Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

Recently, I had the pleasure of attending multiple events featuring women’s studies students’ experiential learning opportunities and accomplishments. These included presentations and discussions with UF alums who leveraged their women’s studies education into successful and impactful careers in health care, law, ...

Evan graduated with a BA in Women’s Studies in 2009. He is now an Assistant Instructional Professor of Sociology at the University of Florida, having earned his PhD from the University of California-Davis in 2023. When I arrived at UF in ...

Thanks to a generous grant from Beyond120, we were able to send four Women’s Studies majors to the College Women on the Rise program, part of the Women’s Conference of Florida. Some attendees reflect on their experiences below. “The College Women ...

Dr. Olivia Adams Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant Recipient Dr. Ocqua Murrell 2024 – 2025 CLAS Teacher of the Year   Amanda Bouquet 2024 – 2025 CLAS Staff “Rookie of the Year” Dr. Joanna Neville 2024 – 2025 CLAS Beyond120 Grant Recipient   Dr. Maddy Coy 2024-2025 CLAS International Educator ...

THINK TANK AT SMITH COLLEGE Graduate student Alexandria Gibson and recent grad Terri Bailey attended a Reproductive Justice Futurisms Think Tank at Smith College that was hosted by Loretta Ross. Pictured here are Dázon Dixon Diallo (founder of Sister Love), Byllye ...

Karleen graduated with an MA in Women’s Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Public Health in 2019. She is a Program Manager for the HIV/STD Department for the State of Texas Department of Health and Human Services. When I began the ...

Undergraduate students engaged in mentored research through many mechanisms, including WST4970 Honors Thesis, McNair Scholars Program, University Scholars Program, and Mellon Grant funded projects. Here are just a handful of the projects our faculty sponsored this year. REY ARCENAS Women’s Studies major ...

August 29, 2024 Politics, Movements, and Joy: A meditation on Black Twitter Andre L. Brock (Georgia Tech), Sarah Florini (Arizona State University), Raven Maragh-Lloyd (Washington University), and Jasmine McNealy (UF) Lead sponsor: African American Studies October 3, 2024 The Rocks Don’t Care How You Get ...

Dr. Ollivia Adams is part of a research team that received a $100,000 CAD grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for a mixed methods study titled: A Multi-Method Investigation of Sexual Pain Experiences and Measurement in Black ...

AAUW– Gainesville Branch Grant The Department is proud to announce this year’s winners of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Gainesville Branch Grant. This grant was made possible by the generosity of the AAUW-Gainesville Branch to support women’s studies students ...

Thanks to everyone whose generosity on Gator Nation Giving Day helped us to continue to thrive, including the following donors: Gifts are used to fund conferences, educational travel for graduate students, scholarships, speaker honoraria, and exhibit support. Read more "With an Attitude ...

Congratulations to our MA Graduates! Sonbol Bahramikamangar defended her thesis titled “Violence Against Kurdish Women in Iran,” which uses interviews, autoethnography, and ancestral narratives to explore how Kurdish women experience violence, particularly in the context of a strict theocratic Islamic state. ...

Congratulations to our graduating MA students Sonbol Bahramikamangar, Mary Kate DiFresco, Amya Ellison, Alexandria Gibson, Whitney Rogriguez Minda, and Zuzu Tadeushuk (see Celebrating Milestones and Accomplishments). Congratulations to our graduate certificate students. Daneille March, Rosemary Maro, and Jennifer Quartey earned the ...

A group of Women’s Studies majors posed for a photo before the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences graduation ceremony at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on May 3rd, 2025, where College leaders recognized Bachelor’s degree graduates. Congratulations to those pictured ...