Gender and Sexuality Studies

• Prospective students: Check out the Gender and Sexuality Studies page in Majors, Minors, and Concentrations

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Gender and Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary program committed to the study of the range of questions raised by the categories of gender and sexuality, considered historically, materially, and cross-culturally.. Courses in the program investigate gender and sexual variance, gender and sexual roles and socialization, and gender and sexual bias, as they intersect with race, class, disability, religion, and nationality.

Students choosing a concentration, minor, or independent major in Gender and Sexuality Studies plan their programs in consultation with the Gender and Sexuality Studies director. Members of the Gender and Sexuality Studies steering committee serve as their individual mentors. All students in the program take an introductory course and the junior seminar, "Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality." Other courses in the program allow students to explore a range of themes, approaches, and methodologies, including gender studies: feminist theory, queer theory, and trans studies; LGBTQIA+ history; transnational and third-world feminisms; women of color feminism and queer/trans of color critique; and science and technology studies.

"The G & S core course, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality, is a place to talk about a lot of things that are usually edged around or ignored completely, but that are vital to all our lives and identities—and to have great fun doing it."

"As a political science major I never thought I would enjoy a gender/sex course. I must say every Tuesday I wake up excited to go to Interdisciplinary Perspectives. If I were to start my course study all over again I would take many more Gender and Sexuality courses"

— Grace Oppenheim, '08