Post Tagged with: "women’s and gender and sexuality studies news"

For many undergraduate students, the idea of pursuing an independent research project can be daunting. Substantial research is often something reserved for graduate school, but Ohio University has opportunities for undergraduates to conduct research and have that research funded. Funding for substantial undergraduate research comes from the Office of the […]

Jack Halberstam, author of Gaga Feminism, kicks off the new undergraduate LGBTQ Certificate with a talk on “A Path So Twisted: Thinking Wildly With and Through Punk Feminisms” on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. in Scripps Auditorium. Watch live or later on A&S TV. Halberstam’s presentation explores notions of […]

In honor of National Postdoc Appreciation Week Sept. 15-19, the Office of Research Communications is spotlighting Ohio University postdoctoral fellows across campus. Dr. Lana Oweidat is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of English who also teaches in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program. She works with faculty member […]

The Making and Breaking the Law theme group is coordinating a series of events on the theme of “Critical Resistance in the Digital Age” in Spring 2014. The spring series focuses on social activism, new media technologies, and their role in relation to issues of privacy, mobilization, and advocacy, with […]

WOUB quotes College of Arts & Sciences Student Jesper Becholt in a story on Facebook gender options. Becholt is majoring in English and Women’s and Gender Studies. For the last five years of its existence, Facebook has only allowed users to identify as either “male” or “female.” Now, after working […]

By Dr. Daniel Phillips College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. The Knowing the Future theme seeks to acquaint students with different ways in which we think about the future. […]

“My gender means freedom,” says Ryan Vollrath ’14 in WOUB’s “Gay Perspectives: Ohio University Student Tells Coming Out Story” video. Vollrath is studying History and Psychology and pursuing Gender and Women’s Studies Certificate in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences. “It’s freed me in a lot of ways […]