Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS
Undergraduate Programs
The Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies offers a major and minor in both WGSS and Human Sexuality Studies; an online bachelor's degree in WGSS; as well as a certificate in Gender, Law & Policy.
Graduate Programs
Our Graduate program supports interdisciplinary research on topics pertaining to women, gender, and sexuality and administers programs leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, and graduate certificate.
Upcoming Events
WGSS Latest News
WGSS Receives 1M Mellon Grant!
The Mellon Foundation awarded WGSS with a 1M grant that will boost Transgender Studies at KU.
Two WGSS PhD Alums have now published books!
Congrats to Corinne Schwarz and Jo Kipgen! In Policing Victimhood: Human Trafficking, Frontline Work, and the Carceral State, Schwarz examines critical issues in crime and society. Kippen contributes to an understudied area in Reproductive Politics in India: The Case of Sex-Selective Abortion.
'Masculine Pregnancies' Reveals Literary Relationship Between Artistic Creation and Procreation
LAWRENCE — Pregnancy has traditionally been seen as among the most “feminine” traits.
A new book argues that not only is this perspective changing, but it’s also been a contested viewpoint in literature for more than a century.
“There are a lot of people who tend to think about pregnancy as being…
Cease Fire Statement
Dear WGSS and larger KU Community,
To borrow the words of Ibram X. Kendi, the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department faculty, “stand in solidarity with all Israelis and Palestinians who are grieving the loss of their loved ones, who are grieving the destruction of the homes and…
To borrow the words of Ibram X. Kendi, the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department faculty, “stand in solidarity with all Israelis and Palestinians who are grieving the loss of their loved ones, who are grieving the destruction of the homes and…