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Anu Aneja is Professor and Director of the Women and Gender Studies program at George Mason University. She has research interests in the areas of transnational feminist theory and aesthetics, in particular their inventive crossings across South Asia and the west. She has explored these in her monog...
Professor Jones received her B.A. in Philosophy and German from St. John's College, Oxford University, and her MA and PhD in Philosophy and Literature from the University of Warwick. Her teaching and research interests include key thinkers and themes in continental and feminist philosophy (such as Ka...
Meet the Women and Gender Studies Staff!
Dr. Anu Aneja (she/her), Director
Anu Aneja has joined George Mason as Associate Professor and Director of Women and Gender Studies and is excited to work with faculty and students to lead this vibrant, diverse and welcoming program! She has most re...
Jessica Hurley is assistant professor of English and affiliate faculty in Native American and Indigenous Studies, Cultural Studies, and Women and Gender Studies at George Mason University, where she teaches classes and supervises research in science fiction, multi-ethnic American, Indigenous, and wor...
Kristin Samuelian received her PhD from Boston University. She teaches courses in nineteenth-century British literature and culture, the nineteenth-century novel, and research methods. She is the author of Royal Romances: Sex, Scandal, and Monarchy in Print, 1780-1821 (Palgrave, 2010) and The Moving ...
Paula Ruth Gilbert (Ph.D. French, Columbia University) is Professor Emerita of French, Canadian, and Women and Gender Studies in Modern and Classical Languages/Women and Gender Studies and a faculty affiliate in Cultural Studies and New Century College/School of Integrative Studies. She is also Dean...
The Center for Humanities Research is pleased to announce its fall 2023 and spring 2024 cohorts. All were chosen to work on research projects related to CHR's 2023-24 annual theme, "Democracy, Disposability, and Repair."
Congratulations to all of our new faculty and graduate fellows! Learn more abou...
The Women and Gender Studies Center houses a library of over 1,000 books related to current topics in Women and Gender Studies, including books necessary for our courses, and other unique and interesting topics. Students may check out books for a three-week period. We ask that individuals be prepared...
On Wednesday, November 8, the Women and Gender Studies Center hosted Rodeo Star: Queering the American Cowboy. The event was hosted in JC Room 240K at the Women and Gender Studies Center. The purpose of the event was to bring attention to the history of the American cowboy, specifically highlighting ...