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Women and Gender Studies Center
The center bridges academic course work with student development, leadership, and coalition building. Read More >>
Courses Spring 2010
A wide range of offerings on the history, politics, and culture of women and gender. Read More >>
Events and Deadlines
Faculty Staff Breakfast
February 16, 2010, 08:30 AM
Women of Celebration: The Origin & Separation of Black Hair
February 16, 2010, 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Call for Submissions - WMST Feminist Art Show!
February 19, 2010, 12:06 PM
The Women and Gender Studies programs at Mason are designed to give you a firm grounding in the theory and methodology of gender and help you better understand men, women, the relationships between sex and gender, the impact of sex, race, class, disability and sexual orientation and more.
Connect with a research-minded faculty that will lead your exploration through topics such as women’s roles in social, political and economic life, women’s roles in history, women and the media and feminist theory. Acquire the tools to envision other alternatives to conventional stereotypes.
With access to The Women and Gender Studies Center – a coalition that bridges academic coursework with student development, leadership and team building – you can get involved with many events, research opportunities and community activism.
Annual W.E.B. DuBois Lecture to Be Held Feb. 4
The annual W.E.B. DuBois Lecture will be presented this year as part of Black Heritage Month on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 1:30 p.m. in Research I, Room 163, on the Fairfax Campus. The subject of the lecture is “Black and ‘Queer’ in America,” and the presenters are Patrik-Ian Polk and Marlon Ross. Read More >>
Women Entrepreneurs as Peacemakers
On October 20, 2009, Women and Gender Studies welcomes Dorothy Tuma, President of the Women's Center for Job Creation (WCFJC), Marga Fripp, President of Entrepreneurship Academy for Artists and Empowered Women International, and Barbara Moller, President of Voices for Global Change and founder of Paper to Pearls. They will participate in a roundtable discussion about their experience as peace makers promoting self sustainability for women in Uganda and in the United States. Women and Gender Studies has been collaborating with the Women's Center for Job Creation since November 2008 with the Bulondo Goat Project. The program sponsored 38 goats for women heads of households in Uganda. Read More >>
From the Inside-Out: Gender Issues Examined at Mason
Eleven undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in WMST 411 or 611 Gender Research Project, chose their own research topics, and used various methodologies to answer their sociological queries. On May 7, those researchers presented their findings and received feedback from professors, students and community members at the Second Annual Gender Research Conference. Read More >>