Welcome Back Letter from the Director

Hello and warm wishes for 2023, WGSS community!

I hope you've had a restful and rejuvenating holiday. We have an exciting semester ahead... and I request you to please note the following events in your calendar:

First, we will have a series of job talks by candidates for our search in Black Feminist Studies. The dates will be announced very soon. They are likely to take place in February. 

We continue to celebrate our 50th anniversary with these events:

1) Thursday, February 2nd from 6-7pm via Zoom, Professors Lila Abu-Lughd and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian will speak on "Gender, Violence, and the Geopolitics of Feminism." See the flyer below for more details on these speakers and register today!

2) Honoring Women at GWU: Friday, March 27 at 1pm. As part of Women's History Month, WGSS is proud to honor Professor Cynthia Deitch at the inaugural CCAS reception honoring women who have contributed to diversity, equity, and inclusion at GWU. 

3) State of the Field Yulee Symposium: in person on Friday, April 14th at 10am featuring Clare Hemmings (Professor of Feminist Theory, London School of Economics) and Jennifer Nash (Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Duke University). See flyer below for more details. Register for this event today! A second panel follows on the same day, featuring former directors of our program, in order to celebrate the history of WGSS at GW. Please join us for this at 12 noon. You may register for this event online. 

In addition, on Wednesday, March 8, we will celebrate International Women's Day with an event highlighting the importance of separating church and state in politics. The event is organized by WGSS major Evelyn Boateng-Ade. Stay tuned for details! 

On Thursday, April 27th from roughly 5-8pm, we will host our Graduate Students Capstone Presentation and Research Celebration Event. Watch this space for more details on the time and location.

And finally, our semester closes with our WGSS Graduation Celebration on Saturday, May 20th right after the CCAS celebration, at around 5:30pm. All graduating WGSS seniors and MA students and their immediate family members are welcome! Details to follow.

It's going to be a busy semester... I wish you all a great start! Welcome back!       

 -Ashwini Tambe

Dr. Sabrina Curtis is our New DGS!

We welcome Dr. Sabrina Curtis as the new Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) for all WGSS MA students in Spring 2023! We are delighted and grateful for her service in this new role advising students about their program of study. Having received her PhD in Education from GWU, Dr. Curtis is superbly positioned to help students navigate the intricacies of graduate student life at GWU.  (Dr. Tambe will continue to meet with MA students by appointment). 

This semester, Dr. Curtis will be teaching one section of the graduate “Capstone” courses and the “Introduction to WGSS” undergraduate course. She has previously taught courses on feminist theory, gender and justice in education, and writing for social justice. Her research focuses on civic identity development and the influences of race, gender, class, and power on the civic and political lives and futures of Black women and girls. She has experience working with youth leadership development organizations, consulting on gender equity in education policy, providing youth advocacy training, and developing publicly accessible civic and political education courses for women and girls of color. She is also the co-founder of The Pyramid Project, a nonprofit mentorship organization serving youth in rural communities in Mississippi. Prior to beginning her academic career, Dr. Curtis served as a political appointee in the Obama Administration at the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Endowment for Humanities. In addition to her Ph.D. in Education, she holds a Master’s degree in English from Texas Southern University and Bachelors’ degrees in English and Political Science from the University of New Mexico. Given her varied accomplishments, she is going to be a wonderful resource for our graduate students!

For meeting with Dr. Curtis in the Spring:  

DGS Drop In Hours: Wednesdays 4:30pm-6:00pm & by appointment

Undergraduate Office Hours: Wednesdays: 1:30-3:30pm

Graduate Office Hours: By Appointment

WGSS Spring Awards

We invite our students to apply for awards available to WGSS students, both majors and minors, and graduate students. Please stay tuned for an email with more details. 

Graduate Awards (deadline March 1st):

Emily B Proctor Research Award 

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Endowment Awards

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Graduate Prize for Feminist Scholarship

The Nicole Paul Endowed Prize in Women's Studies

The "Service to the Community of Women" Award

The "Making a Difference" Award: A WGSS Public Policy Annual Graduate Prize

Submission details guidelines for applying for these awards will be sent via email by Professors Tambe and Curtis. All awards applications must be submitted via email to the WGSS Office.

Undergraduate Awards (deadline March 1st):

Outstanding Contribution by an Undergraduate Major Award 

Undergraduate Feminist Scholarship Award

The "Making a Difference" Award: A WGSS Public Policy Annual Undergraduate Prize

Submission details guidelines for applying for these awards will be sent via email. All awards applications must be submitted via email to the WGSS Office.

Faculty Spotlight

Congratulations to Professor Deitch who presented her paper "Challenging Sexual Abuse in Immigrant Workplaces" at the Winter 2023 Sociologist for Women in Society meeting! The 2023 Winter Meeting spotlighted the theme of sexualities and migrations governed by global injustices while considering how movements between the Global South and North shape sexual identities in ways that do not necessarily depend on Western conceptions of the self but instead create a multiplicity of subjectivities. The intersections of migration, sexuality, and social justice in the context of globalizing processes necessitates challenging forms of knowledge and practices based on hierarchies of power that facilitate dominant Western discourses and neo-liberalism to assume universality.

Congratulations to WGSS affiliated faculty Jonathan Hsy (GW English) who was featured in The Sundial interview on his book Antiracist Medievalisms: From “Yellow Peril” to Black Lives Matter. The article cites that, "Antiracist Medievalisms is a 'world-building' book. Profound and insightful, it offers a generative model for antiracist methodologies to 'dismantle unjust structures' and create a better world." Way to go, Professor Hsy!



Photo Credit: “Queer Icons” series by Gabriel Garcia Román

Alum Spotlight

Congratulations to alum Andrea Pagano-Reyes for staring a new position as Chief Development Officer (CDO) at Child Care Aware of America!

Congratulations also to alum Tiffany Carty who recently celebrated a one year work anniversary at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children!

We also congratulate alum Paul Seltzer who has been one of the lead organizers in Yale University's graduate workers unionizing campaign, which had a recent win! Read more about this exciting work in the articles below:

Yale Grad Workers Unionize at Last 

In historic move, Yale graduate workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize 

Non-WGSS Events

The Philosophy Department is delighted to invite you to “Stoics on Stuff: Consolations on Attachment and Loss" featuring Professor Nancy Sherman, Georgetown University.

When: Friday, January 27, 2023 @ 4:00 pm

Where:  Duques Hall, 151

The ancient Stoics offer lessons for modern resilience. They do so by forcing us to rethink our views on attachment and loss. Pushing the Socratic view to an extreme, the Stoics hold that virtue alone is sufficient for happiness. External goods are “indifferents,” they say, preferred or dispreferred, but themselves not the kinds of things that can make or break our happiness. We may lose our homes and homeland to natural disaster or war, our loved ones to disease and untimely deaths, but for the wise person, they don’t affect happiness in the way that compromises of character can.

The view strikes many of us as inhumane and the ugly side of an overly harsh Stoicism. We may rehearse “bads” as a kind of pre-exposure therapy. But to claim there are no real harms or moral injuries, individual or collective, in the wake of significant loss is quiteanother matter.

Still, the Stoic view gives us space to wonder if we don’t at times underestimate our adaptiveness. What are Stoic lessons for building healthy sturdiness?

Jobs, Internships, and Calls for Volunteers

Families USA is looking for dynamic, enthusiastic interns who are eager to learn more about our work across its four pillars: health care value, health equity, coverage and consumer experience - to help build a stronger health care system for all. This is a paid internship and an excellent opportunity to use your skills to improve health policy, racial and ethnic health inequities, and learn more on how an advocacy organization works to improve people’s lives.

Role/Responsibilities may include:

• Assist with research, collecting data, preparing draft memos, fact sheets, publications, presentations,

and other materials.

• Track and support work with state-based and national advocates.

• Database administration and help maintain the contacts for our various partners.

• Provide support on a variety of other projects on various teams.



Email Families USA for questions and to follow-up.

Volunteer Tutor at Serve Your City

Serve Your City, a community-based, black-led organization is launching their virtual tutoring program for the 2022-2023 cycle! They are seeking volunteer tutors to help educate the most under-served populations in Washington DC. The fall iteration of this program will serve close to 200 students. Sign up for this volunteer opportunity now!

Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC)

The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) seeks exceptionally motivated, dynamic, strategic, and detail-oriented staff to build and execute an ambitious communications portfolio in the 118th Congress. Open positions are available in various teams, including Member Services, Communications, and Policy. Apply for these opportunites now! Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Association for Community Empowerment Solutions (ACESWorld)

The Association for Community Empowerment Solutions (ACESWorld) has immediate internship opportunities for students interested in helping us work toward our goal of global gender equity. There are spots open for a Gender Equality Data Collaborative intern, Communications inter, and a Program intern. Learn more about each of the position and apply today!

Job Club

The Job Club is a weekly job support program to help job entrants and seekers, including the long-term unemployed, improve self-confidence, motivation, resilience and productivity for effective job searches and networking — allowing participants to move away from being merely “applicants” toward being “candidates.” The focus is on developing strength-led strategies, techniques and goal plans, matching values and strengths and improving self-awareness as approaches to finding meaningful and satisfying employment. The Job Club meets every Wednesday from 6:00PM-7:00PM on Zoom. Find more information and register now.

Researchers and Analysts at The Topos Partnership

The Topos Partnership works on exciting projects with cultural impact to create progressive change. Topos currently has openings for multiple positions: Project Lead and Ethnographers/Analysts. Topos is actively recruiting for researcher/analyst roles for this project (and other research projects). While some researchers/analysts have social science backgrounds, many of the best ethnographers come from community organizing backgrounds. Topos will train folks for these time-limited contract positions paying $30-40/hour. 

To apply, email your resume and letter of interest specifying the position for which you are applying to.

Volunteer Tutor for Learn It Together

Learn it Together is a free, online tutoring service run by college students and recent graduates. We’re an educational nonprofit looking to recruit volunteer tutors for this academic year in all subjects. Tutors can set their own schedule (there is no minimum hour requirement), tutor in the subjects they feel most comfortable with, and take part in tutor engagement (game) nights with peer tutors across the country! Learn it Together is a tangibly rewarding way to give back, mentor younger students, and become a part of a community of tutors from all over the U.S. Our tutors and leadership members range from lawyers, writers, teachers, graduate students, to actors and doctors. Apply for this opportunity now. 

Multiple Internship Opportunities: Salveo Innovations

Salveo Innovations, LLC is a health tech company founded in Congress Heights that builds solutions to simplify navigating complex health care systems. Salveo Innovations, LLC helps improve health literacy in an effort to aid the community in navigating complex healthcare systems and making sound healthcare decisions. Apply for the Operations Internship, the Entrepreneurship Intern, and/or the Communications Internship Internship.

Every Voice is seeking to have students who are interested in legislative advocacy, outreach, and grassroots organizing join our movement! If you are interested, feel free to fill out this form or check out the website to learn more and become a member. Feel free to email Mathena Jencka with any questions.

Academic Positions

Susan Currier Visiting Professorship for Excellence in Teaching at the College of Liberal Arts at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

The Susan Currier Visiting Professorship for Teaching Excellence in the College of Liberal Arts at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California is a residential visiting teaching professorship that recognizes superior teaching in the liberal arts, emphasizing (where possible) the intersection between gender and sexuality, race, and transnational/global justice and humanitarian concerns. The goal of the Susan Currier Visiting Professorship is to bring a faculty member with a distinguished record of teaching excellence to Cal Poly for the purpose of sharing expertise and passion for teaching, social justice, and the liberal arts. It can accommodate visiting faculty on semester or quarter schedules. For more information and the full position listing, including details on how to apply, please go to Cal Poly Jobs and review requisition #520771.

The review of applications will begin today, January 17, 2023. Applicants with complete files by the Review Begin Date will be given full consideration. Applicants may email send specific inquiries about the position to the search chair, Elizabeth Adan.

Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Professorship

Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies

The Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF) at McGill University, Montreal, Canada invites applications for the position of Muriel Gold Visiting Professor. This nil-salary position is open to applicants wishing to spend one or two academic terms (Fall 2023 and/or Winter 2024) in residence at McGill to carry out research on gender, sexuality or feminist studies. The Institute is located at the center of a stimulating, bilingual, urban environment in the city of Montreal. It offers workspace and support, an ongoing seminar program, and contact with faculty members at McGill and neighboring Montreal universities.

To be eligible, applicants must hold a faculty position in another academic institution. The

position is ideal for those with research leave funding, a portable research fellowship, or

sabbatical. Research funding of up to $5,000 is available from the IGSF. Visiting professors participate in our work-in-progress series and have an opportunity to present and discuss their research with an engaged and enthusiastic research community.

Apply on Workday. Required documents:

• One-page proposal describing the research to be undertaken while in residence

• A copy or link to a recent publication

• An up-to-date curriculum vitae

• An indication of the potential period of tenure as Muriel Gold Visiting Professor

This position is nil-salary.

Deadline to apply: January 31, 2023

Adjunct Instructor at American University in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program.

The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at American University is seeking an adjunct instructor to teach WGSS 150 – “Women’s Voices Through Time” in the spring semester of 2023, which starts in January, with the opportunity to teach multiple sections of the course again in Fall 2023 and beyond. The course description is as follows.

Women's Voices through Time FA2 (3) This course focuses on distinctive contributions of women to Western artistic and intellectual traditions; significant articulations of human experience expressed by women through literature, art, and history; how such traditions became established; and how women, despite obstacles, have produced lasting works of ideas and imagination. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Diversity and Equity. Usually Offered: spring.

ABDs and completed M.A.s are encouraged to apply, as well as those candidates who have completed their PhDs. The WGSS program is the largest of six interdisciplinary programs which make up the broader department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies at American University. If you are interested in applying, please email Dr. Amy Barber introducing yourself with a CV.

The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program American University is also seeking an adjunct instructor to teach WGSS 125 – “Gender in Society” in the spring semester of 2023, which starts in January, with the opportunity to teach the course (and potentially other WGSS courses) again in Fall 2023 and beyond. The course description is as follows. 

This course focuses on the social construction of gender along with other forms of social inequality; representations of gender that permeate all forms of cultural experience; and theoretical arguments regarding key issues such as equality, ethics and politics, as well as debates at the frontier of gender theory 

ABDs and completed M.A.s are encouraged to apply, as well as those candidates who have completed their PhDs. The WGSS program is the largest of six interdisciplinary programs which make up the broader department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies at American University.   

If you are interested in applying, please email Dr. Amy Barber introducing yourself with a CV.

Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Professorship Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies Faculty of Arts at McGill University

The Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF) at McGill University, Montreal, Canada invites applications for the position of Muriel Gold Visiting Professor. This nil-salary position is open to applicants wishing to spend one or two academic terms (Fall 2023 and/or Winter 2024) in residence at McGill to carry out research on gender, sexuality or feminist studies. The Institute is located at the center of a stimulating, bilingual, urban environment in the city of Montreal. It offers workspace and support, an ongoing seminar program, and contact with faculty members at McGill and neighboring Montreal universities.



To be eligible, applicants must hold a faculty position in another academic institution. The position is ideal for those with research leave funding, a portable research fellowship, or a sabbatical. Research funding of up to $5,000 is available from the IGSF. Visiting professors participate in our work-in-progress series and have an opportunity to present and discuss their research with an engaged and enthusiastic research community. Please submit your application and all required documents via the official posting available on Workday by January 31st, 2023.

Assistant Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program

Illinois State University is seeking applications for an Assistant Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. The Assistant Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program serves as the academic advisor and mentor for students in the WGSS minor, two graduate certificates, and queer studies concentration. They teach one section of WGS120: Gender, Sex, and Power per semester and two summer classes. Under the direction of the Program director, the position provides leadership and actively works to provide extracurricular programing and outreach activities for the WGSS Resource Center.  

For more information about the program and the application process contact Dr. Alison Bailey.

The Gender Studies Program at New College of Florida is inviting proposals for a one-semester adjunct course in Gender Studies for Spring 2023 (the 14-week semester runs from Jan 30 to May 19). The topic of the course is open, but there is interest for proposals for courses in the fields of: Gender, Race & Law; Gender, Race & Education; or Gender and Global Health. Applicants should be dynamic and experienced teachers, one willing to engage with students on issues of gender and race, whether in a U.S. or global frame. The course should be at the intermediate level, although because of the college’s size and culture, courses often draw a mix of students (from 1^st-4^th year). The course can be taught in person, at our Sarasota, FL, campus, or remotely. 

The pay range for an adjunct course, meeting 3hrs/week, is between $4,000-4,500. More about the program can be found at Gender Studies - New College of Florida. Contact Emma Knadle, GS Office Manager or Amy Reid, Director of the GSP with any questions. 

To propose a course, please submit: a letter that includes your teaching philosophy, a brief 1-page description of the course, and a copy of your CV, including the names and contact information for two recommenders to: Emma Knadle.

The Society for Menstrual Cycle Research (SMCR) is having its 24th biennial conference July 20-23, 2023 in Bethesda, Maryland in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The conference theme is “The Period is Political: Menstrual Research, Policy, and Practice,” and being in the Washington DC metropolitan area will be the perfect place to bring together menstruation researchers, activists, policy-makers, and sponsoring organizations dedicated to advancing menstrual justice. 

SMCR invites submissions; review the Call for Proposals if you would like to submit reproductive health-related research for presentation consideration. Abstract submissions for oral presentations and workshops are due January 30th and submissions for poster presentations will be accepted until March 1st. 

Feminist Methodologies in Research on Violence, Displacement, and Power

GWI's Research Scientist Alina Potts alongside co-editors Santi Kusumaningrum of PUSKAPA Indonesia, and Anny Modi of Afia Mama in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are seeking papers for a special journal issue.

Contributions of original research, reflection articles, and case studies, with the central theme of using feminist methodologies to explore issues of violence, displacement, and/or power are welcome. 

Learn more and apply online.

Evolution DC Blog at the GW Textile Museum

The Albert H Small Center for Capital Area Studies, based at the GW Museum, is launching a new blog titled Evolution DC to help share stories from DC history and the collection, the blog will be entirely student written. As blogs become more commonplace in many academic circles they are excited to give students the opportunity to publish! Potential topics and themes are based upon each student’s individual interests, the blog is not limited to any particular discipline or writing style. Their collection holds a variety of prints, newspapers, maps, artworks, and ephemera related to DC history for students to explore and research. They encourage interested students or classes to schedule a visit to the center to explore the collection and discuss their ideas. For more information or to visit the center, please send an email.

"The Intersections between Intimate Partner Violence and Violence against Children: Impacts and Approaches to Interventions"

GWI Leadership Council members Dr. Shanaaz Mathews (University of Cape Town) and Alessandra Guedes (Unicef Innocenti Research Centre) join Dr. Loraine J. Bacchus and Dr. Manuela Colombini (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) in editing a Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health on the intersections between intimate partner violence and violence against children, two serious global health concerns and violations of human rights.

This important research topic has recently gained global attention due to growing evidence that there are high levels of co-occurrence between intimate partner violence and violence against children, particularly within the same household. Learn more about this opportunity and apply online. Deadline for manuscript submissions is September 1, 2023.

The Gay & Lesbian Review

The Gay & Lesbian Review (The G&LR) has launched a new graduate student grant opportunity, The G&LR Writers and Artists Grant! This grant is dedicated to bring new, diverse perspectives, ideas, and voices to the magazine and to encourage and support emerging and unpublished LGBTQ+ writers, thinkers, scholars, and artists. The grant(s) would provide $7,500 to write one or more articles for our magazine, The G&LR, and to begin, complete, or advance LGBTQ+ related writing and other creative projects like a research paper, dissertation, or thesis, a book, a podcast, a video, a script, a novel, a multimedia creation, an art installation, or a variety of similar creative efforts.The submission portal is open and will close today, January 17, 2023 at 11:59pm EST. Learn more details and apply now!

Women's Studies Quarterly

This special issue of Women’s Studies Quarterly invites reflection on the status, health, precarity, and promise of the discipline of women’s, gender, sexuality, and feminist studies in light of our current state of pandemonium. By “pandemonium,” we point not only to those tragedies, inequalities, and disruptions to the university and higher education stemming directly from the Covid-19 pandemic but also to the crisis-roiled political context fomenting a barrage of assaults on feminist studies as a discipline in the United States and elsewhere that have been accelerating for several years prior to the pandemic and have only intensified since its outbreak.

Submissions should address ways our discipline--its individual practitioners and organizational institutions—have been affected by, or have encountered adversity and experienced struggle in the face of:

• The Global Pandemic and a panoply of consequences flowing from it
• Right-wing (white supremacist, anti-immigrant, anti- queer/trans, misogynist, etc.) movements
• Right-wing corporate media and social media 
• Authoritarianism, illiberalism, and threats democratic institutions
• War, invasion, civil strife, and refugeeism
• Neoliberalism, corporatism, and commercialization
• Climate-change disasters, environmental degradation, and climate-change denial
• Impoverishment and the “austerity” measures and policies arising from the above

Learn more about submitting a proposal now! The priority submission cycle is March 1st, 2023.

"Feminist Methodologies in Research on Violence, Displacement, and Power"

GWI's Research Scientist Alina Potts alongside co-editors Santi Kusumaningrum of PUSKAPA Indonesia, and Anny Modi of Afia Mama in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are seeking papers for a special journal issue.

Contributions of original research, reflection articles, and case studies, with the central theme of using feminist methodologies to explore issues of violence, displacement, and/or power are welcome. Learn more about this opportunity and apply online. Deadline for submissions is March 1, 2023.

Wiscon Invites Proposals for Academic Programming  

WISCON 46 will be May 26-29, 2023 Deadline for proposals: March 1, 2023

WisCon has a track of academic programming, framed by the convention’s Statement of Principles, that encourages submissions from scholars in all fields. Proposals from anyone with a scholarly interest in the intersections of gender, gender identity, sexuality, race, class, and disability with speculative fiction—broadly defined—in literature, media, and culture are invited.

An incomplete list of possible subjects:

• Gender, gender identity, sexuality, race, class, and disability in individual works of science fiction and fantasy, especially in the works of 2023's Guests of Honor Rivers Solomon and Martha Wells. 
• Explorations of different iterations of love, erotics, care, and solidarity.
• Rethinking Humanity and Humanism in order to intentionally decenter whiteness, through robot intelligence, A.I., ability/disability/superability, & BIPOC embodiments.

An incomplete list of possible formats: 15-minute paper presentations, with or without visual accompaniment, Groups of presentations submitted together as panels, Presentation of scholarly creative works, including digital scholarship, Discussion-based panels and roundtables on scholarly research, teaching, or service, Screenings and discussions of short films or videos.

There is planning to meet with in person panels at the Concourse Hotel in Madison, WI. There will also be synchronous zoom panels for those unable to meet in person. Please indicate whether you plan to present in-person or virtually when you submit your abstract.

Please submit your proposal online. You will be asked for a title, a 100-word abstract, which will be printed in the convention’s program, and for a more detailed proposal of up to 500 words. If you are proposing something other than a traditional paper, please make sure you describe the format of your proposed program item. A projector and screen will be available for those at the Concourse Hotel. Email your questions to the organizers.

A special issue of Women’s Studies Quarterly invites reflection on the status, health, precarity, and promise of the discipline of women’s, gender, sexuality, and feminist studies in light of the current state of pandemonium. “Pandemonium” does not only point to those tragedies, inequalities, and disruptions to the university and higher education stemming directly from the Covid-19 pandemic but also to the crisis-roiled political context fomenting a barrage of assaults on feminist studies as a discipline in the United States and elsewhere that have been accelerating for several years prior to the pandemic and have only intensified since its outbreak.

Pandemonium creates space for feminist-studies practitioners to consider the tumultuous circumstances we find ourselves in, to document and reflect on recent experiences, and to draw conclusions about the current state—and possible future—of this field. Submissions should address ways this discipline--its individual practitioners and organizational institutions—have been affected by, or have encountered adversity and experienced struggle in the face of:

• The Global Pandemic and a panoply of consequences flowing from it

• Right-wing (white supremacist, anti-immigrant, anti- queer/trans, misogynist, etc.) movements

• Right-wing corporate media and social media 

• Authoritarianism, illiberalism, and threats democratic institutions

• War, invasion, civil strife, and refugeeism

• Neoliberalism, corporatism, and commercialization

• Climate-change disasters, environmental degradation, and climate-change denial

• Impoverishment and the “austerity” measures and policies arising from the above

The priority submission deadline is March 1st. Scholarly articles should be submitted online. Scholarly submissions must not exceed 6,000 words (including un-embedded notes and works cited) and must comply with formatting guidelines found online. For questions, email the guest issue editors. 

Conferences

The Graduate Student Group of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department at Pennsylvania State University are excited to offer its interdisciplinary conference, “Breaking Barriers: Agents of Change,” virtually and are soliciting a wide range of submission formats from undergraduates, graduate students, faculty members, teachers, and non-academics. The conference will be held throughout the day on February 24 and February 25, 2023, on Zoom. There will also be in-person speaker sessions each night from 5-7pm in Penn State’s 345 Willard Building (these will also be livestreamed on Zoom). Stay tuned for an official program in mid-January!

Keynote speakers will be Dr. Zakiyyah Iman Jackson and Dr. Ann Braithwaite!

Follow instructions online to submit a proposal. Submissions will be accepted through January 31, 2023. More information can be found online. 

WGSS will continue to follow the University's lead to prioritize the health and safety of all members of GW. For University updates, please continue to refer to the GW COVID-19 website, as this continues to serve as the primary repository for updating the GW community. 

Out of care for your health and the safety of your loved ones, we urge all members of the GW community to wear a face-covering if traveling outside their homes, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. 

Gender Equality Starts in the Family

Gender discrimination at the level of the family upholds the inequalities outside of it, including in areas of education, livelihoods, and politics. From denying women's equal inheritance and property rights, to unequal citizenship laws and limitations on women's reproductive rights, the challenges facing gender equality in the family continue to mount. Women's Learning Partnership shares the following film showing women around the globe working for a more just future, starting at the level of the family.

The film draws on expertise from prominent human rights activists and leaders to examine the root causes of discriminatory laws and highlights the pathways feminist activists are taking toward legal reform. Share the film with others, along with the companion "Equality: It’s all in the Family" screening toolkit.

CCAS Career Services

Wendy Wright has joined CCAS as a Career Counselor/Coach. Wendy brings more than 25 years of corporate success working as a senior leader in international financial and development institutions, most notably with the Agency for International Development and the Export-Import Bank of the United States. In addition to earning advanced graduate degrees in political economics and public policy, Wendy is a certified professional coach (ICF PCC and iPEC).  

As the CCAS Career Counselor/Coach she will offer career coaching, interview skills support, and documentation preparation (e.g., resume, cover letter, LinkedIn profile) to help students identify and align their talents and interests to create an effective, targeted job search strategy. Schedule a meeting to connect with Wendy.

Online Therapy Resources for the LGBTQ+ Community

Online therapy is a resource that offers a plethora of different types of virtual therapy for the LGBTQ+ community. Online therapy makes it easier to access mental health care and to engage in therapy on your own terms. Find more resources that can be helpful for navigating the coming-out process, strengthening your relationships, and learning how to be true to yourself as an LGBTQ+ individual.

The 'Feminist City' Edition

Image Caption: Glasgow City

Credit: Canva (found on Euro News)

On October 27, 2022, Glasgow City Council unanimously backed a motion stating that women should be at the heart of all aspect of city planning, becoming the first city in the UK to embrace "feminist urbanism."

Feminist urbanism advocates for a type of urban planning that promotes inclusivity and puts the needs of women, non-binary and genderfluid people at the forefront of the way we think of the urban landscape. 

Read more about this effort and how this feminist city will be developed.