Professor Zenzele Isoke with GWSS grad students

Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

As a place where research, education, and social change go hand in hand, GWSS identifies, analyzes, and challenges structural inequalities, while imagining and creating just and transformative futures for all.

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Kari Smalkoski: Meeting Students Where They’re At

After a passionate career as a high school English teacher, Assistant Professor Kari Smalkoski came to the U of M to explore the intersections between gender, race, and youth.

Professor Jigna Desai (gender, women & sexuality studies), one of the six faculty members who brought Minnesota Transform to life

Jigna Desai Will Not be Categorized

The gender, women, and sexuality studies professor, who recently received a CLA Dean’s Medal, has spent her career exploring a wide range of disciplines in search of deeper…

Jigna Desai and Monica Luciana, Dean's Medalists

Professors Jigna Desai and Monica Luciana Awarded Dean's Medal

Professors Jigna Desai (gender, women, & sexuality studies) and Monica Luciana (psychology) have been named CLA Dean's Medalists.