Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Awards: Rush Family Scholar (2019-2020)
Quote: "When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.” Toni Morrison
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Favorite WGS Class: Intro to WGS with Bonnie Hagerman because it introduced me to the department and my passion!
Quote: "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." -Margaret Thatcher
Pronouns: She/Her
Parting Thoughts: I remember on one of the first days of Issues in LGBTQ Studies with Doug Meyer, he said something along the lines of "Profound change doesn't make people comfortable." That class made me think much more critically about the world and made me want to declare my major in WGS.
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Awards: Dean's List
After graduation Piper will work as a literacy tutor with Americorps for a year before grad school.
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Awards: Echols Scholar, Dean’s List, and Intermediate Honors
Quote: "The liminality of selfhood is a liminality of otherness, a surrender that embraces what it is to be other, a practice of tension between two essential principles: 'I am (a) me' and 'I am someone's an/other.'" -Dr. Kevin Quashie
Pronouns: They/Them or He/Him
WGS Distinguished Major
Favorite WGS Class: Queer Theory- This course introduced me to so many important thinkers and concepts that push the boundaries of feminist and gender studies. Plus Doug is a fantastic lecturer who is seriously dedicated to his students and the development of their theoretical knowledge.
Pronouns: She/Her
Camila plans to apply to PA schools while working as a clinical technician at Inova hospital
Quote: Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dear WGS Students:
We here in the WGS Department hope that you are all safely and comfortably self-quarantining. We understand that this time has been strange, eventful and stressful, and we appreciate all you are doing to stay healthy and remain engaged with your studies.
WGS 3230 Gender and the Olympics
Bonnie Hagerman
The UVA Department of Drama wishes to make you aware of a staged reading of Paul Lucas’ ground breaking play Trans Scripts Part I: The Women in the Helms theater on the UVA Arts Grounds, November 22nd and 23rd at 7:00 pm. They have assembled a fully representative cast of seven trans women to bring to life this new work, exploring the life and experience of multiple generations. Spread the word about this stunning and unique live theater experience.
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
