Professor Zenzele Isoke with GWSS grad students

Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

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

Humanities on the front line, community at the center

"How we do the work: that's a big part of racial justice," says Jigna Desai, Professor of gender, women & sexuality studies and Minnesota Transform scholar. Minnesota…

Spring 2022 GWSS Classes

Information about classes offered in spring 2022

Photos of Aren Aizura, Josephine Lee, and Vanessa Lee

2021 Motley Teaching Award Recipients

Congratulations to Aren Aizura, gender, women & sexuality studies; Vanessa Lee, psychology; and Josephine Lee, English, CLA's Motley Teaching Award Winners

New three-year project will deepen knowledge on disability by facilitating virtual spaces and discussions

Dr. Jennifer Row, Dr. Angela Carter, and Dr. Jessica Horvath Williams of the University of Minnesota's Critical Disability Studies Collective (CDSC) are featured in an article…

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021-22 Awards for Pedagogy and Teaching Excellence in Feminist Studies

The Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies is proud to recognize five of our graduate students for their outstanding contributions to pedagogy and teaching…