Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Rutgers University

Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Rutgers University Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies has a rich history at Rutgers University. program and 21 students in the M.A. program.

Inaugurated as a department in 2001, it has become one of the strongest interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate programs in the United States. Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies has grown from offering a few courses at the University in 1973 to currently enrolling 184 undergraduates in major and minor degree programs, 33 students in the Ph.D. Department faculty include 31 core, 102 gradua

te, and 70 affiliate members whose expertise in women's and gender studies is enriched by specializations in the arts, anthropology, philosophy, sociology, political science, and comparative literatures in English, French, and Spanish.

TODAY @ 4:00 PMFilm Screening - Missed Lives: The Dom People Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building 1st Floor Conference Ro...
04/13/2026

TODAY @ 4:00 PM

Film Screening - Missed Lives: The Dom People
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
1st Floor Conference Room

Curious where a PhD in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies can take you? Check out what our alumni are up to! 👏
03/24/2026

Curious where a PhD in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies can take you? Check out what our alumni are up to! 👏

Thursday, April 2nd at 4:30PM Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building1st Floor Conference RoomJoin us for a Roundtable Discu...
03/24/2026

Thursday, April 2nd at 4:30PM
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building
1st Floor Conference Room

Join us for a Roundtable Discussion on Kurdish Women’s Resistance, Decolonization, and Solidarity in the Middle East

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies & the Center for Middle Eastern Studies

The WGSS Department is thrilled to host Made to Measure, our first graduate conference in several years! Please join us ...
03/24/2026

The WGSS Department is thrilled to host Made to Measure, our first graduate conference in several years! Please join us April 2-3, 2026 for a two-day conference gathered around the theme of measurement - as it is deployed with and against colonial, imperial, and capitalist desires, in regimes of order and valuation always haunted by their excesses. Along will several panels featuring the work of graduate and undergraduate students, Made to Measure also presents a keynote address by Dr. Manu Karuka and hands-on crafting workshop by Dr. Brittney Cooper of the Race and Gender Equity (RAGE) Lab.

See event details on the WGSS department website. Breakfast and lunch provided. RSVP to attend at bit.ly/MadeToRegister.

12/08/2025

ATTENTION Rutgers University students!

If you’re interested in:
✍️Creative writing and editing
✍️Navigating the publishing industry
✍️Learning how to have your work seen and heard

🚨Apply by 12 PM on December 23 to be considered for Dr. Roxane Gay’s spring 2026 Creative Writing Cohort. bit.ly/WritingCohort26

Please note you will need to be logged into your ScarletMail/Google account to access the form.

Dr. Gay is the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies, an innovative collaboration among the Institute for Women’s Leadership, Rutgers University School of Communication and Information, and the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Rutgers University at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences.

Gender ApartheidThursday, November 20, 2025 @ 12PM ETZoom information to come Join the Global 16 Days Campaign Against G...
11/10/2025

Gender Apartheid
Thursday, November 20, 2025 @ 12PM ET
Zoom information to come
 
Join the Global 16 Days Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence at Rutgers University for a virtual panel on Gender Apartheid, a form of governance facilitating the systematic oppression and segregation of women, girls, and members of the LGBT+/nonbinary community. 
 
The conversation, moderated by Melissa Upreti, will feature Bahar Ghandehari, Moni Rani Das, and Lisa Davis, experts in their fields who are actively engaged in exposing and advocating against gender apartheid in a range of contexts, including: 
 
🟣the state-sanctioned targeting of cis-women and girls in Afghanistan and Iran; 
🟡the institutionalized, systemic dehumanization of women and girls stemming from caste-based oppression in South Asia; and
🔴 the brutal repression of the LGBT+/non-binary community.

Register at: bit.ly/GenderApartheidRU

MONDAY NOV 10 @ 7 PM: Join Dr. Roxane Gay (), the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies a...
10/15/2025

MONDAY NOV 10 @ 7 PM: Join Dr. Roxane Gay (), the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies at , for a reading and conversation with Kate Manne () about her book
“UNSHRINKING: How to Face Fatphobia.”

Seating is limited. Register today at the link in our bio to secure your spot!

The Gloria Steinem Chair is an innovative collaboration among the Institute for Women’s Leadership (), the School of Communication and Information (), and the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at .

09/04/2025

Rutgers University—New Brunswick students: Don't miss the chance to take a class with Dr. Roxane Gay, the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair!

There are a few spots available for Topics in Journalism and Media Studies: Writing Cultural Criticism. Register before the Add/Drop deadline on September 11. 📚✍️

The Gloria Steinem Chair is an innovative collaboration among the Institute for Women’s Leadership, the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information, and the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Rutgers University at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences.

Monday, 9/22 @ 7PM via ZoomThey Have Wars, We Have Poems: Disabled, Q***r, of Color Poetry and Story in a Time of Genoci...
09/04/2025

Monday, 9/22 @ 7PM via Zoom

They Have Wars, We Have Poems: Disabled, Q***r, of Color Poetry and Story in a Time of Genocide and Resistance

Join acclaimed writer and poet Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha for a reading from their forthcoming book, The Way Disabled People Love Each Other, as well as works from The Future Is Disabled, Care Work, and Tonguebreaker.
Following the readings, Dr. Roxane Gay will join them for a conversation on the difficult necessity of telling the truth, fighting to remember grief, and pleasure in our current political moment.

Register: bit.ly/WarsPoemsZoom

This event is sponsored by the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies, an innovative collaboration among the Institute for Women’s Leadership (), the School of Communication and Information (), and the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at .

Join .global at their Fall 2025 Study Abroad Fair on Tuesday, September 16, from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm at the Livingston St...
09/02/2025

Join .global at their Fall 2025 Study Abroad Fair on Tuesday, September 16, from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm at the Livingston Student Center in Piscataway! They’ll have information on all their study abroad, service learning, and internship opportunities, as well as food, giveaways, and prizes, like scholarships. This event is open to all Rutgers undergraduate and graduate students. To learn more: go.rutgers.edu/fall2025saf

TODAY @ 2 PM: Join the Race and Gender Equity (RAGE) Lab for Mobilizing for Black Maternal Health, a powerful panel and ...
04/17/2025

TODAY @ 2 PM: Join the Race and Gender Equity (RAGE) Lab for Mobilizing for Black Maternal Health, a powerful panel and conversation featuring Dr.
Nastassia K. Harris, Founder and Executive Director of the Perinatal Health Equity Initiative, and Dr. ljeoma Bello, Board-Certified Ob/Gyn and Founder of The Birth Squad.

Learn about critical issues in Black maternal health, hear from leading voices in reproductive justice, and connect with peers and advocates committed to health equity.

The RAGE Lab is a multi-modal research incubator committed to pursuing feminist research questions related to the intellectual production and social thriving of Black women and girls.

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