Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies at NEIU

Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies at NEIU Our mission is to empower students to reimagine our future and work toward liberation for all our communities.

Women's and Gender Studies is a vibrant interdisciplinary field that explores the experiences of women and investigates the many ways that gender shapes all of our identities and opportunities. We, at Northeastern Illinois University, approach our studies through intersections of feminist, anti-racist, multicultural, queer, global and ecological perspectives. Through our major, minor, and LGBTQ S

tudies minor, we examine how power is distributed and used along the intersections of race, class, gender, geography, age, abilities and sexualities. Our course offerings include:
African American Women: Feminism, Race & Resistance, Men & Masculinities, Sociology of Latinas, Sociology of Sexualities, Radical Feminist Imagination, Science & the Gendered Body and Violence Against Women. We work together to create an environment of learning and passionate commitment to social justice. Women’s and Gender Studies is not just about learning facts and theories, but also about using our knowledge to become practitioners, researchers, learners, leaders and activists. We work to develop and implement meaningful social change within the university and beyond.

01/06/2026
Support our students in our 2025 giving Tuesday campaign on Tuesday Dec. 2, 2025. Check these amazing students who used ...
11/25/2025

Support our students in our 2025 giving Tuesday campaign on Tuesday Dec. 2, 2025. Check these amazing students who used their scholarships last to study at NEIU! Follow this link:
https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/Give2NEIU/WGS

New cool goth class this fall. Check it out and sign up!
08/09/2023

New cool goth class this fall. Check it out and sign up!

COME JOIN WGS AND PARTY IT UP AS THE SEMESTER ENDS! This is a FREE event with Pizza, Karaoke and a live drawing to find ...
05/03/2023

COME JOIN WGS AND PARTY IT UP AS THE SEMESTER ENDS! This is a FREE event with Pizza, Karaoke and a live drawing to find out who our lizzo ticket winner is!!!

Entries will be sold at the door CASH ONLY for anyone who would like to join the drawing!

Buy an entry for a chance to win Lizzo Tickets!!! All proceeds go towards the WGS scholarship fund! The Drawing will be ...
03/21/2023

Buy an entry for a chance to win Lizzo Tickets!!! All proceeds go towards the WGS scholarship fund! The Drawing will be closed on April 20 so get your entry today!

Stay tuned for an event where we invite you to join us as we draw our winner! 👀

Put March 30 on your calendar! Come join us for an educational and engaging discussion 💜
03/21/2023

Put March 30 on your calendar! Come join us for an educational and engaging discussion 💜

Sign up for this special summer ELE-X course! At NEIU the graduation requirements list that you must take at least 3 ELE...
03/14/2023

Sign up for this special summer ELE-X course!

At NEIU the graduation requirements list that you must take at least 3 ELE-X courses. Why not start ticking the boxes off with this class?

SIGN UP FOR SUMMER CLASSES NOW!!! WGS 101 fulfills a Gen Ed requirement for humanities! Even if it’s not your major why ...
03/09/2023

SIGN UP FOR SUMMER CLASSES NOW!!! WGS 101 fulfills a Gen Ed requirement for humanities! Even if it’s not your major why not expand your knowledge?

International women’s day presentation March 8 from 5-6:30 in Alumni Hall
03/06/2023

International women’s day presentation March 8 from 5-6:30 in Alumni Hall

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