Welcome to the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies!
The Department offers academic programs, grants graduate and undergraduate degrees, and advances research in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. Faculty in the Department successfully compete for national fellowships and grants, win research and teaching awards, and produce rigorous and transformative research. The Department serves 600+ majors, minors and graduate students and has a robust experiential learning program, placing 200+ students in 30+ internship and practicum sites per year. Students are campus leaders and go on to rich and diverse careers in industry, public service, policy, as well as to graduate and professional study. Over three-fourths of women’s studies majors gain work experience and participate in internships during their education at UF. Majors have a strong post-graduation employment rate and graduate school acceptance rate.Learn more about our undergraduate program
Student and Faculty Accomplishments
- Congratulations to Dr. Jillian Hernandez for being awarded a UF Research Fellowship
- Mellon Foundation awards grant to UF Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
- Congratulations to Women’s Studies students and their faculty mentors selected for the CLAS and University Scholars Programs
- Congratulations to Dr. Maddy Coy for winning a UF CLAS Teacher of the Year Award
- Congratulations to Dr. Murrell for winning a Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Award
What our graduates are saying
“Besides enriching me as a person, Women’s Studies has served me in the professional realm by arming me with the listening (not just hearing, but really listening), writing, research and persuasive skills needed to succeed in many fields.”
— Megan Seery
Program Alum
— Megan Seery
Program Alum
“[My Thesis] project has shown me that there is a way to blend technical tools like wikis and databases with feminist ethics of breaking down barriers to knowledge.”
— Tim D’Annecy
Program Alum
— Tim D’Annecy
Program Alum
“I asked more questions, I looked at things differently and began growing into myself in a way that felt genuine. After my epiphany, I officially changed my major to Women Studies and searched for creative ways to marry my interests. I put a gender lens on African Studies, Latin American studies, literature, and Haitian Vodou.”
— Cynthia Valdez
Program Alum
— Cynthia Valdez
Program Alum
Alum Spotlight
- Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Taylor Burtch
February 21, 2024
Taylor Burtch graduated with an MA in Women’s Studies in Spring 2018. She went on to earn her PhD in Higher Education at UF in Summer 2023 and is now working as a postdoctoral researcher for The Center for Postsecondary ... - Alumni Spotlight: Andreina Fernandez
February 8, 2022
Andreina Fernandez graduated with an MA in Women’s Studies and Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies in 2020. She works in book publishing at the University of North Carolina Press and as Operations Manager for Girls Rock North Carolina. Read ... - Featured Alumni: Ketshia Robillard
February 8, 2022
Ketshia Robillard graduated in 2020 with the BA in Women’s Studies and a minor in Health Disparities in Society from the Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research. She is now working as resource technician for the Gainesville Fire ...