Women Studies
At the University of Washington
Calling all alumni: please fill out our alumni survey here and let us know how your experience in Women Studies has contributed to your life post-college.
News, tidbits of interest to alumni, and information about how you can mentor a graduating Women Studies senior on our alumni page. Check in monthly for regularly changing content!
In September, two long-term supporters of Women Studies, Michael Ann Herring and Jim Phelps, fully funded a $25,000.00 new endowment to support our students. Their initial plan was to pay this off over five years but decided the need was too important to delay.
The purpose of this endowment is to provide support for Women Studies' undergraduate students. It is the donors' intent that distributions from the endowment will be used at the discretion of the Chair of Women Studies to provide support for student participation in programs and initiatives designed to empower young women, especially those programs and initiatives targeted toward under-represented groups –such as ‘Rural Girls in Science' and ‘student partnerships with organizations serving women of color'.
This is an amazing act of generosity and political commitment that Mikey and Jim have said they will continue to build over the years.
Women studies provides a framework for understanding how questions of sexuality, race, disability, class, gender, age, and nationality affect not only the ways in which people live their lives but also the environment and society at large.
Women studies encourages students to engage both intellectually and politically with issues of everyday as well as historical importance. Our students learn actively through community internships and by contributing to ongoing movements for social change around the world.
Additional information can be found on the Women Studies Fact Sheet
Our current news and events can be found at our ongoing Women Studies Journal. Current features include information on upcoming events.
The undergraduate Student Organization of Women Studies (S.O.W.S.) has created a website. You can see what they are doing, and become involved HERE.
Links to campus diversity resources and information can be found HERE.
To contact staff or faculty at the Women Studies Department, please use the email address provided in the footer. If your request is time-sensitive, you may call the department's main office at (206) 543-6900.
Mailing Address:
UW Women Studies
Box 354345
Padelford Hall, Room B110
Seattle, WA 98195-4345
PHONE: 206-543-6900
FAX: 206-685-9555
The departmental Mission Statement can be found HERE.
More information about the department can be found on our 2008/2009 Fact Sheet.
Last modified: 11/25/2009 10:14 AM