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WGSS chair, students, and staff at 2018 Feminist Fest Celebration

New in WGSS: LGBTQ+ Studies Minor

In Autumn 2020, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies launched a new LGBTQ+ Studies minor, available to undergraduate students across the university. Professor Shannon Winnubst, professor and…

Arwa Mboya (left) and Sabrina Hersi Issa (right)

Alumna Sabrina Hersi Issa Creates and Awards The Bold Prize

Sabrina Hersi Issa, CEO of Be Bold Media and OSU graduate, recently awarded the first ever Bold Prize, an annual award created to recognize young Black women who are courageously calling for…

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Professor Shannon Winnubst Featured on Voices of Excellence Podcast

Professor Shannon Winnubst, professor and chair of WGSS, was recently featured as a guest on Voices of Excellence, the College of Arts and Sciences' podcast.

Voices of Excellence is a…

Exterior view of University Hall

In The News (June 2020)

Dr. Treva Lindsey discusses the erasure and lack of justice for Black women and girls in the movement against police brutality in her article, “The Lack…

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A Word on #BlackLivesMatter

4. June 2020

 

The Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies stands in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter, #SayHerName, #blacktranslivesmatter, and all activists…

Ph.D. Candidate Mahaliah Little

Mahaliah Little Receives AAUW Dissertation Fellowship

WGSS Ph.D. Candidate Mahaliah Little recently received the AAUW Dissertation Fellowship!

Awarded by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), the Dissertation Fellowship is…

2020 Mellon/ACLS Fellows Dr. Treva Lindsey and Dr. Jennifer Suchland

Professors Treva Lindsey and Jennifer Suchland Named 2020 Mellon/ACLS Fellows

WGSS professors Dr. Treva Lindsey and Dr. Jennifer Suchland have recently been named 2020 Mellon/ACLS Scholars & Society Fellows!

The Mellon/ACLS Scholars & Society Fellowship is…

Ph.D. Candidate Tatsiana Shchurko

Tatsiana Shchurko Receives 2020-2021 Presidential Fellowship

WGSS Ph.D. Candidate Tatsiana Shchurko was recently awarded a 2020-2021 Presidential Fellowship!

The Presidential Fellowship is offered to graduates during the spring and fall of…

Inside-Out class taught by Dr. Thomas in Spring 2019

Incarcerated and Non-Incarcerated Students Learning Together: Inside-Out Courses at OSU

The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program is an educational program with an innovative pedagogical approach tailored to effectively facilitate dialogue across difference. During the semester-long…