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Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies

What's New in GWSS?

Exciting Summer courses!

GWSS 3303: Gender and Global Politics
Meets online
Instructor: Elakshi Kumar
This course will explore the similarities and differences in people's experiences throughout the world, from a cross-cultural/historical perspective. To see the course flyer, click here.

GWSS 3307: Feminist Film Studies
Meets M, Tu, W, Th 4:40 - 7:40pm
Instructor: Katie Bashore
This course looks at cinema of the abject in an intersectional feminist frame. To see the course flyer, click here.

GWSS 40th Anniversary Celebration

GWSS 1022 students answer the question "Why Feminism?"

Dr. Edén Torres, recipient of the COGS Outstanding Faculty Award!

Our most heartfelt congratulations go out to Edén Torres on becoming the recipient of the 2013 COGS (Council of Graduate Students) Outstanding Faculty Award! This award gives graduate students the opportunity to nominate and recognize faculty members for their outstanding work with, advocating for, and advising graduate students. It is the only award where the winners are nominated and selected by graduate students. Congratulations, Dr. Torres!

Exciting new book by Dr. Zenzele Isoke!

Zenzele Isoke's new book, Urban Black Women and the Politics of Resistance (Politics of Intersectionality) will be available for purchase on April 24. Dr. Isoke is an Assistant Professor of GWSS. Congratulations, Dr. Isoke!

The Gender, Sexuality, Power, and Politics Colloquium has a website

Make sure to visit the newly designed Gender, Sexuality, Power, and Politics (GSSP) Colloquium website! The colloquium is a joint collaboration between the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. To learn more about this collaboration, about past and upcoming events, visit the website by clicking here.

Alum Danielle Bouchard publishes a book!

Announcing a new book - A Community of Disagreement: Feminism in the University, by Professor Danielle Bouchard (UNC - Greensboro). Professor Bouchard is a graduate of the University of Minnesota's Feminist Studies Ph.D. program. Congratulations, Prof. Bouchard!