Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

We continue to make our way through a new reality. Our faculty and students are still navigating the challenges of teaching and learning remotely and in-person while managing health, safety, and familial care. At the same time, the precariousness of ...

We are excited to welcome our new graduate students to the Center’s MA program: Ebonee Brown, Ecem Ece, Beth Holden, Kelsey Malles, Nagdeska Paulino, and Elisa Rios. Their research interests cover a myriad of topics, and they each bring a ...

Terri Bailey is a Yaya, community advocate, educator, poet, and second-year MA student. In addition to her studies, she continues working with her nonprofit the Bailey Learning and Arts Collective (BLAAC2basics.com), and BLAAC’s 1st official program, The Queens Room Women’s ...

Thanks to everyone whose generosity helps the Center continue to thrive, including the following donors: Gifts to the Center are used to fund conferences, educational travel for graduate students, scholarship funds, speaker honoraria, and exhibit support. Read more "With an Attitude of ...

The Center warmly welcomes Dr. Nilufer Akalin as a new Lecturer and faculty colleague. From very early on, Dr. Akalin has felt a commitment to civic engagement and presenting solutions to health disparities in her community. In 2013, Dr. Akalin ...

The Center is excited to welcome Dr. Hilary Coulson as a new Lecturer and faculty colleague. Dr. Coulson earned her Ph.D. at UC San Diego in history with a background in Interdisciplinary Humanities. Dr. Coulson’s research focuses on the history of ...

The Center is proud to announce that Associate Professor, Dr. Jillian Hernandez, is a recipient of the esteemed Getty Center Scholars-in-Residence grant for 2021-2022. This grant will provide her access to archival images, books, and extensive collections of rare materials ...

Looking ahead in her role, Travis says her top priority is to create optimal conditions for faculty to provide the most meaningful education possible for students. ‘Our students are smart — scary smart’ she said. ‘And they are ready to ...

The Center is delighted to welcome Dr. Hina Shaikh as a new Assistant professor and faculty colleague. Dr. Shaikh has a background in Gender and Ethnic Studies and an interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI), data science, and feminism. She expressed ...

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Andreina Fernandez graduated with an MA in Women’s Studies and Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies in 2020. She works in book publishing at the University of North Carolina Press and as Operations Manager for Girls Rock North Carolina. Read ...

Ketshia Robillard graduated in 2020 with the BA in Women’s Studies and a minor in Health Disparities in Society from the Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research. She is now working as resource technician for the Gainesville Fire ...

We invite students and faculty to submit proposals for the following Center awards and grants:   All proposals are due March 15, 2022, and should be submitted via the application portal on the Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies website. Please visit https://wst.ufl.edu/funding/ ...

We honor bell hooks, her vision, her work, and her love. Bell hooks generated transformative knowledge and analysis through her activism, public engagements, and writing, including books like Ain’t I A Woman? Black Women and Feminism, All About Love: New ...

Congratulations Dr. Anita Anantharam and Dr. Hina Shaikh for being awarded College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Fund Awards! These awards are designed to stimulate “new or existing research activity in the humanities, particularly that ...