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We prepare students to become future professionals, scholars, activists, and artists who engage critically with gender and sexuality issues in multicultural and transnational contexts.
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Upcoming Events
WGSS Research Colloquium Series
Feb 24, *March 26, April 14, May 5
WGSS Seminar Room, HUM 2052
12:30-1:50pm
(*March 26th will be 1:00-2:00pm)
WGSS Undergrad Open House
Wed, April 9 @ 12:30 in HUM 1008
News and Announcements
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WGSS adjunct instructor, Suzanne Staub, was selected by Student-Athlete Development and the SBU Women's Lacrosse Team to be a guest coach at the Wed, March 26th game vs. Vermont at 6pm. We hope to see
you there or tune in to watch live!
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Congratulations to WST Minor, Laci Burton for being named URECA"s Researcher of the
Month for March 2025! Read more about Laci here.
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Congrats to WGSS PhD student Mar Galvez Seminario on her recently co-authored article,
"Exploring Adolescents's and Young Adults' Abortion Disclosure and Adolescents' Experiences
Navigating Colorado's Parental Notification Law" in the Journal of Adolescent Health, Jan 2025 edition. See the press release here.
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WGSS Assistant Professor Joanna Wuest and WGSS Associated Faculty Briana S. Last recently
published "The Bad Science Behind Trans Medicine Bans" in Dissent magazine. Last month, Joanna also wrote two pieces on trans health and law for The Nation.
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Read WGSS PhD candidate Frankie Petronio's first peer-reviewed journal article entiled,
"Gaga for MAGA: Nineties Nostalgia and Gay Reactionary Populism" published in QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking. Congras, Frankie!
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WGSS Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Changing Systems of Power
(CCSP), Manisha Desai, is honored as an endowed faculty member formally installed at an investiture ceremony held on Oct. 25th in the Wang Center. Watch an interview with Manisha and learn more
about the CCSP here.
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Read our Fall 2024 Newsletter!
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We celebrated 5 New PhD graduates in Spring & Summer 2024! Read more about our grads
here.
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Congratulations to WGSS PhD student, Lizbeth Zuniga for winning the President's Award
for Teaching Excellence! Read more here.
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Congratulations to Professor Lisa Diedrich on her recent book publication entitled, "Illness Politics and Hashtag Activism" out from University of Minnesota Press as of April 2024 - get your copy!
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Academics
UNDERGRADUATE
The department offers a Bachelor of Arts, Minor, and Combined Undergraduate Degree
with a Master in Public Health (MPH).
GRADUATE
The department offers a PhD and MA in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, as well
as a Graduate Certificate.