When first-year Nasya Allen was taught about women’s history before coming to UNC, women who looked like her were often not featured. White women, she said, were usually the center of that education. ...

The Department of Women & Gender Studies offers interdisciplinary perspectives on the past and current status of women around the world and offers students the opportunity to learn about new and old ...

Gain a clear understanding of Gender Studies an academic field that explores how gender influences social roles, identity, power, and inequality. This simplified introduction breaks down key terms, ...

UT San Antonio officials say merging race and gender studies with another department is a routine step to save money.

Texas A&M University’s move last week to close its women’s and gender studies program is highlighting the longstanding vulnerabilities of a field that grew out of the women’s liberation movement of ...

The University of Iowa’s Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024. In 2025, it may no longer exist as an individual department. Established in 1974 ...

The move meant WGS would have its own full-time faculty, a chair reporting directly to the dean and more money for programming. Faculty celebrated the milestone as a sign their work—and their place on ...

The Department of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Delaware offers several minors and a specialized concentration for students in the women and gender studies major. The Domestic Violence ...

The University of Iowa Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWSS) department, a trailblazer since its founding in 1974, is closing to make way for a new school in the College of Liberal Arts and ...