On October 11th, 2023, WGSS and the LGBTQ+ Center co-sponsored WSU’s annual InQueery Symposium, providing undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, including education, history, prevention science, and multimedia journalism, with an opportunity to share their scholarship with others interested in feminist and queer studies. InQueery 2023, titled “After the Tipping Point: Trans Histories and Archives,” invited creative and innovative interpretations of who and what has been previously marked and categorically recorded as (gender) deviant and nonnormative, especially in light of the onslaught of transphobic and queerphobic legislation being proposed and enacted across the United States. » More …

The WGSS 2023 Graduation and Awards Celebration took place on April 27th at the Foundry in Downtown Pullman. Students and faculty came together and recognized the accomplishments of graduating seniors and WGSS majors and minors who received scholarships and awards. Scholars included Olivia Detloff and Beeler Lile, who both received Pauline E. Thompson Scholarships in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Veronika Akers and Olivia Detloff (again), who received Johanna Busek Scholarships. WGSS awarded five creative and scholarly achievement awards. We celebrated all those graduating, with a special recognition for Alecia Burgett as the 2023 WGSS Outstanding Senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. » More …

SJCON 2023—WSU’s Social Justice Conference

On April 21st and 22nd, and along with over a dozen other units and organizations, WGSS co-sponsored Washington State University’s Social Justice Conference entitled, “Native Sovereignty, Decolonization, Divestment, Reparations, and Environmental Justice: Constructing Coalitions at the Intersections.” » More …

The event was organized by PhD student Justine Trinh and hosted on zoom by the English Graduate Organization and the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies on Tuesday, November 8th, 2022. This dialogue series highlighted the research of WGSS Affiliate Faculty member, Dr. Amelie Pedneault, Assistant Professor in WSU’s Criminal Justice and Criminology Department. » More …

WGSS Annual InQueery Symposium 2022: “Connecting Trans and Reproductive Justice.”

On October 29th, 2022, WGSS held its annual InQueery Symposium, titled “Connecting Trans and Reproductive Justice.”

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“A Conversation with Lindsey Carman Williams: Firsts, Florida, and Future Directions”

Dr. Lindsey Carman Williams is a recent PhD graduate and recipient of a Blackburn Postdoctoral Fellowship in Washington State University’s English Department. In 2022-2023, Dr. Carman Williams served as the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies’ first Assistant Director. » More …

On March 25th and 26th, 2022, WSU SJCON presented its third annual conference on social justice, co-sponsored by WGSS and others. The theme was, “Re-Storying Social Justice: Constructing Coalition at the Interactions of Theory, Community, Positionality, and Practice.” SJCON 2022 hosted three keynote speakers: Dr. Wayne Au from the University of Washington Bothell’s School of Educational Studies, Thomas Lopez Jr. also known as LandBackBaddie, and Roben White, a Lakota-Cheyenne organizer and member of Vancouver’s NACAB. » More …

On February 10th, 2022, WGSS, the Fine Arts Department, and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU hosted American artist Alison Saar as the 2022 Jo Hockenhull Distinguished lecturer. » More …