The Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies program offers students of all backgrounds the opportunity to examine their assumptions and ask the big questions about our cultural and societal realities.
The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program is proud to welcome Debra Bergoffen as Tucker-Boatwright Professor in Gender Violence for spring 2019. She is the is the Bishop Hamilton Lecturer in Philosophy at American University and Professor Emerita of Philosophy at George Mason University. Dr. Bergoffen will be giving a lecture on Tuesday, April 9 at 4:30 p.m. in the Brown-Alley Room entitled "The Misogynist Politics of Shame".
View Dr. Bergoffen's lecture from Spring 2018: Confronting Misogynist (In)Justice:The Case of the WWII "Comfort Women”
WGSS Feature Stories
Upcoming Events
- Unsettling Ecologies Lecture Series - Kai BosworthFeb135:00 PM - 6:30 PMKai Bosworth, Assistant Professor of World Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University“‘This land is our... Continue reading
- Reproductive Justice as Human RightsMar187:00 PM - 8:30 PMThis event is part of the 2019-2020 WILL*/WGSS Speaker Series, and the Westhampton /WILL*/WGSS Womxn's Hisotry... Continue reading
- Unsettling Ecologies Lecture Series - Neel AhujaApr105:00 PM - 6:30 PMNeel Ahuja, Associate Professor of Feminist Studies, University of California Santa Cruz“From Insurgency to... Continue reading
Scholarship Repository Readership
The University of Richmond's Scholarship Repository shares faculty publications with a world-wide audience. The map below shows where articles from WGSS faculty are being read around the globe.
Department News
Dr. Del McWhorter was recently recgonized for 25 years of service to the University of Richmond.
National studies confirm that women's studies is more popular than ever- Full story here
The WGSS Program's response to gender based violence on the University of Richmond campus. The Program offers an 8 Point Plan for Addressing Gender Based Violence and 3 Appendices. The first Appendix, a "Green Paper" includes the array of community voices WGSS gathered from faculty, students, alumni, and administrators over the past few weeks. Please review the Program's full response WGSS and Gender Based Violence.
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Contact Us
Mailing address:
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program
University of Richmond
211 Richmond Way
Richmond, Virginia 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8080
Program coordinator: Erika Damer
Administrative coordinator: Nancy Propst