Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

Major, Minor

PROGRAM: GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND WOMEN'S STUDIES

The Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies program at Union fosters research and critical analysis, challenging gender constructs worldwide. Emphasizing experiential learning, students complete a one-term internship with local organizations in social services, law, media, childcare, LGBTQ+ advocacy, women’s rights, and healthcare. Global perspectives are integrated through international programs, including a faculty-led fall term in São Paulo, Brazil, exploring women, the environment, and social change, and a winter mini-term in Argentina examining social movements led by women activists and political leaders.

On campus, the GSWS program sponsors the Valerie J. Hoffman ’75 Lecture Series, featuring feminist scholars who highlight connections between feminist politics, racial justice, and human rights activism.