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Northwest Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities

November 3, 2018

Three WSU students attended and participated at the third annual Northwest Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho at North Idaho College. The Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies funded undergraduate students Kayley DeLong, Jude Knife, and Alejandrx Martinez to present their original scholarly work in the form of conference papers. Mentor and WGSS Affiliate Faculty and Associate Professor of History Linda Heidenreich also attended the conference. » More …

InQueery 2018: Queer (Trans)Formations

29 October 2018

The 2018 InQueery Symposium, Queer (Trans)Formations: Envisioning the Future of Queer Theory and Politics, was held on Monday, October 29, in the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center. Twelve WSU undergraduate and graduate students presented their scholarship in four sessions, and keynote speaker C. Riley Snorton, author of Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity (2017), presented, “Thinking Race, Rethinking Sex: Towards a New Trans History.” » More …

WGSS Launch Celebration

October 18, 2018

On October 18, 2018 WSU faculty launched the new Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS), rolling out an Affiliate Faculty system that welcomes any WSU faculty member with teaching or scholarly interests in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies to participate. Over 80 WGSS community members gathered at the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center on the Pullman campus to celebrate the new program. » More …

Lunch with Artist Kate Gilmore

October 18, 2018

WGSS professors, majors, minors, and museum staff enjoyed meeting with artist Kate Gilmore before her gallery talk at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA). The group talked informally over a catered lunch co-sponsored by WGSS and JSMA prior to Gilmore’s talk, titled In Your Way. » More …

Creation of the Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

May 2018

In the spring of 2018, Washington State University Regents approved a strategic realignment plan and later that summer, Matthew Jockers, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, ‬announced the creation of the new Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS), to be administratively housed within the Department of English. The name provides an inclusive title for the program and highlights the opportunity for a broad scope of study. ‬‬Also announced was the appointment of Associate Professor Pamela Thoma as the first director of WGSS. An expert in Asian American literary and cultural studies, world literature, feminist media studies, and feminist theory, Thoma has over 20 years of experience in related higher education and plans to continue emphasizing faculty, staff, and students’ long-standing commitment to intersectionality and gender justice. The new structure of the program will build on the strengths of an expanded Affiliate Faculty, one that draws on research expertise from across WSU campuses and collaborations in teaching through cross-listed courses. » More …