and Information StudiesCarolyn Kyler, Ph.D.
Professor of English; Director of Gender and Women's StudiesJohn Lambertson, Ph.D.
Professor of Art and Chair of Art & Art HistoryMichael Lewis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of EnglishVictoria D. List, JD, Ph.D.
Professor of HistorySteven Malinak, Ph.D.
Professor of ChemistryH.J. Manzari, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of Latin American StudiesKarin Maresh, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication ArtsLauryn Mayer, Ph.D.
Professor of EnglishRebecca McDonald, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of PsychologyKathleen McEvoy, Ph.D.
Professor of EnglishSusan Medley, D.M.A.
Professor of Music; Director of Choral ActivitiesAnoosua Mukherjee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair of MusicChristy Shaughnessy, Ph.D.
Professor of SpanishDana Shiller, Ph.D.
Professor of EnglishOlga Solovieva, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of Religious Studies; Interfaith Leadership Studies Coordinator; Social Justice Studies Co-CoordinatorSharon Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor of French; French Program CoordinatorMichael Wolf, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy; Director of African American StudiesGender & Women’s Studies Events
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