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Gender and Women's Studies
We offer an interdisciplinary program of study that examines the social, cultural, and biological constructions of gender and sexuality. The program is founded on close collaboration between academic departments, enabling students and faculty to utilze the perspectives and methodologies of gender and women's studies across traditional disciplines.
JOIN THE GWST MAJOR!
CSB/SJU students can now apply for a major in Gender and Women's Studies. The result of overwhelming approval by the CSB|SJU faculty and the coordinate Board, this step reinforces the institutions' committment to gender education and learning. To learn more about the major, check out Constructing a GWST Major or Minor.
Program highlights
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Gender and Women's Studies at CSB|SJU is unusual in studying the role of gender in both men's and women's lives, a combination that recognizes the collaboration between CSB as a women's college and SJU as a men's college;
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Many CSB|SJU faculty have contributed scholarship to nationally recognized fields in gender and women's studies, enhancing understanding of the world;
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Approximately one-fifth of the faculty at CSB|SJU have taught in the GWST program;
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Student interest in the study of Gender and Women's Studies has increased steadily with continuing growth in the number of minors and consistently high enrollments in GWST courses;
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The Men's Lives and the Women's Lives series, the CSB Center for Women, and the SJU Center for Men's Leadership and Service have successfully facilitated new ideas and programs concerning gender;
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Student activism through groups such as Campus Feminists, PRiSM, the Student Gender Awareness Group, and Student Advocates for Sexual Consent have brought various well-known speakers to CSB/SJU to discuss related issues within the field, along with offering numerous campus events.
Contact information:
Meg Lewis, Program Director