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Reproductive Altar
A Reproductive Freedom Panel will be hosted on September 14 on the day the Altar is opened
Auerbach Lecture 2023
Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies has successfully hosted the 2023 Minx Auerbach Lecture on the evening of February 23 at Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium Auditorium.
Community Herbal Gathering
The Community Herbal Gathering (CHG) is a new initiative developed by Prof. Shelby Pumphrey (Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Pan-African Studies) and co-sponsored by the Pan-African Studies Department and Play Cousins Collective, a local community organization rooted in African ancestral methods of healing, resilience, and liberation.
America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women and the Struggle for Justice
2023 Minx Auerbach Lecture in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies welcomes Dr. Treva Lindsey this year. Dr. Treva Lindsey is a professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the Ohio State University and co-founder of the Black Feminist Night School at Zora’s House. She is the author of America, Goddam:Violence, Black Women and the Struggle for Justice (2022).
Racing With Sex Hormones
2021 Minx Auerbach Lecture in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies welcomes Dr. Rebecca Jordan-Young this year. Dr. Jordan Young is an interdisciplinary feminist scientist and science studies scholar whose work explores the reciprocal relations between science and the social hierarchies of gender, sexuality, class, and race. She is the author of Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences; and Testosterone: An Unauthorized Biography.
This Talk Will Boost Your Testosterone! Examining Claims Around Sex Hormones
The 2020 Minx Auerbach Lecture in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies will be presented by Dr. Rebecca Jordan-Young on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 5:30 PM in Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium.
UofL adds new LBTQ+ academic certificate
Professors at the University of Louisville say it's the first of its kind in the country. Thursday, UofL's board of trustees approved a new academic certificate.
ABI, headed by WGST professor Dr. Cate Fosl, receives award for research on history of the LGBTQ movement in Kentucky
The Anne Braden Institute received the 2019 southern regional W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award. The award was given for their work with the Fairness Campaign to research and write the 1st LGBTQ State Historic Context in the nation, housed at the National Park Service.
Why STEM Students Need Gender Studies
Gender studies scholarship and practice contribute to student development and to faculty networking.
‘Man Up:’ Queer Identities and the Spirit of Radical Dissidence
Annual Minx Auerbach Lecture featuring Cherrie Moraga.
Cardinal Experience: Meet Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Sociology major McClain Owens
McClain is a senior Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Sociology major from Lexington. She found her passion for social justice while at UofL. "UofL is a place you can find yourself."
Making the Invisible Visible
If you think nobody needs a women's and gender studies class, you need a women's and gender studies class.
WGS launches 100% online B.A. degree
Students can now obtain a Bachelor of Arts in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies entirely online.
Growing and Glowing
Every Monday, a group of African-American middle-school girls gathers at the Louisville Urban League to talk, reflect on their experiences, and be inspired. This is the Girls League of the West, or GLOW, a weekly afterschool program established by A&S students Maya White and Mahogany Mayfield in partnership with the Louisville Urban League.
Sociology/WGS Faculty and Graduate Students Co-Author Study on Motherhood, Media, and Body
Karen Christopher (Sociology/WGS), Brittany M. Williams (WGS M.A., 2013), and Jennifer Sinski (PhD candidate, Sociology) recently published an exploration of the ways mothers' perceptions of their own postpartum bodies are affected by popular magazine profiles of celebrity moms. The project grew out of Williams's Master's thesis.
UofL named 2017 Best of the Best Top 25 LGBTQ friendly Colleges & Universities by Campus Pride
For the second year in a row UofL was named in Top 25 LGBTQ friendly campuses by Campus Pride.
Professor Kaila Story featured on NBC News
Professor Kaila Story (Women's and Gender Studies) was interviewed by NBC News in June, 2017. In the interview, Prof. Story discusses her background and describes courses she teaches at UofL that explore how gender, sexuality and race intersect to form an identity.
A&S faculty collaborate on social justice research
The Cooperative Consortium for Transdisciplinary Social Justice Research, is led by co-principal investigators Cate Fosl, professor of women’s and gender studies, and director of the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research in the College of Arts & Science, and Enid Trucios-Haynes, professor in the Brandeis School of Law and director of the Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice.