Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

I had prepared my Director’s Desk letter, focusing on the admirable efforts of our students, staff, and faculty in managing the high level of personal and professional demand and strain associated with COVID-19. I threw that letter away. Today is the ...

There is a strong body of scholarship devoted to understanding and eliminating anti-Black racism, violence, and oppression. This critical race scholarship often uses intersectionality to highlight how anti-Black racism is inextricably linked with gender, class, and disability, among other key ...

Work by students in Dr. Jillian Hernandez’s Fall 2019 Latinx Sexualities course was on view in January 2020 at Moisturizer Gallery in Gainesville, a space that features cutting-edge contemporary art from across the country. Students displayed their final creative projects ...

Congratulations to our graduates! Shyamala Engelhart graduated with her MA in Women’s Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Gerontology in spring 2020. In March, she successfully defended her MA project titled, “Feminist Gerontology: A Course Syllabus on Older Women, Ageism ...

This year, the Center’s graduating majors completed exciting Honors Thesis research projects that translate their academic learning into advancing scholarship and addressing real-world challenges. Through this research, these students help us realize the mission of the Center’s academic program to ...

Dr. Marcela Murillo graduated with the MA in Women’s Studies and PhD in Spanish in 2019. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Santa Fe College. My incursion to the Center started out as simple curiosity. I took Dr. Shehan’s “Advanced ...

The Center is proud to announce the inaugural winners of the Charles T. Woods Endowment Grants. These grants are made possible by the generosity of Charles T. Woods who, upon his passing, left the gift to support research and service ...

Local community organization leaders came together in the Center to discuss their gender-specific education, creative, and enrichment projects. The panel, featuring representatives from the Gainesville Girls Rock Camp, PACE Center for Girls– Alachua, and Girls Place, Inc. was moderated by ...

Due to COVID-19, we had to halt inperson contact this spring, precisely at a time when we usually gather to celebrate and send off our Center graduates. In fact, a highlight of our spring semesters is our end of year ...

The Center’s Annual “Fall Reception” was held on September 12th. Center Affiliate faculty member, Dr. Sheila K. Dickison, of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, gave the keynote address, and was named the “Uppity Woman Award” recipient and Dr. ...

Thanks to everyone whose generosity helps the Center continue to thrive, including the following donors: Gifts to the Center are used to fund conferences, educational travel for graduate students, scholarship funds, speaker honoraria, and exhibit support. Read more "With an Attitude of ...

We appreciate the generosity of our donors at all levels. For those thinking of a significant gift, we have some suggestions: $250 Garden walk pavers for the Yardley Garden (honor a recent graduate or teacher) $500-$1000 Send a student to a regional or national ...

Dr. Anita Anantharam published the chapter, “Gender and Food Politics” in the edited book Asian Diaspora and Development (Routledge, 2020). She gave the keynote Address on “Ecofeminism” at the UF International i-Rec Conference for Sustainability and the Built Environment Resilience ...

As part of the Edna Saffy Lecture Series, the Center hosted Dr. Elise Salem, Vice President for Student Development and Enrollment Management at the Lebanese American University (LAU). A professor of literature, and author of Constructing Lebanon: A Century of ...

Approximately 50 students and CGSWSR faculty met for a Pizza with Professors lunch during the 2019-2020 school year. This event was organized by Associate Director and Undergraduate coordinator, Dr. Alyssa Zucker and the Women’s Studies Ambassadors, Priya Gurjar, Mackintosh Joachim, ...

Congratulations to Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research’s graduates, earning Master’s Degrees, Shyamala Engelhart, Andreina Fernandez, Kaylee Kagiavas, Logan Neser, and Melissa Powers. Congratulations to our certificate students Pamala Proverbs, who is working toward her Ph.D. in Mass Communication ...