The Institute for Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at Georgia State University invites applications for a full-time Visiting Lecturer position to begin in August of 2022. We seek a scholar-teacher broadly trained in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies...read more ❯

The Institute for Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is thrilled to announce that Deena Bregheith has been named our outstanding graduate student for the 2021-2022 academic year! Deena's commitment to the program, research, and fellow students makes her an ideal...read more ❯

You are invited to attend a thesis defense in The Institute for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Georgia State University REPRESENTATION STRATEGIES OF ARAB LGBQ INDIVIDUALS IN THE YEARS AFTER THE EVENTS OF THE SO-CALLED "ARAB SPRING" IN THE MAINSTREAM...read more ❯

The Institute for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is excited to announce that Haley Strassburger has been selected as the recipient of the WGSS Diane Fowlkes Research Award for the 2022-2023 academic year! Established by Diane L. Fowlkes, the founding director...read more ❯

You are invited to attend a thesis defense in The Institute for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Georgia State University. Jordan Keesler will defend their thesis, "Stories of Exile: The Construction of Trans Athletes as a Political Category," on Monday,...read more ❯

The Institute is thrilled to announce that Dr. Daniel B. Coleman is joining us in August 2022. Dr. Coleman brings expertise in Black feminist theory, transgender studies, transnational feminisms, and performance studies. Dr. Coleman joins the Institute from the...read more ❯

Dr. Evans: UGA Women's History Month Keynote, Tuesday, March 29 @ 4pm UGA Women's History Month Keynote Address. "BLACK WOMEN’S #HISTORICALWELLNESS: Traditions of Connecting Self-Care to Social Justice" presented by Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans, Georgia State...read more ❯

We are thrilled to announce that starting fall of 2022, Jordan Keesler (they/them) will begin their Ph.D. studies at The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland. Keesler’s proposed PhD project builds upon...read more ❯

Dr. Stephanie Evans has been invited to serve as the Auburn Avenue Research Library Annie L. McPheeters Distinguished Scholar Lecturer for 2022. This works-in-progress lecture series will trace the development of a new book project that expands research on Black...read more ❯

The Institute is still accepting applications for the M.A. program and will continue to until March 1st. The M.A. program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies has three interrelated areas of concentration: Globalization Sexuality studies Social...read more ❯