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Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
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Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

The Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota promotes scholarship that pushes established boundaries while providing a rich and rigorous undergraduate and graduate education that asks students to view the worlds around them with a curious, yet, critical lens.

The department offers an undergraduate major and minor in GWSS, an undergraduate minor in GLBT Studies, a PhD program in Feminist Studies, and a graduate minor in Feminist and Critical Sexuality Studies.

What's New in GWSS?

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Yeonbo Jeong for passing her final dissertation exam on February 8, 2012, entitled, "Science, Nation, and Women's Bodies: Economies of Reproductive Tissues and Stem Cell Research in South Korea." Congratulations, and thank you also to Yeonbo's co-advisors Susan Craddock and Jacquelyn Zita. We look forward to seeing your future work, Dr. Jeong!

Welcome New Affiliate Faculty

The GWSS Department would like to welcome Prof. Helena Pohlandt-McCormick as an affiliate faculty! Prof. Pohlandt-McCormick is an Associate Professor in the Department of History.

Welcome New Graduate Students

The Department welcomes the arrival of our 2011 graduate students Amanda Kessner, Jayne Swift, and Shan Ye.

Ph.D. Degrees Awarded

The GWSS would like to congratulate Dr. Papori Bora on the completion of her doctorate degree! We wish you all the best in your future endeavors!

Events

2011-2012 Feminist Studies Colloquium Series

The Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies is pleased to invite you to join us for our exciting 2011-2012 Feminist Studies Colloquium Series. We look forward to seeing you! View the complete Colloquium schedule (PDF)