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.

Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Undergraduate

Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Graduate

Recent News

“Not all is Lost”: The Violence of Colonial Architecture at the US-Mexico Border

Graduate student Isaac Esposto spent the past summer in the Sonoran Desert, researching how colonialism is reflected and reinforced by the architecture of the southern border.

Moriah Shumpert Awarded RIDGS GRPP Summer Fellowship

Feminist Studies PhD student Moriah Shumpert was awarded a GRPP Summer Fellowship from the Center for Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender, and Sexuality for 2024! Congrats…

UMN Liberal Arts Engagement Hub Residencies for 2023-24 Announced

The fifth year of residencies have been selected for The Liberal Arts Engagement Hub, part of the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts.

GWSS Faculty Statement on Palestine

As scholars and solidarity workers who seek justice everywhere, we respond to the call of Palestinian feminists and Palestinian freedom fighters for transnational solidarity…

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Writing in Community

Five participants reflect on their experiences, projects, and memorable takeaways from the first annual RIDGS Faculty Summer Writing Retreat.