Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) minor is an interdisciplinary program that explores the origins of women's studies, the shift to questions concerning the social construction of gender, and the emergence of scholarly investigations of sexual identities. WGSS students will be able to demonstrate an integrated understanding of these forms of analysis in their evaluation of the distribution of power in contemporary society.

Professor Delia Aguilar's visit to Bryant in fall 2008 inaugurated our Working Paper Series in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. This series aims to circulate fresh and innovative perspectives on women, gender, and sexuality and document Bryant's devotion to contributing to a field that was initially called women's studies. WGSS reflects the ways in which women's studies has developed, expanded, and advanced since its inception in the 1960s.

To learn more about the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor, please contact Tom Roach, Professor in the Department of History, Literature, and the Arts and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program Coordinator.