Administrative
Coordinator:
Jo-Ann D. Smith
Women's and Gender Studies (WGS)
is an interdisciplinary major that examines the experiences and
opportunities of women and men in relation to race, ethnicity,
class and sexuality. WGS places gender in specific cultural and
historical contexts in relation to families, communities, and nations.
In addition, feminist scholarship in recent years has inspired
a vast array of work on those who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual
or transgendered. Uniting inquiry in Women's and Gender Studies
is the effort to understand and explain the inequalities between
and among men and women and to envision change.
Keep up with the latest on WGS at SSU and 
WGS Lecture & News
"From Princesses to Pop Tarts: What the New Culture of Girlhood Means for Girls and Those who Raise Them"
Peggy Orenstein
NY Times Best-Selling Author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the new Girlie-Girl Culture
Tuesday, March 20, 2012. 7:00 p.m. in the Commons.
$5-$10 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds. Students are free.
The WGS Department cordially invites you to return to campus (bring some friends!) to hear the acclaimed author, Peggy Orenstein. Please join current faculty and WGS student, as well as WGS alumni for this wonderful opportunity to hear this engaging author as she reads from her new book and muses on the "new girlie girl" culture. Make a night of it!
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The SSU Alumni Association has named WGS Major Kristel England as the recipient of the 2011-12 Nichols Scholarship Award. This $3000 scholarship was established and named for founding President Ambrose R. Nichols Jr., and is awarded each year to honor outstanding academic achievement and contributions to the SSU Community.
