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WGSS Minor Named Homecoming Royalty
Fifth-year Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies minor Kelsey Lowman was named Homecoming Royalty at the 2022 homecoming celebration on October 1. Lowman was part of an historic court that elected…
WGSS Dobbs Statement
The Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies department of Ohio State University condemns the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which ends the constitutional…
WGSS Alum Founds Trans Student Support Fund
In an effort to aid trans students within Arts and Sciences, WGSS Master's alumnus ('13) and current WGSS staff member Jackson Stotlar has founded the Transgender and Allies Student Support Fund.…
PhD Student Lorna Closeil Awarded Global Arts & Humanities Discovery Theme Graduate Team Fellowship
This fellowship brings together a cohort of graduate students whose projects intersect with one or more of the GAHDT Focus Areas – providing students with an opportunity to gain cross-…
Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project receives 2022 Community Partnership Award
Every spring, the Ohio State Office of Outreach and Engagement honors faculty, staff, students and community partners engaged in scholarship that impacts the community.
The 2022…
Blending history and memoir, Lindsey's 'America, Goddam' examines violence against Black women
Though America, Goddam is rich in theory, history and research, Treva Lindsey, associate professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies, wrote it from the perspective of a survivor who has…
WGSS Statement in Response to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Russia and its authoritarian government, led by Russian President Vladimir Putin, launched an unprovoked invasion of the democratic and sovereign state of Ukraine. This invasion violates…
Remembering bell hooks
The Ohio State University Department of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies mourns the loss of legendary Black feminist scholar, activist, and public intellectual bell hooks. hooks’ scholarship…
MA Student Madeleine McClung Op-Ed Featured in Columbus Dispatch
WGSS second year MA student Madeleine McClung recently authored an op-ed featured in the Columbus Dispatch. McClung's piece, "''Fake healthcare centers' using taxpayer money to spread lies about…