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Career Opportunities in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies enhances both individual and career development and proves beneficial in a wide variety of fields. After graduation, about half of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Majors attend graduate or profession schools, while others find employment in governments and nonprofit agencies and organizations, as well as private businesses.
 

The following are careers that graduates of our undergraduate and graduate programs have encountered:
  • Network Administrator - United Healthcare
  • Analyst - United Healthcare, Novus Services
  • Administrative Associate - League of Women Voters
  • Job Developer - Goodwill Rehabilitation
  • Supervisor - Rocky Mountain HMO
  • Academic Advisor - University of Georgia
  • Grants Manager - The Women's Fund of Central Ohio
  • Research Advisor - Bank One
  • Patient Advocate - NW Women's Center
  • Marketing, Research & Promotion - Cox Newspapers
  • Attorney - Cook County Public Defender
  • Resident Assistant - Thurber Retirement Center
  • Real Estate Broker - SAGE Real Estate
  • Consultant - Sundance Resort
  • Bailiff - Franklin County Municipal Court
  • Development Editor - Simon & Schuster
  • Technical Writer - LANshark Systems
  • Tutor - Americorps, Ohio State University
  • Case Manager - Children's Services
  • Instructor of English - Columbus State College
  • Law Student - CUNY, Capital University
  • Correction Officer - Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Correction
  • Coordinator:
    • NW Women's Center
    • Friends of the Homeless
    • Amnesty International
    • SARNCO (Sexual Assault Response Network of Central Ohio)
    • Gaia Bookstore
    • Kelly Services
    • Mt. Carmel Health
  • Director:
    • League of Women Voters of Ohio
    • American Physical Therapy Association
    • Xavier University of Louisiana
    • Women's Studies, DePauw University
    • Maine Department of Mental Health
  • Professor:
    • State University of New York-Plattsburgh
    • DePauw University, Indiana
    • Wellesley College
    • Bates College
    • University of Missouri
    • Montana State University
  • Ph.D. Student:
    • Ohio State University
    • University of Illinois at Chicago
    • University of Texas at Austin

Please e-mail us to let us know how you have been using your Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies education since graduation.