UMN researchers and the Minnesota Youth Story Squad help youth share stories about issues that touch their lives in an effort to improve learning.

Feminist Studies doctoral candidate Beaudelaine Pierre was awarded the 2019 Documentary Essay Prize for her essay, “You May Have the Suitcase Now,” from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

GWSS 6th Annual Undergraduate Symposium.

Ananya Chatterjea, a professor of dance, discusses the importance of International Women's Day in this radio interview with The Current.

GWSS 45th Anniversary Celebration

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Rachmi Diyah Larasati reflects on her time as a dancer during Indonesia’s Suharto dictatorship. How does dance affect politics, society, and government?

In light of recent events, the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota is releasing a statement of solidarity. 

Minnesota Youth Story Squad (MYSS) amplifies the voices of young people in the Twin Cities. Too often, stories about youth and urban public schools are told from the perspective of almost everyone but youth. But MYSS goes directly to the source: young people and their Twin Cities schools. We seek to inspire and engage youth by deepening their knowledge about society and public engagement while they learn how to advocate for change.

The Race, Indigeneity, Gender & Sexuality Studies Initiative (RIGS) was established in 2015 to support innovative research, teaching, community-building, and engagement for scholars and students addressing issues on these topics. RIGS is dedicated to bringing faculty and students together to pursue lines of inquiry that challenge systems of power and inequality, assert human dignity, and imagine social transformation.