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Professor Wendy Smooth Interviewed on Election 2016
As the 2016 Presidential election takes center stage in the battleground Buckeye State, Ohio State experts are studying changes to voting laws, the role of gender and race in voter turnout, and…

WGSS Course Tops Elle List
The course, “Women and Addiction: A Feminist Perspective,” offered by the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) since 2008 and first created by Victoria Genetin topped a list…

Professor Juno Parreñas Attends International Primatological Society Congress
Juno Parrenas, Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, presented her research on orangutan conservation and forced copulation at the International Primatological Society…

WGSS Faculty Win Humanities and Arts Discovery Theme Grants
This year, faculty in the Division of Arts and Humanities of the College of Arts and Sciences were invited to submit proposals to help develop focus areas of significance to education in the…

Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Research Grants Winners
The Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Research Grants is happy to announce the 2016-2017 winners!
Faculty Award WinnersBrehm, Hollie Nyseth, Sociology – Understanding Women…

Radio Interview with Lynn Itagaki on Civil Racism: The 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion and the Crisis of Racial Burnout’
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Professor Lynn Itagaki was interviewed Monday, April 18th by Rising Up with Sonali on her new book Civil Racism: The 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion and the Crisis…

New Mural in WGSS Office
The Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies is proud to announce the inauguration of the first graffiti mural on the OSU campus titled Formación. This title speaks of the constant…

WGSS Graduate Student Debanuj Dasgupta to present at OSU TedX
The TEDx Program is designed to help communities, organizations and individuals to spark conversation and connection through local TED-like experiences. At TEDx events, a screening of TED Talks…

Professor Suchland Writes Sex Trafficking Essay on The Feminist Wire
Professor Jennifer Suchland's essay, "The Missing “P” in U.S. Anti-Trafficking Law" was recently featured on The Feminist Wire. Suchland's essay reveals how current reponses to sex trafficking…