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gwss@uw.edu

(206) 543-6900.

Mailing Address:

UW GWSS
Box 354345
Padelford Hall, Room B110
Seattle, WA 98195-4345
PHONE: 206-543-6900
FAX: 206-685-9555

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2011-2012 marks our first year as the newly renamed Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Department. Students at the graduate level will now receive their degrees and certificates in Feminist Studies. These changes reflect current debates in the field that involve feminisms in different historical and geographic contexts; push research and teaching in new directions; and speak to complex, powerful relationships among social categories.   

The core of this intellectual work articulates race and ethnicity in U.S. and transnational contexts, as we analyze how these social formations intersect with gender, women, and sexuality in specific times and places.

This is an exciting time for us to discover debates of the past, evaluate debates of the present, and shape debates of the future! As the year progresses, we will highlight different aspects of these debates and invite you to join the conversation.

 

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What Our Students Think

During 2010-2011, we surveyed our students and held a contest asking them to reflect on our new name. The large majority of students were excited about the new name. The winner of our contest wrote:

Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies changes how students, professors, and the public understand what we learn in this amazing program. GWSS is a change for the better and demonstrates that we don't only discuss and learn about women. This program is much more than women; it is the study of all oppressed groups, it's becoming educated about racism, sexism, and classism, it's becoming aware of our differences, and it's becoming activists. This name change may be a mouthful, but it's an empowering name that allows everyone a better understanding of what we're truly about.
--Kelsey Rudeen, class of 2011

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