INSTITUTE NEWS
Read below for the most up-to-date news from the Institute for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS).
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Recent Institute News
Teaching WGSS: An Interview with Dr. Julie Kubala
Dr. Julie Kubala is a Senior Lecturer for the Institute for Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at GSU. In addition, she serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Institute AND oversees the Graduate Teaching Assistants in their feminist pedagogy course....read more ❯
Undergraduate Spotlight: Jennifer Long
Jennifer Long is a junior double majoring in WGSS and Anthropology. She also serves in a leadership role for the WGSS undergraduate organization, Faces of Feminism. This Spring, the faculty chose to recognize Jennifer as the Outstanding Undergraduate of the Year. In...read more ❯
Alumni Spotlight: Emilia Pasalic
Emilia Pasalic is a WGSS alumna who earned her BA in 2011 and went on to pursue a career as a scientist working in public health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this interview, we talk more with Emilia about her experience in the department and...read more ❯
Faculty News, Fall 2022
WGSS Director Dr. Jennie Burnet’s new book, To Save Heaven and Earth: Rescue in the Rwandan Genocide, is to be published in January 2023 by Cornell University Press. The book considers people who risked their lives in the 1994 Rwandan genocide of Tutsi to try and...read more ❯
Alumni Update: Ella Bardin
Ella Bardin graduated with a BA from the Institute for Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies in 2021. She is now working as a Manager of Talent and Culture at Ammunition, an advertising agency. In this interview, we talk more with her about her experience in the...read more ❯
Alumni Update: Crystal Rodgers
Crystal Rodgers is a WGSS alumna who earned her BA in 2011 and went on to pursue a career in library science- working primarily in Special Collections. In this interview, we talk more with Crystal about her experience in the department and her current endeavors and...read more ❯
New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Daniel Coleman
This fall, we were thrilled to have Dr. Daniel Coleman join the faculty of the Institute for Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies as an Assistant Professor.
This semester, he is teaching Black Feminist Thought, and in Spring 2023 he will teach Intro to WGSS and...read more ❯
Graduate Student Spotlight: Christopher Vanbeukering
Christopher Vanbeukering is a first-year MA student and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Institute of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at GSU. In this interview, we talk with Christopher about his research interests and his first semester at GSU.
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Graduate Student Spotlight: Vic Kennedy
Vic Kennedy is a second-year MA student and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Institute for Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at GSU.
They recently gave a presentation at the Thinking Trans // Trans Thinking conference at Goucher College on October 29th, 2022....read more ❯
Conference 6/22-6/23: Why social ecologies matter: thinking about conflict-related sexual violence and transitional justice through a resilience lens.
The University of Birmingham (UK) is hosting an online conference on Wednesday, June 22- Thursday, June 23: Why social ecologies matter: thinking about conflict-related sexual violence and transitional justice through a resilience lens.
From their...read more ❯
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