This Spring, we close out another challenging year together. At the forefront of my mind is our work around labor and care. We have been having many conversations about negotiating self- and other- care in our institutional context, power relations, and labor responsibilities.
We are excited to announce women’s studies scholar, Katherine Lynch, was selected alongside Dr. Hilary Coulson for an Emerging Scholar Faculty-Student Research Award. The Emerging Scholars Program from the UF Center for Undergraduate Research was founded to pair full-time undergraduate students with UF faculty to conduct research. This mentorship opportunity allows students a space to […]
Milan Savoury graduated with a BS in Psychology and a BA in Women’s Studies in 2016. She went on to earn a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and is set to graduate in August 2022 with a PhD in Counseling Psychology, with all degrees from the University of Florida. After graduating she will be a Postdoctoral Fellow at Deep Eddy Psychotherapy in Austin, TX.
Terri Bailey graduated with the MA in Women’s Studies in Spring 2022. She hosted Warrior Women’s Wellness, a day-long, multigenerational workshop celebrating Self-Care for the Feminine Divine, and successfully defended her MA Project, Womanfesto of the Divine Feminine and the Laws of S.H.E. (self-care, healing, and empowerment).
Zoe Terner, a double major in Women’s Studies and English with minors in Sociology and Disabilities in Society, was chosen as the student speaker at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recognition ceremony, held on April 30th , at the Stephen C. OConnell Center. Zoe, active in both UF Student Government and the Women’s […]
Each year, the Women’s Conference of Florida selects up to four students from each institution to participate in the College Women on the Rise Program. The Women’s Conference of Florida brings together Florida’s professional women to address important issues, network, attend exhibits, and participate in panel discussions with the goal to empower women to have […]
The Center is proud to announce this year’s Charles T. Woods Endowment Grants. These grants are made possible by the generosity of Charles T. Woods to support research and service that benefits the LGBTQ+ community. Chuck, as friends and colleagues knew him, was a UF alum, faculty member, and leader.
Kathryn Turner (she/her) graduated in 2009 with an MA in women’s studies. She holds post-graduate certificates in communications and technology and web development from UNC Chapel Hill and East Carolina University respectively.
The Center co-sponsored many events this academic year. For complete list of co-sponsorships, see events calendar on our website https://wst.ufl.edu/ “The Problem with Diversity and Inclusion” was held on October 13th, 2021. The event featured, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, and examined interdisciplinary perspective in the evolution of diversity and inclusion as a legal and institutional concept. […]
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Thank you 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, scholarship funds, speaker honoraria, and exhibit support. Opportunities for Giving to the UF Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research We appreciate the generosity of our donors […]
Dr. Nilufer Akalin taught introduction to health disparities, discrimination and health, and a new course focused on gender, race, immigration, and health for the Center. She also coordinated the practicum for the Center’s health disparities in society minor, placing about 200 students over summer, fall, and spring. Dr. Anita Anantharam was selected for an academic-year […]
Terri Bailey is part of a research team awarded the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities in Place grant to pursue community-engaged artmaking research to advance racial equity in Gainesville Ecem Ece is this year’s winner of UF’s Association for Academic Women’s (AAW) Emerging Social Science Scholar Award. Dr. Manoucheka Celeste was selected for a CLAS […]
The Center offers an interdisciplinary forum for the study of gender and sexualities and their intersections with race/ethnicity, class, and other sociocultural systems. Our vision is to use the tools of gender, sexualities, and women’s studies research to produce and support scholars, leaders, and social change agents who work collaboratively and build coalitions to advance knowledge, contribute to their communities, and promote equity and opportunity for all members of our global society.
Congratulations to Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research’s graduates, earning Master’s Degrees, Terri L. Bailey, Priya A. Gurjar, Bailey Moore Haas, Maria C. Saldana, Jess Trochez, and Lucy Xie (see Celebrating Milestones). Congratulations to our graduate certificate students Katherine Sims, who received a PhD in Youth, Development, and Family Sciences, and Christine Vitiello, […]