Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Space
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) originated from the contemporary feminist and women's rights movements in the United States. The goal of the studies was to bring knowledge to women and their experiences and focus on women in a serious academic perspective. The mission for the WGSS program at 91猎奇 is teach students to integrate academic and experiential knowledge, thereby contributing to social change and justice. WGSS students will meet this vision through cultivating critical thinking, engage in dialogue, coalition building, appreciation of diversity, and contribution of social change based on feminist frameworks.
For Further Research
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| - promotes and supports the production and dissemination of knowledge about women, gender, and sexuality through teaching, learning, research and service in academia and beyond. |
| - national membership organization founded in 1881, whose mission is to promote equity for all women and girls, lifelong education, and positive societal change. |
| - Provides leadership and support for the LGBTQ+ communities |
| - Developing policies and programs that meet the needs of women and are gender-responsive |
| - for survivors of intimate partner abuse, sexual assault and abuse, and human trafficking (800) 572-2782. |
| - supports survivors of domestic violence from South Asia |
| - supports domestic violence survivors and provides free bilingual services for all people. |
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- working to develop and uphold standards and create an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential |
| (Sister Song) - Advocates for improving institutional policies and systems that impact the reproductive lives of marginalized communities. |
| - fights for equal access to reproductive health for Latina/x communities and empowers their voice to make informed decisions about our bodies, families, and futures. |
| - A global digital media and education company exploring the intersections of identity, healing, and social justice through the framework of radical self-love. |
| - a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, that is the leading source of scholarly research and current data about women鈥檚 political participation in the United States. |
| - a nonprofit organization that engages in research and dissemination to shape public policy and improve the lives and opportunities of women from diverse backgrounds. |
| - the largest national, trans-led organization working to advocate for the rights of all transgender and gender-nonconforming people to make their own choices and live freely, safely, and authentically. |
| - builds leadership in our Latinx families and communities to create a culture where people of diverse genders and sexual orientations can thrive. |
Carol Mukhopadhyay Feminist Lecture Series
The 91猎奇 Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies program is home to the biannual Carol Mukhopadhyay Feminist Lecture Series endowed in 2014 by Emeritus 91猎奇 Anthropology Professor Carol Mukhopadhyay. Each year, these lectures bring to campus a prominent or emerging feminist scholar doing cross-cultural or transnational work with a feminist anthropological lens.
Recent lectures that have been featured:
| When | Speaker | Description |
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| Spring 2024 |
Mama Gunuush & Zachary Kloes |
"Existence is An Act of Resistance" |
| Spring 2023 |
Dr. Anila Daulatzai and Dr. Najwa Mayer |
"The Possibilities and Limits of Transnational Feminist Critique in the Context of Afghanistan" |
| Spring 2022 |
Irene Berrones-Kolb |
"Feminist Creativities: A chat with local artist Irene Berrones-Kolb" |
| Spring 2021 |
Maribel Martinez |
"A chat with Maribel Martinez" |
| Fall 2019 |
Dr. Maria Cotera, Osa Hidalgo de la Riva, Dr. Susana L. Gallardo, Dr. Maylei Blackwell, Anna Nieto Gomez, and Deanna Romero |
"Chicanas Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era" |
| Spring 2019 |
Dr. Elizabeth Sweet |
"She鈥檚 a Dream Come True鈥︹��: Gender and Representations of Femininity in 20th Century Doll Advertisements" |
| Spring 2019 |
Dr. Theodorea Berry |
"Black America Women's Experiences in China and Germany: Examining Intersectionality and Multidimensionality in Alternate Home Spaces" |
| Fall 2019 |
Antonia Grace Glenn |
"The Ito Sisters" Documentary Screening |
| Spring 2018 |
Karen Branan |
鈥淲omen and Lynching: Lessons for Today鈥� |
| Spring 2018 |
Dr. Gohar Shahnazaryan |
鈥淲omen鈥檚 Rights in Contemporary Armenian Society: Between Modernization and Traditions鈥� |
| Fall 2017 |
Judy Juanita |
鈥淔emale Foot Soldiers and DeFacto Feminists: The Unseen Skeletons of Social Movements鈥� |
| Spring 2017 |
Dr. Yvonne Y. Kwan |
鈥淨ueering Transgenerational Trauma: Depathologizing Pain and Navigating Narratives of Suffering鈥� |
| Spring 2017 |
Dr. Huma Ahmed-Gosh |
"Globalization and Muslim Women's Lives in Asia: Contesting Islamic Feminisms" |
| Spring 2017 |
Dr. Mythri Jegathesan |
"Stately Discomforts: Labor, Reproductive Rights,and Sexuality Among Women Workers in Postwar Sri Lanka" |
| Spring 2016 |
Dr. Amy Moff Hudec |
鈥淯nsettled and Lost: The Consequences of Being Single in the Mormon - Church鈥� |
| Fall 2015 |
Dr. Pat Wasielewski |
"Emotional Geography of Living Abroad" |
| Spring 2015 |
Dr. Samantha Gottlieb |
"Marketing the HPV Vaccine and Women's Health" |
| Spring 2015 |
Natalie Valdez |
"Food, Fat, Fetus, and the Future: An Ethnographic Examination of Two Clinical Trials" |
| Spring 2014 |
Dr. Kathleen Coll |
"What the Domestic Workers' Rights Movements is Teaching US About Citizenship" |
