Women & Gender Studies at the University of Southern Maine

08/06/2026

WGS Studies now has our own page on Campus Groups! Check out our Fall 2026 Programming today.

Scan the QR code or visit Campus Groups from your launch pad and add WGS today!

Questions about the WGS Studies Program? Visit us on campus at the WGS House (94 Bedford St), email us at [email protected]; and follow us here on instagram for more informatiom about our programming throughout the year!

07/16/2026

be in community with WGS for our summer BAD ART pop-up, Thursday, July 16 from 1-4pm at the WGS House.

07/14/2026

Join WGS for our next Summer BAD ART Pop-up this Thursday, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm at the WGS House, 94 Bedford St on the Portland campus.

07/06/2026

Join us! Bad Art in the summer!

Tuesday July 7th 1pm-4pm
WGSS House
@94 Bedford Street

Make ^revolutionary Bad Art Together

Hosted by Women & Gender Studies at USM
Women Gender and Sexuality Studies

All USM students, staff, faculty, and alums are welcome!

WE HAVE AC!

Image: Bubbles with paint on them

06/30/2026

06/17/2026

Are you still considering a summer course? Check out online course, WGS 320 Advanced Topics in WGS - Q***r Studies. Learn about q***r theory, q***r history and activism, q***r media, and more.

When: 7 Week Session 2
Starts: July 6th online
Instructor: Rachel Reinke

05/08/2026

The WGS House is open during the Summer 2026 semester! Our regular hours will be as follows:

Monday: by appointment
Tuesday: 9am - 4pm
Wednesday: by appointment
Thursday: 9am - 4pm
Friday: by appointment

Hours effective 5/18/26 - 8/28/26 and are subject to change with short notice.

📧 [email protected]
☎️ 207-780-4289
IG .wgs

05/08/2026

The WGS House will be closed next week on the following days:

Monday, May 11
Tuesday, May 12
Wednesday, May 13

WGS faculty staff will be out of office, hosting our WGS Social Justice Institute.

If you need assistance with WGS-related matters, please email [email protected]

04/28/2026

Starting Monday, April 27th in the USM Sustainability Garden outside of the Luther Bonney Hall on the Portland campus, you are invited to visit the 4th annual WGS REDdress art installation - an extension of artist Jaime Black’s indigenous advocacy project - in recognition of the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigneous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People on May 5, 2026.

Please take a moment to visit the dresses and scan the QR code to visit a website to learn more about , along with resources about advocacy happening in Maine.

04/21/2026

Dear all,

WGS Majors and Minors, SOJ Minors, Alum, WGS Council members, Affiliated Scholars, retired and emeritae professors, GSSO and Students for Change members, and anyone who considers themselves a WGS “groupie”:

You’re invited…

To celebrate our 2026* graduates

*and Winter 2025!

You’re invited to the Women, Gender, and [now] Sexuality Studies 2026 Annual WGS Awards and Recognition ceremony.

Day: Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Time: 3 to 4:30 PM
Location: UER, 7th floor Glickman Library, Portland campus