Women’s and Gender Studies

Director: Gillian Silverman (English)
Graduate Advisor: Margaret Woodhull (Humanities)
Office: 1050 9th Street, #102
Telephone: 303-556-4529
Fax: 303-556-2959

Associated Faculty

Joanne Addison (English)
Brenda J. Allen (Communication)
Elizabeth Allen (Psychology)
Laura Argys (Economics)
Pompa Banerjee (English)
Myra Bookman (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Michelle Comstock (English)
Mary Coussons-Read (Psychology)
Jennifer Davis (English)
Candan Duran-Aydintug (Sociology)
Paula Espinoza (Ethnic Studies)
Jana Everett (Political Science)
Sonja Foss (Communication)
Andrea Haar (Sociology)
Rachel Harding (Ethnic Studies)
Pamela Laird (History)
Marjorie Levine-Clark (History)
Donna Martinez (Ethnic Studies)
Myra Rich (History)
Candice Shelby (Philosophy)
Cate Wiley (English)

Women’s and gender studies (WGST) is an interdisciplinary program that focuses on the centrality of gender and sexuality to understanding our past and present worlds. Students and faculty probe assumptions about men and women and question structures of inequality as they play out in local and global contexts. Through a study of gender and sexuality, we expand our thinking about other relations of power, such as race, class, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability. WGST fosters connections with the local community and promotes advocacy of human rights and social justice.

Undergraduate Information

Click here to learn about the requirements for the Minor in Women’s and Gender Studies.

Individually Structured Major

Students interested in a major in women’s and gender studies may develop one through the individually structured major (ISM). The ISM is an interdisciplinary major based on an individual contract rather than a preset list of courses. By choosing an ISM, students can pursue their interests in WGST across a variety of departments. For more information on an ISM in women’s and gender studies, contact Gillian Silverman, and see the individually structured major section of this catalog.

Graduate Information

Please go to the Graduate catalog to read about our graduate programs.