Women, Gender & Sexuality is an interdisciplinary department in which students study gender and sexualities with an emphasis on transnational perspectives.
The Edge of Sex
WGS faculty Lisa Speidel and Micah Jones are co-authors of The Edge of Sex, and have created a speaker series as an opportunity for the writers to talk about their chapters and their personal narratives. The event will be hosted by Bianca Laureano's social justice program Ante Up!
Rising Scholars Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Review of applications will begin April 12, 2021.
Rising Scholar Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality
The Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality invites you to join us for our Spring Colloquium Schedule
The Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality invites you to join us for our Spring Colloquium
All talks will be virtual. Please contact wgsuva@virginia.edu for zoom links
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Wednesday, March 10
3:30-5 p.m.
Tiffany Lethabo King
Associate Professor
African-American Studies
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Georgia State University
Fall 2021
WGS 2100 Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies
Matthew Chin
Summer 2021
Session I
WGS 3340 Transnational Feminism
Laura Ornee
J-Term 2021
WGS 3210 Gender, Sport and Film
Bonnie Hagerman
Scholarships for LGBTQ+ Students!
Over $100,000 in scholarships are available this semester from the Serpentine Society, UVA’s LGBTQ+ Alumni organization!
All applications are due by Sunday, March 14th, at 11:59 P.M. This webpage provides an overview of all three open scholarships, and summaries are below.
Old-Age Justice and Black Feminist History: Sojourner Truth’s and Harriet Tubman’s Intersectional Legacies
by Corinne T. Field
Recent Publications by Assistant Professor Matthew Chin
In collaboration with Caribbean International Resource Network, Matthew Chin coordinated the Digital Collection Launch of the Jamaica Gaily News (1977-1984)
In collaboration with Caribbean International Resource Network, Matthew Chin coordinated the Digital Collection Launch of the Jamaica Gaily News (1977-1984), the publication of the anglophone Caribbean's first self-proclaimed gay activist organization, the Gay Freedom Movement in Jamaica.
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In the News
The Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality affirms the importance of respecting and supporting all students, faculty, and staff at the University of Virginia, including those of us who are transgender, nonbinary, or gender questioning. We believe that maintaining the excellence of the Univer