Professor Zenzele Isoke with GWSS grad students

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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.

View the Recording of Our Movie Screening and Panel Discussion of Maadathy–An Unfairy Tale

In October, GWSS, AMES, and IAS collaborated with the AGITATE! journal to launch the North American tour of the film Maadathy: An Unfairy Tale.

SeungGyeong (Jade) Ji Wins National Women's Studies Association/University of Illinois Press' First Book Prize

PhD candidate SeungGyeong (Jade) Ji has won the NWSA/UIP First Book Prize.