Student Spotlight

Pictured: Nora Goppel

Congrats to WGSS major Nora Goppel who presented at last week's 14th annual CCAS Research Showcase!

Nora has been working on this research study with GW doctoral student Taylor-Jo Russo for the last year and a half at the Health Cognitions and Behavior Lab. Nora's research is called "The Impact of Filter and Editing Behaviors on

the Effectiveness of Appearance-Based Interventions for Alcohol Use and Sleep Among College Females." Using a sample of 139 females aged 18-25, her research findings highlight the importance of considering filter and editing behaviors when evaluating the effectiveness of appearance-based interventions. 

Way to go, Nora!

Faculty Spotlight

Congratulations to Professor Shweta Krishan for her chapter being accepted for the Society for Cultural Anthropology's workshop (an unconference) for early career scholars working on their monographs! The chapter she is writing addresses animal sacrifice. The workshop will be held at Stony Point in Upstate NY between May 8th and 11th.

Pictured: Professor Shweta Krishnan

Picture: Flyer of the LatinXConnect Panel with Professor Manuel Cuellar

Congrats to WGSS Executive Committee member Professor Manuel Cuellar who is participating in the "Latinx Moves: Bodies, Spaces, and the Choreographies of Latinidad" panel as part of the 2025 LatinxConnect Conference - ¡Com(o)unidad! (Com)unidade, (Comm)unity: State of the People. This panel will draw from issues of undocumented migration, social choreographies, and diasporic cultures, promoting a multifaceted conversation about the interconnection between dance, social justice, and the embodiment of Latinidad. By entertaining what kind of embodiments and socialities Latinx social and diasporic dancing enables, this panel interrogates how moving racialized bodies intervene in the public sphere, beyond and across the borders of citizenship and nation-states, to reflect on the legacies of coloniality and their material manifestation in a neoliberal capitalist order. The core of this panel focuses on how the Latinx body, largely understood as a broad and complicated category to trace migrations flows, cultural dynamics, and racialized bodies in movement, create, contest, and reimagine the very limits that restrict free passage across spaces.

Staff Spotlight

Congratulations to our very own Niacka Carty who is the recipient of this year's CCAS DEI Staff Trailblazer Award! Niacka was nominated by WGSS faculty for her pivotal role in promoting diversity and inclusion through her dedicated work as our Academic Department Administrator as seen in her unwavering support for students, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds. Faculty are especially grateful for her compassionate approach and dedication to fostering an inclusive environment. Niacka’s ability to anticipate the program's needs have allowed the WGSS Program to thrive as a vibrant interdisciplinary community. Her warmth and professionalism make her a trusted point of contact for current students, prospective members, faculty, and alumni alike.

Pictured: André Culbreath (left), Niacka Carty (center), and Dean Paul Wahlback (right)

Pictured (left to right): Genesis Lukasiewicz, Professor Ivy Ken, Niacka Carty, Professor Gail Weiss, and Marlene Orantes

Alum Spotlight

Pictured: Susan Markham, UN Women, and local councilors in Harare, Zimbabwe

As both a Security Fellow at Truman National Security Project and a Partner at Smash Strategies, WGSS alum (MA '94) Susan Markham works across sectors to increase gender equality. She recently spent the week in Harare, Zimbabwe with UN Women (the UN's entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls) and local councilors from across Zimbabwe.

Congratulations to alum Sophie Shack (MA '24) who recently started a new role as Recruiting Coordinator for Careers in Nonprofits! 

Pictured: Sophie Shack

Congratulations to alum Priya Purandare (MA '09) for her continued work to uplift and amplify diverse voices within the legal profession. She recently attended the Women's General Counsel Network Conference (WGCN)—a convening highlighting the resilience, innovation, and leadership of women GCs. Priya comments: "What stood out most was the sense of optimism and opportunity, despite the challenges we face. To all the incredible women leading the charge—thank you for your courage, your wisdom, and your commitment to lifting as you climb."

Pictured: Priya Purandare (right) with WGCN founder Jan Kang

Pictured: Ellen Meny (left) and Natasha Dupee (right)

Congratulations to alum Denise Forte (MA '96) who participated in a panel for the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading! The panel was called "More Hopeful Futures or Children as Collateral Damage?"

This panel explored the history of the federal engagement and investment in education and the most important areas of federal involvement — supporting schools that educate a large number of children from low-income families; creating rights and opportunities for children with special needs; and providing resources to aid schools in educating students who are English language learners.

Watch the recording!  

Pictured: Denise Forte

In Case You Missed It!

Weaving Stories From The Margins

Pictured: Panelists and event's attendees

Pictured: In keeping with WEAVE’s theme, panelists display a quilt they created together to document both the challenges and the victories of feminist movements that seek to eliminate violence against women throughout the world. 

Seeing, Sensing, Feeling: Representing Puta Life

Pictured: Juana María Rodríguez speaking at the podium during her talk

On March 26th, guest speaker Juana María Rodríguez shared insights from her recent book Seeing, Sensing, Feeling: Representing Puta Life. Introduced by WGSS Executive Committee member, Professor Manuel Cuellar, Rodríguez’s talk centered on the representation of sex workers in public media, the subject of her most recent book. Rodríguez focused her talk on how representation not only normalizes sex workers’ experiences but also shows what is possible for these workers. 

She also discussed historical efforts to regulate sex work, like Mexico’s 1864 “Registro de mujeres públicas” (List of public women), and introduced a figure, Félix Rojas. Félix Rojas was not visibly feminine, which posed questions regarding their gender and sexuality. A more recent figure who was also mentioned was Vanessa del Rio, one of the first non-white porn stars who resisted being cast as a victim or a redeemed figure, and insisted on defining her own narrative.

Rodríguez also spoke about Casa Xochiquetzal, a shelter for elderly and former sex workers in Mexico City. She highlighted stories from residents that showed resilience towards the negative narratives circulating about them while also critiquing how the media and outsiders often exploit their stories. With that, Rodríguez raised ethical concerns regarding how sex workers are portrayed in the media, questioning the boundaries of consent and the ethics of paying (or not) for these representations.

Lastly, Rodríguez talked in depth about Adela Vasquez, a friend of hers, but also a trans activist and health advocate. With Vasquez, Rodríguez posed questions on what self-representation means in the digital age, as Vaquez sought control of her own representations in the media. Rodríguez also shared that trans sex workers (especially those of color) need more than representation, even as advocacy and community help. 

WGSS Yulee Lecture

On Monday, March 31st, we had our annual Yulee Lecture that featured two groundbreaking scholars, Professor Lisa Guenther (Queen's University, Canada) and Professor E. Ornelas (Dartmouth College). 

Professor Guenther began by sharing that she could not deliver her talk in person due to the US' current administration’s active attempts to undermine social justice, criminal justice, DEI policies, and the rights of transpeople. Her presentation, "Unsettling Perception: A Critical Phenomenology of Settler Colonial Body Schemas" discussed a memoir of a 19th century Canadian colonist, Susanna Moodie, who authored the book Roughing It in the Bush (1852). Professor Guenther's talk highlighted the ways in which colonial structures shape settler “common sense” or the everyday practices that treat land as property, bodies as vehicles for the mind, and nations as enclosures to be defended with violence. To explain these points, Guenther introduced us to María del Rosario Acosta López's "decolonial grammars of listening," where "decolonial listening" is a reparative activity that makes visible the decolonial world that is unfolding alongside the colonial world. 

Guenther's research also drew from Maurice Merleau-Ponty's philosophy and the concept of "simultaneity of perception." Guenther gave an example of the Queen's University's football stadium that was constructed with convict labor. Guenther's talk urged us to develop practices to attend to what could have been ("past conditional temporality") and can still become, and to recognize that there is an already existing world alongside the colonial world. 

Professor Ornelas (they/them) shared their research in a talk entitled, “Speculative Fiction, Abolition, and the Limits of the Settler Colonial Imaginary" that addressed the presumed impossibility of abolition and what that says about the constraints around imagining otherwise. Their talk was inspired by an online forum that sparked debate on whether M.V. Pine’s short story, “Your Honor, I’d Like to Put You in the Shoes of One of Dr. Morehouse’s Thirty Proven Clients,” was indeed horror. The story is about a gender affirming surgery gone wrong, or not. This led to an inquiry regarding what can or cannot become the subject of speculative fiction based on the perspective of the reader and the cultural context in which the story is told.

If you weren't able to make it, watch the video! 

WGSS Student Awards

Congratulations to our undergraduate and graduate students who won the below WGSS awards:

Outstanding Contribution by an Undergraduate Major Award & The "Making a Difference" Award: A WGSS Public Policy Annual Undergraduate Prize  

Undergraduate Feminist Scholarship Award

WGSS Endowment Award

The WGSS Endowment Award is made possible by the WGSS Board comprised of WGSS (formerly known as Women's Studies) alumni. This award prioritizes students who have been traditionally underrepresented in the field. 

This year's WGSS Endowment Award goes to Sergine Mombrun and Milica Milanović. 

The Nicole Paul Endowed Prize in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Graduate Feminist Scholarship Award

Service to the Community of Women Award

Making a Difference Award

The Emily B. Proctor Research Award

Honorable Mentions for The Graduate Feminist Scholarship Award

We are excited to recognize three students who received Honorable Mentions for the Graduate Feminist Scholarship Award that acknowledges outstanding scholarship. Congratulations to Madison Post ("Child Marriage in the United States”), Yaprak Eris (“Wealth and Gender Equality Among the World's Most Populated Countries"), and Milica Milanović (“The Hardest Word: A Short Story and Analysis through a Feminist Lens”).

Pictured: Madison Post

Pictured: Yaprak Eris

Pictured: Milica Milanović

Upcoming WGSS Events

Ecofeminism and Social Justice

Today, April 9t | 4:00-5:00pm

Rome Hall, Room 202

RSVP to attend

Join your WGSS peers on April 9th from 4-5pm to hear from MA student Leah Bogan who will lead a discussion that will explore holistic and robust ideas for a sustainable future. How do ideas of Rugged Individualism and our capital-driven goals in the West stymie hope for a collective and sustainable future? Is there a clear path for a better way?

About the Speaker

Leah Bogan (she/they) is a Graduate Instructional Assistant for the SUST 1001 Introduction to Sustainability course this Spring 2025 semester.



Bogan majored in Marine Biology from Texas A&M University Galveston for her undergrad degree, where she specialized in bioacoustics, sea turtle rescue and worked as a herpetologist at the Moody Gardens Rainforest Exhibit. She has then switched disciplines for a MA in Public Policy Analysis and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at George Washington University. She believes in first addressing the racial, gender, and class inequality through policies.

The Art of Weaving: Making and Unmaking Gender at the Loom

Thursday, April 17th, 2025 | 3:45-4:45pm

Phillips Hall, Room 414B

Join us on April 17th for a WGSS event led by one of our own professors, Shweta Krishnan! Drawing from her own research, Professor Krishnan will analyze the gendering of textile weaving and how it has been refigured to fit the neoliberal market. This event will focus on how these weavers make and unmake themselves at the intersections of gender, ethnicity, and capitalism.

Register today!

Immigration & Migration Studies 2025 Symposium

April 25th, 2025 | 10am - 2pm

The George Washington Museum and the Textile Museum, Myers Room

Join the Immigration & Migration Studies micro-minor program for the annual Immigration and Migration Studies Spring Symposium, where graduating students will present their research related to the micro-minor courses.

The following graduating students will present their research related to the micro-minor courses in Immigration and Migration Studies:

Cady Barterian: “Go West, Young Mensch”: How the Galveston Movement Sought to Change Jewish Immigration

Delilah Cruz: Navigating the Impact of Policy Shifts on Unaccompanied Minors During the Trump Era

Nick He: Use of Social Media and Smart Technologies by Chinese asylum seekers seeking to enter the United States. via the U.S.-Mexico border

Annabelle Manzo: Bordered Bodies: An Emerging Weaponization of Water at the U.S. Southern Border

Javier Orellana Ostroga: The Power of Immigrant Grassroots Efforts: Noncitizen Voting Rights in U.S. Cities

Fiona Stokes: Immersive Identities and Nuanced Freedoms: Parallel Stories of a Young Taiwanese Society 

Lunch will be provided! Registration is required.

Summer 2025 Courses

Summer 2025 registration has begun!

Summer Session I registration deadline: May 18

Summer Session II registration deadline: June 29

Check out the below WGSS courses to add to your feminist, summer schedule:

WGSS 2120W Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Professor Gamber

CRN 11130 (session II)

Online

Course Description:

Designed to give students with diverse backgrounds and disciplines a basic understanding of the debates and perspectives discussed in the field of WGSS, as well as the larger theoretical scope of feminism, this course asks:

• What is feminism?
• What role do gender, sexuality, and intersectionality play in terms of understanding the varieties of human experience?
• How are issues of femininity, masculinity, and sexuality constructed and defined?

In order to answer those questions, we will interrogate our responses/relationships to various texts -- including academic arguments, personal narratives, advertisements, films, YouTube videos, celebrities, consumer goods -- as they are inflected by our evolving understanding of feminism/s and social justice.

WGSS 2710 Postcolonialism, Race, and Gender in Global Anglophone Literature and Film (Session I)

Professor Daiya

CRN 12736

Online

Course Description:

This WID summer online course is a great journey around the world through modern global literature and cinema about travel and cross-cultural encounters. The itinerary includes travel writing, fiction, film, and essays--works that illuminate the wonderful, startling and troubling aspects of travel from England, India, Iran, France, Nigeria, Tibet, Antigua, Trinidad, the United States and Canada. Themes to be discussed include: race, gender, postcolonialism, friendship, work, globalization, and what happens to identity and cultural community in transit.

Crosslisted with ENGL 2710W (CRN 12753)

WGSS 3170 Women & Politics (Session I)

Professor Bartels

CRN 12769

Online

Course Description:

An examination of the role and impact of women in politics, including women’s interests and access to the political system; specific public policy issues with a particular focus on the role of women. Prerequisite: PSC 1002.

WGSS 3170W Race and Gender (Session II)

Professor Joubin

CRN 11948

Online

Course Description:

Through the lenses of critical race and gender theories, this course examines cinematic representations of Shakespeare’s plays, with a focus on the themes of sexuality, class, and colonialism. This course will focus on racialized bodies, performance of gender and sexuality, disability narratives, feminist interventions, religious fault lines, class struggle, and intersectional identities, and reflect on our embodied vulnerability.

WGSS 3170W Intro to Critical Theory (Session II)

Professor Joubin

CRN 12096

Online

Course Description:

How does literature function in civil society? This course introduces students to theories of race, gender and sexuality that are most relevant to our contemporary political and cultural life. We will ask new questions through a carefully curated selection of key writing—from influential classics to more current works. Students will gain fluency in the conceptual frameworks associated with structuralism, ecocriticism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, post-colonialism, and feminism, with an emphasis on critical race, gender, sexuality, queer, and disability studies.

WGSS 3170W Philosophy of Race and Gender (Session I)

Professor Davis

CRN 12687

Online 

Course Description:

Why should we care about philosophical theories that deal with inequality? Discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, and other factors has an effect not only on individuals but on society. Beyond an introduction to basic texts and theories of the body applicable to race, sex, and related identity categories, students will work on identifying explicit and implicit bias in public discourse that leads to marginalization of and violence (both discursive and literal) towards bodies that are considered deviant or dangerous.

WGSS 3136W Chinese Women in Myth, Literature, and Film (Session II)

Professor Chen

CRN 12658

1957 E 308

MW 03:30PM - 05:45PM

Course Description:

Women’s position in Chinese cultural and political life from prehistoric myth to the present. Includes a significant engagement in writing as a form of critical inquiry and scholarly expression to satisfy the WID requirement. This course is taught in English.

WGSS 3170W Gender, Religion, & Muslim Women (Session I)

Professor Hijazi

CRN 12692

1957 E 309

TR 09:30AM - 11:45AM

Course Description:

This course examines the lives, identities, and representation of Muslim women through a critical lens, challenging common misconceptions and stereotypes often perpetuated in Western media. Students will engage in writing assignments while exploring themes like gender roles, the hijab, activism, and educational pursuits among Muslim women. Through a combination of readings, discussions, documentaries, and guest speaker lectures, the course illuminates the diversity of experiences among Muslim women, considering factors like cultural context, personal choice, and the ways in which these women navigate their identities in various settings. 

WGSS 3170 Sociology of Sex and Gender (Session I)

Professor Osborne

CRN 12738

Online

Course Description:

The consideration of gender and sex as organizing principles of social relations. Analysis of the dynamics of inequality in such areas as families, the workforce, culture and mass media, politics, sexual relationships, law, medicine, religion, and education. Prerequisites: SOC 1001 or SOC 1002.

WGSS 3170W Women Artists in Washington, D.C. (Session I)

Professor Smith

CRN 12660

GOV 325

TR 01:00PM - 03:15PM

Course Description:

Students will view, read, research, and write about the work of women artists whose creations can be found in the many museums located in Washington, D.C. This course will consider the themes and techniques that various women artists employ. Each week, students will be working with a different area museum, visiting their collections and hearing from museum professionals about the type of writing they do in their everyday lives. Some of these museums may include The National Portrait Gallery, The Phillips Collection, and The Kreeger Museum. Students will complete a variety of writing assignments like those done by artists and museum professionals. These assignments will include exhibition label writing, visual analysis, and exhibition review.

WWGSS-Related Summer 2025 Courses

Undergraduate Courses

ANTH 1004. Language in Culture and Society (Session I)

Professor Dent

CRN 10205

Online

Course Description:

Comparison and analysis of how cultures use language to communicate. The relationship of language to issues of human nature, gender, race, class, artistic expression, and power.

Graduate Courses

IAFF 6118. Women, Peace and Security (Session I)

Professor Montoya

CRN 12027

Duques 362

TR 7:10pm - 9:00pm

Course Description

This course critically examines the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) framework, tracing its historical development and key international milestones. Through diverse case studies, students will explore the four pillars of WPS—participation, protection, prevention, and relief and recovery—analyzing how they shape policy, governance, and conflict resolution. The course engages with feminist and intersectional perspectives to assess the successes and challenges of WPS implementation in various global contexts, equipping students with a nuanced understanding of gender dynamics in peace and security efforts.

WGSS Fall 2025 Courses

Undergraduate Courses

WGSS 3170W Transnational Film Studies and LGBTQ Cultures

Professor Robert McRuer

CRN: 38083; English 3980W CRN: 35598

1957 E 111

Course Description:

Examination of literature and culture in the context of the history and experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people, with consideration of sexual identity as a core component of human experience. May be repeated once for credit provided the topic differs. Includes a significant engagement in writing as a form of critical inquiry and scholarly expression to satisfy the WID requirement. Same As: ENGL 3980.

This is a faculty-led short-term abroad course, where students will travel to Prague, Czech Republic from November 6-16, 2025. This course is restricted; students must apply through GW Passport and will pay a program fee to be registered.

Graduate Courses

WGSS 6270 South Asian Feminisms

Professor Tambe

CRN 38094

T 5:10-7:00pm

Smith 210

Course Description

This course is an investigation of what we in the US can learn from South Asian feminisms and suggests that South Asia is a site of energetic feminist activism, and has been so for over a hundred years.

This course is open to WGSS seniors and non-WGSS graduate students with instructor approval.

WGSS-Related Fall 2025 Courses

Courses Offered at the Undergraduate and Graduate Level

CAH 4156. The Body and Photography

Professor Lipniski

CRN Number

T 3:30-6:00pm

Smith 106

Course Description

This seminar examines the complex relationship between the body and photography, exploring how the medium has been used to represent, construct, and challenge notions of identity, beauty, power, and embodiment. Engaging with critical theories of the body and visual culture, students will develop a nuanced understanding of photography’s role in both reinforcing and disrupting social norms.

CAH 4165. The Body in Islamic Art

Professor Natif

CRN Number

T 12:45-3:15pm

Smith 106

Course Description

This seminar delves into the concepts of image-making and perceptions of the body in Islamic art. While it is commonly believed that Islam forbids figural representation, Islamic artistic traditions feature rich depictions of humans and animals across manuscripts, luxury objects, and textiles.

Through an exploration of Late Antique and Islamic art from the 6th to the 17th century, this course examines the debates and tensions surrounding figural representation and the ways in which they shaped portrayals of the human and animal form. We will consider changing perceptions of beauty that influenced artistic renderings of the body, as well as shifts in artistic concepts and techniques, including the appearance of new pictorial methods such as atmospheric perspective and portraiture.

All readings, including original sources, will be provided in English. No prior knowledge of Islamic art, history, or religion is required.

Student Job and Fellowship Opportunities

WELL is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Intern to support our leadership programs, communications, and outreach efforts. This is a great opportunity for a student or recent graduate passionate about gender equality, human rights, and global leadership development.

There is a virtual internship informational session on May 2nd from 11am-12pm. Join via Zoom.

For any questions about WELL's internship opportunities, reach out to Tabina Rehman via email.

Knapp Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Service-Learning

Knapp Fellowship projects integrate scholarly work in the student’s discipline with the design and implementation of the service project. Selected Knapp Fellows work with the Nashman Center and a faculty member advisor to implement projects in collaboration with community partners.

Projects can be anywhere in the world and are conducted over the course of an academic year. These projects are substantial and rely on Fellows having prior experience working with their community partner and/or the social issue. LEARN MORE! Apply by May 23rd!

Bryce Harlow Fellowship

Since 1985, the Bryce Harlow Foundation has awarded fellowships to highly motivated students in pursuit of a career in professional advocacy through government relations, advocacy or lobbying.

Award Type: $9,000 Tuition Award and Mentoring Program

Open to: Current and prospective GW graduate students interested in government relations, advocacy or lobbying. US Citizens only.

Basic Eligibility Requirements:

1. Students must plan to be enrolled in part-time graduate studies for credit at GW for the next academic year.
2. Students must be employed full-time throughout the Fellowship year. Temporary work, part-time work, and internships do not qualify.

Deadline: May 4th. Apply now!

GW MSSC is Hiring for Fall 2025! 

Are you an undergraduate student with federal work study (FWS) looking for an on campus job opportunity next semester? Join the Multicultural Student Services Center team and help create a welcoming, inclusive space for all students to explore and embrace their identities. Apply now and make a difference!

Are you a GW student seeking funding for a project that addresses a community need? Do you have an idea that combines service with action? Or maybe you just want to help people but not sure how and where to start?

Register Today!

The Nashman Center is committed to connecting you with the community that surrounds us. If you’re interested in learning something new, developing or executing your specific skills, or simply ready to engage with DC, join us! Our workshops are always a great place to work on your ideas, access resources, and connect with fellow impacters. All GW students are welcome.

If you have an established project, a social issue you feel strongly about, or an idea you need help with, GWupstart is a great place to start! Check out the dates below,

4/16: HOW TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS

Contact upstart@gwu.edu with questions, ideas, thoughts, or an application.

The Foggy Bottom Association History Project is a community group that

researches and shares neighborhood history. The Foggy Bottom Historic District is a four-block area adjacent to GWU campus that contains houses dating back to the 1870s that have been occupied by a diverse population. Available internships are:

• Historic District House History Map Research Internship
• Foggy Bottom Urban Renewal Internship

Internships at the National Museum of African American History and Culture offer undergraduate and graduate students, recent graduates and career changers opportunities to work closely with professionals and scholars in the museum field. The museum provides a dynamic learning environment and access to supportive mentors that help interns reach their educational and professional goals. Interns can gain practical museum skills and program development experience in a variety of traditional and non-traditional museum careers.  



The museum offers internships in the following areas:

• Office of Advancement (Fundraising, Donor Relations, Annual Giving)
• Office of Curatorial Affairs (Curatorial, Collections, Archives, Digitization)
• Office of the Deputy Director (Education, Publications)
• Office of Digital Strategy and Engagement (Searchable Museum, Oral History)
• Office of the Director
• Office of External Affairs (Marketing and Communications, Public Programs, Special Events, Visitor Services)
• Office of Operations (Finance, Facilities Planning & Business Programs, Human Resources, Information Technology)
• Office of Project Management and Planning (Project Management, Exhibition Design, Design & Production)
• Office of Strategic Partnerships

Internships are available as full-time (30-40 hours per week) or part-time (20 hours or less) positions from 10 to 13 weeks throughout the year with the possibility for an extension. Start dates and duration may be flexible and arranged with approval from the mentor. Internships for Fall 2025 are due June 15th! Learn about the opportunities available.

Feminist Crisis Response Program Office - France (Remote)

Job Summary:

The Feminist Crisis Response Program Officer will lead grantmaking and strategic initiatives that reflect feminist principles in crisis response. This position focuses on supporting feminist movements and grassroots organizations globally, with emphasis on the MENA region, and advancing Global Fund for Women’s evolving Feminist Crisis Response strategy to address systemic inequalities and empower marginalized communities globally. 

The Feminist Crisis Response Program Officer will manage a portfolio of crisis response grants, facilitate coordination with feminist funds in various collaborative spaces, and provide technical and strategic support for Global Fund for Women’s philanthropic initiatives. This person will also contribute to donor engagement and advocacy efforts to promote feminist crisis response principles and mobilize resources.

International candidates, especially those with lived experience in the MENA region, are encouraged to apply.

Gender Specialist - Resilience Knowledge Hub

General Position Summary:

The Gender Specialist for the Resilience Knowledge Hub under the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF) will be responsible for leading gender and resilience context analyses, proposing practical contextualized implementation plans, designing the training programmes, developing guides, learning methods and delivering all the required training's and workshops in line with the ZRBF gender strategy. S/he will work closely with ZRBF implementing partners across the country to develop, coordinate, implement and monitor a gender strategy and action plan. S/he will also support the program’s adherence to Mercy Corps Gender Minimum Standards in accordance with our Program Management Minimum Standards, and work to build a supportive team culture.

Apply now!

Gender and Racial Justice Researcher

Research specifics:

Operational aims of the research: this research aims to support an advocacy agenda on racialized gender-based violence.

Duration: 3 months

Apply now!

Student Award Opportunities

SURE Awards Offer up to $1,000 in Research Enhancement

The Sigelman Undergraduate Research Enhancement (SURE) award provides $1,000 to undergraduates at GW to support research in ALL disciplines including the humanities, the arts, science and engineering, business, and public health.

Applicants are asked to submit a research proposal, complete a budget, and solicit faculty statements of support. SURE awards can be used to fund conference travel, research supplies, membership fees, and more. Applications are being accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the spring semester.

Students interested in applying to the SURE award are encouraged to schedule a consultation with the Center for Undergraduate Fellowships and Research (CUFR) to learn more about preparing their research proposal. Award details and the application can be found on the SURE webpage under the CUFR Fellowships Directory. 

Questions? Email CUFR.

Julian Clement Chase Award

Julian Clement Chase Prize for Community Impact - Apply By May 15

Named in honor of Sgt. Julian Clement Chase, this $1,000 Prize for Community Impact in DC is to honor GW undergraduate students for excellence in community service impact. It recognizes excellence and effective practice in student community engagement through projects with meaningful impact over the previous year. Apply now..

Using the same form, you can also nominate someone else for this award if you're a faculty, staff or a fellow GW student.

Not for you? You can check out the Julian Clement Chase Creative and Research Writing Awards!

Upcoming GW Events

Student Volunteer Opportunity: Welcome Day of Service (WDoS) Leader Application

WDoS is a tradition at GW to welcome new students to the GW and DMV community through a day of service projects, reflection, and community-building. This is an all-day event (9am-5pm) and all leaders will be expected to be available for the whole event on Saturday, August

Leader Expectations:

• Leaders will be assigned to a service site to assist a group of incoming students on the day of the event with logistics, reflection, and completion of the project.
• Leaders will serve as a representative of the George Washington University community to our community partners who are hosting the service projects.
• Leaders will be expected to attend a leader training the week before the event.

Apply today!

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Mapping Summit

T, April 9th | 5:00 PM - 9:00PM

Funger Hall

Join the Humanitarian Mapping Society for an engaging summit exploring the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion in humanitarian mapping, featuring insightful discussions and expert perspectives. The current lineup of speakers includes multiple GW expert faculty members.

The Honey W. Nashman Center invites you to strengthen your civic leadership and interpersonal skills, and join the Nashman Center at our Civic Leadership Dialogues!

All students are welcome!

Civic Leadership Dialogues consist of workshops, informational sessions, and casual dialogues on various topics including active citizenship, advocacy, leadership, diversity, equity, and other related topics. We focus on the overarching theme of inclusive excellence. 

FOSTER MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS & SUSTAINABLE CHANGE OVER TIME

Monday, April 14th, 6:00pm - 7:00pm, USC 405

As your service year comes to an end, hear stories from participants in Nashman Center programs who have developed meaningful relationships and sustainable change through long-term investment with their community partners. We will end by reflecting on and mapping out reciprocal goals for the upcoming academic year tied to professional development and deepening impact through continued commitment.

Panel participants: Henry Kurtz (Little Friends for Peace), Emily Mahler (A Wider Circle), Lauren Patrick (826DC), Kamila Rivera Diaz (Latin American Youth Center), Rachel Stanton (Miriam’s Kitchen)

HOW TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS

Wednesday, April 16, 4:00pm - 5:00pm, Nashman Center Conference Room 409

Ayman Rahman, Program Manager, Social Innovation 

Discover strategies to design projects that create long-term impact and thrive beyond their initial launch phase. Learn how to plan for scalability, measure success, and empower communities to sustain progress over time. Let your project make a lasting mark!

BEYOND VOTING: YOUR ROLE IN POLICY AND GOVERNANCE

Thursday, April 17th, 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Phillips Hall Room 111

Dr. Beverly Wheeler, Chief Knowledge Officer, DC Central Kitchen

Many policies and decisions that shape our communities most are made at the local level. Learning to influence these decisions and create real change involves understanding how local government works, where the power lies, and how to get a seat at the table. 

Beyond The Binary

Today, April 9th | 6pm-8pm

MSSC MPR

Where can you find resources for gender-affirming care at GW? What about within DC? Join TNBS and MSSC, as well as their on-campus and off-campus collaborators, as we discuss access to gender-affirming care! All are welcome to attend, and dinner will be provided!

Voices of Resilience: A Multicultural Tea Time & Celebration of Women’s Leadership 

GW Textile Museum

Thursday, April 10th | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

 Attire: Formal or Cultural clothing encouraged, but not required

The GW Student Consortium on Women, Peace, and Security invites students to an afternoon of culture, conversation, and community at their event titled Voices of Resilience: A Multicultural Tea Time & Celebration of Women’s Leadership. Enjoy some tea and snacks, and take time to unwind and honor the field of Women, Peace and Security.

Register now!

Community Healing Circle

Thursday, April 10th | 7:30-8:30pm

USC 401

GW’s It’s On Us Chapter invites students to come together from 7:30 - 8:30 pm in USC 401 and share their experiences being impacted by sexual violence.

Black Pre-Health Conference

Friday, April 11th | 9am - 4pm

Milken School of Public Health

Registration Required

The Black Girl Pre-Health Collective is hosting its First Annual Black Pre-Health Conference. The goal of the conference is to address the unique challenges students face in their journey into healthcare. There will be a keynote speaker, two healthcare panels, and various activities that will provide attendees with more information and advice about navigating into the healthcare industry.

The Sexsonian

USC Continental Ballroom

Friday, April 11t | 11am-4pm

Pleasure is a non-negotiable part of sexual health — so let’s talk about it. Join Student Outreach and Support and the Office of Advocacy and Support in the University Student Center’s Continental Ballroom between 11 am - 4 pm for The Sexsonian, a free, immersive event where we explore pleasure, challenge taboos, and learn in an open, inclusive space. Open to all GW community members 18 and older.

Philosophy Department Book Launch Event

Friday, April 11th | 1:30 - 3:30pm

Phillips Hall, Room 411

This academic year two of the Philosophy Department professors, Avery Archer and Vanessa Wills, published books, and the Department is excited to celebrate their achievements! Join the Department for food, drinks, and discussion around The Attitude of Agnosticism and Marx's Ethical Vision!

Avery Archer, The Attitude of Agnosticism:

This monograph employs the tools and techniques of analytic philosophy to offer a broad account of what it means to be agnostic in both theological and non-theological contexts, and offers a critical discussion of the major descriptive accounts of agnosticism in the contemporary analytic philosophical literature.

Vanessa Wills, Marx's Ethical Vision:

This book covers a vast range of Marx's writings and gives a holistic account of Marx's views over the course of his life. It also engages with Marx's reception among analytical philosophers while explaining the value of Marx's distinctively “dialectical” method. It presents a novel reading of Marx and articulates novel Marxist positions in a range of philosophical debates

Our Story of Resilience Workshop

Friday, April 11th | 2:00 - 3:30pm

Multicultural Student Services Center (MSSC), Multipurpose Programming Room - Student Center, 5th Floor

This event is designed to foster community and belonging through storytelling and creative expression, specifically centering the experiences of students who hold BIPOC identities. Through guided reflection and art-based activities, students will explore personal and collective narratives of resilience in a supportive and affirming environment. Students can collage or draw their experience, but they are also contributing to a larger work of art that symbolizes collective strength and community.

GW PBS Spring Colloquium Speaker Series

Friday, April 11th | 2:30 - 3:30pm

Duques Hall, Room 151

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is holding its final colloquium of the Spring semester. The Department is excited to welcome Dr. Michelle Johnson-Jennings from The University of Washington, a Choctaw Nation Tribal member, who will present a talk on the use of land-based healing to address trauma in Indigenous communities and rewrite narratives of healing.

On the Promise of Beauty

Tuesday, April 15th | 4:00-5:30 PM

Corcoran Hall, Room 204

Register for the 2025 Mergen-Palmer Distinguished Lecture featuring Professor Mimi Thi Nguyen!

The historical present is often perceived through the presence or absence of beauty, such that distinct personal, social, and political projects unfold through disputes about the beauty we deserve – which is to say, the life worth living. How might affective and aesthetic responses to scarcity, precarity, and uncertainty, drawn from the crises of war and colonial and capital dispossession, help us to understand the promise of beauty as a world-building engagement? This lecture will consider how the promise of beauty is so usable across a spectrum of political claims, whether imperial or insurgent, and how these claims delineate what forms of life are valuable, and for whom. 

The Promise of Beauty is available via Duke University Press.

CCAS Celebrating The Liberal Arts

Tuesday, April 15th | 3:00pm

University Student Center, Amphitheater | Register

Join the CCAS Community on Tuesday, April 15th for a panel discussion on the topic of Celebrating the Liberal Arts. This event will feature distinguished panelists from various disciplines who will share their research, experiences and perspectives on the importance diversity, equity, and inclusion through a liberal arts education and its impact on the community.

Register now on our website and invite your colleagues, friends and students to join you!



Don't miss out on this opportunity to engage with like-minded individuals and learn from experts in the field. For any questions about the event, please feel free to contact via emails.

“Ain’t I A Woman?” A Reading & Reflection Series

Tuesday, April 15th | 5pm to 7pm

MSSC, USC 5th Floor

Join MSSC for Part 1 of the “Ain’t I A Woman? A Reading & Reflection Series” on April 15th at 5pm in the MSSC MPR! In this session, they'll dive into Sojourner Truth's iconic collection of speeches, especially her powerful ‘Ain’t I a Woman?’ address. These timeless words continue to challenge and inspire conversations about the resilience of Black women and other marginalized communities throughout history. Together, they'll analyze the historical significance of Truth’s message, reflecting on how her personal experiences connect with today’s ongoing discussions about fairness and justice. They'll also reflect on the enduring relevance of her speech as we continue working toward a more equal society for all.

Register now!

Against Confinement: Spring 2025 Mellon Student Showcase

Featuring Keynote Speakers Marchell Taylor and Dr. Kim Gorgens

Tuesday, April 22nd | 3:00-7:15pm

Wednesday, April 23rd | 2:00-5:30pm

1957 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052

Join the Department of English for its Spring 2025 Mellon Student Showcase featuring keynote speakers Marchell Taylor and Dr. Kim Gorgens. This event is the culmination of a two-year Mellon Disability Justice initiative, which promotes authentic, public-facing storytelling that illuminates the nexus between disability and targeted incarceration. The showcase highlights undergraduate and graduate scholarship related to these issues.

Register for this event!

National Denim Day

Wednesday, April 30th | 4-7pm

Square 80

Denim Day is about supporting survivors, spreading awareness and dispelling misconceptions that surround sexual violence. The Student Government Association, in partnership with student organizations and campus and community partners, will be hosting a Denim Day event from 4 - 7 pm in Square 80. More details to follow!

MSSC's Queer Prom: A Queer Night in Oz

May 1st, 2025 | 7pm-10pm

USC Grand Ballroom

Join MSSC on Thursday, May 1st, in the Grand Ballroom (USC 3rd Floor) on the George Washington University's Foggy Bottom Campus from 7pm - 10pm!

Dress to impress in your best emerald green or gold as we dance the night away! All are welcome to attend as we celebrate the beauty and resilience of the community!!

RSVP by scanning the QR Code or visiting the link! Mark your calendars because you do not want to miss this event!

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The 2025 Women's Voices Now Online Film Festival

March 26 - April 25

Festival Pass Required

Women's Voices Now is hosting its 11th annual online film festival. Its mission is to use film to drive social change that advances girls' and women's rights globally.This year’s films highlight the strength and defiance that unlocks women and girls' potential, emphasizing the importance of collective support to overcome systemic challenges.

These stories ask: As new opportunities bring new challenges, are we showing up for women and girls? If not, what collective action is needed today?

Interactive Masterclass: Accelerating Country Level MHH Monitoring

Thursday, April 10th| 8:00AM ET

Register Now!

Join this interactive webinar series brings together experts in menstrual health and hygiene from across research, policy and practice to discuss key emerging issues.



Speakers:

Thérèse Mahon, WaterAid

Sue Cavill, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Freelancer

Power of Participation: Participatory Approaches for Childhood Sexual Violence Research

April 11th | 9:00 AM ET

Register Now!

Join the online launch of Power of Participation, a new FREE online course!

This course introduces participatory approaches to childhood sexual violence research and will be available in both English and French.

What you’ll get from the webinar:

- Sneak peek into the course modules and what’s included.

- Panel discussion on the power of participation.

- Q&A with participatory researchers in the field of childhood

sexual violence.

Live interpretation will be available in French and Spanish.

Building Digital Literacy

April 15th | 4-5pm

RSVP

As part of NWSA's commitment to sustained membership engagement throughout the year, the first 2025 opportunity led by Member at Large, Latoya Lee. Save the date for Tuesday, April 15th for “NWSA Care Community: Building Digital Literacy.” This workshop focuses on the pressing need for digital literacy in our contemporary information-driven world. This interactive and skill building workshop helps attendees navigate, critically assess, and ethically engage with digital tools and platforms.

This workshop will discuss key topics like internet safety, mastering digital search skills, and managing your online identity. Join to learn how to take control of your digital footprint in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

Public Policy and the Future of Work: A Conversation with Anna Branch & Elisabeth Jacobs

Tuesday, April 29th | 5:30 - 8:30pm

Registration Required

The American Sociological Association invites you to an insightful in-person discussion on the evolving nature of work. What does the future hold for workers, employers, and policymakers in an era of rapid economic and technological change, workplace precarity, and shifting political landscapes? Join the Association as they explore these pressing questions and introduce ASA’s new Policy Outreach Program Fellowship, an opportunity for scholars to engage in policy and advocacy efforts.

 An Honour Song: Feminist Struggles, Feminist Victories

November 13-16, 2025

San Juan, Puerto Rico

The 45th Annual Conference theme, An Honour Song: Feminist Struggles, Feminist Victories, calls for proposals that are attentive to the many facets of our multidirectional and multivocal field with special attention to submissions that, as President Lewis writes in our 2025 Call for Proposals, “uplift and nourish our comrades in Borikén who seek justice for survivors of domestic violence, homophobia, sexual assault, racism, political repression, environmental injustice, poverty, food and housing insecurity, and others who are vulnerable to subjugation and oppression—year round and often without recognition, support, or encouragement.”

The NWSA remains staunch in their dedication to uplifting the immense transformative work that you, NWSA members and community partners, offer through your pedagogy, scholarship, activism, community building, as well as the myriad ways you strive to “make everything into something that is questionable” - because “the question of how to live a feminist life is alive as a question as well as being a life question.”

Please explore the full Call for Proposals and submit your proposal(s) when you have both appetite and capacity - the NWSA is proud to support your sorely needed work!

The deadline to submit to our Annual Conference Call for Proposals is extended to April 15th, 2025 at 11:59 PM PT!

(Re)view the Call for Proposals, access Proposal Templates, and more robust details by visiting the annual conference site.

Submit today!

Helpful Links:

• Proposal Guides and Templates
• Accessibility Resources
• Presenter Requirements
• Annual Conference FAQs

National Women's Studies Association Student Awards

In nourishing our field, the NWSA also celebrates the work and intellectual curiosity of emerging scholars through our student awards. We are incredibly excited and grateful to partner with presses as well as center the rich communities within our Constituency Groups. Please submit nominations for your students/mentees as well as self-applications!

2025 Women of Color Caucus Frontiers Student Essay Award

2025 NWSA Graduate Scholarship

2025 Lesbian Caucus Prize

To learn more about our student awards please explore our full descriptions and parameters for our awards by visiting our website.

Explore the 2025 Student Awards!

Book Announcement

Ingrid Hu Dahl is the founder of a coaching and consulting business dedicated to empowering the next generation of leaders. With over two decades of experience in learning and development — including as a former adjunct professor at Rutgers University — she specializes in leadership, inclusion, and belonging. Her diverse client base spans startup founders, senior executives, and individuals looking to accelerate their purpose and impact.

Ingrid serves on the advisory board of the Institute for Women’s Leadership at Rutgers University and is a founding member of the Willie Mae Rock Camp in Brooklyn. A lifelong advocate for amplifying underrepresented voices, Ingrid has performed in touring bands and written, directed, and filmed two short films exploring identity, representation, and the mixed-race experience.

Her upcoming memoir, Sun Shining on Morning Snow (June 2025), is a fearless and deeply moving exploration of authenticity, love, and resilience. As a mixed-race, queer woman, Ingrid invites readers into her journey of self-discovery while navigating social, cultural, and familial expectations. Through her talks, she creates space for conversations on identity, belonging, and what it means to live boldly.

Information on purchasing Sun Shining on Morning Snow can be found on her website and a digital copy is available upon request for review.

Grant Opportunities for Faculty

William T. Grant Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation 

Program: Research Grants on Reducing inequality 

Purpose: To support research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. Applications for research grants on reducing inequality must: 

• Identify a specific inequality in youth outcomes 
• Make a convincing case for the dimension(s) of inequality the study will address 
• Articulate how findings from your research will help build, test, or increase understanding of a program, policy, or practice to reduce the specific inequality that you have identified. 

Funding: up to $600,000 over 2-3 years (Major research grants); up to $50,000 over 1-2 years (Officers’ Research Grants) 

Key Dates: Due May 7, 2025 

More Details

William T. Grant Foundation 

Program: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence 

Purpose: To support research on strategies focused on improving the use, usefulness, and impact of evidence in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the United States. The Foundation is interested in supporting projects that: 

• Build, identify, or test ways to improve the use of existing research evidence; and/or 
• Test whether strategies that improve the use of research evidence in turn improve decision-making and youth outcomes. 

Eligibility: We strive to support a diverse group of researchers in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, and seniority, and we encourage research projects led by Black or African American, Indigenous, Latinx, and/or Asian or Pacific Islander American researchers. 

Funding: up to $1,000,000 over 2-4 years (major research grants); up to $50,000 over 1-2 years (Officers’ Research Grants) 

Key Dates: Due May 7, 2025 

More Details 

William T. Grant Foundation 

Program: William T. Grant Scholars Program 

Purpose: To support career development for promising early-career researchers. The program funds five-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas. Focus areas are: 1) reducing inequality and 2) improving the use of research-evidence. 

Eligibility: Applicants must have received their doctoral degree within seven years of submitting their application and must be employed in career-ladder positions. 

Funding: $350,000 over 5 years. 

Key Dates: 

• Internal Deadline via InfoReady: May 22, 2025 
• Full Proposal due: July 3, 2025 
• Award Starts: July 1, 2026 

More Details 

Support for GW LGBTQ+ Students

The Research for Alcohol and Couples Health (REACH) Lab at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia is currently conducting a study that is focused on the day-to-day experiences of people who are attracted to more than one gender or regardless of gender (e.g., bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, polysexual, queer, or others). They use "bi+" as an umbrella term throughout the study. They are interested in understanding how daily stress associates with alcohol use and relationship functioning among bi+ adults and their partners. Bi+ individuals and their partners may enroll in this virtual study and earn up to $120 each.

For more information, please go to their website or contact them through email.

QT Club (@qtclub.dc) is a community-based free school that explores the understanding that radical, liberatory knowledge is lived, and not just learned. Every meeting, guided readings of queer & feminist texts will help explore the importance of theory for our current movements. Through written and creative exercises, attendees will collectively do the work of raising consciousness about our lives. Discussions are grounded in the belief that conversations from and across different experiences enables us to better understand how to organize in vulnerable, intimate, and powerful ways.

Sign up link

Workshop Guidelines

UniQue Voices: Mental Health for the GW LGBTQ+ Community

This supportive therapy group is tailored specifically for LGBTQIA+ students, providing a safe and inclusive space to share experiences, explore identities, and enhance mental well-being.

Sexual Assault Survivors Group

A support and healing space for femme/female-identifying individuals who have experienced sexual assault. This group offers a collaborative space to learn about trauma, process complex emotions, and integrate the experience into a healthier self.

Healthy Relationships Group

A processing space to help students gain insight and tools to improve all types of relationships. 

Feminist Quad Talk

Feminist Campus: Quad Talk is a platform to share bold opinions, fresh takes, and thoughtful reflections on the world we’re navigating. Whether you’re tackling the latest social issue or cracking a joke about the chaos, this is where your voice matters. Submit a piece (500 words or less) to be part of the weekly collection on the Feminist Campus Website of young people’s perspectives on the political and social issues shaping our lives today. Let’s talk about it—your way.

Gender Policy Research Program Newsletter

Sign up for the monthly newsletter! The GPRP newsletter, sent out on the last Friday of the month, will include updates from GPRP, community spotlights, featured events and resources, and funding, publication, and job opportunities.

Sign up today!

Master's of Science in Gender Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London

Royal Holloway University of London is pleased to offer a nine-month Master of Science in Gender Studies, one of the few interdisciplinary gender studies masters programs in the UK. The program is housed in their Gender Institute, a hub of interdisciplinary research and teaching on their campus.

Their first cohort will graduate this Spring, and they would be thrilled to welcome US students to join the 2025-2026 cohort. Their program and the university are truly unique. 

What makes Royal Holloway University of London’s MSc Gender Studies stand out?

• The interdisciplinary nature of the programme enables students to work with a range of subjects and departments across the university, including pathways in politics, international relations, philosophy, and history.

• The Gender Institute showcases a breadth of gender research being undertaken across the University: Gender Institute People page.

• The history of Royal Holloway University of London, which formed by combining two of the very first women’s colleges in the UK (Bedford Women’s College 1849 and Royal Holloway College 1887). College alumnae played essential roles in the fight for women’s education, entry into the professions and suffrage.

• Our beautiful campus, set in 95 acres combining stunning Victorian architecture with modern state of the art facilities such as the Emily Wilding-Davison Library and Omnidrone Centre. Our campus has great links to London together with a Central London facility, The Senate House and 11 Bedford Square.

Please find summary details of the MSc Programme in Gender Studies in the program details document and do not hesitate to contact them with any questions.

NOISE Summer School 2025

NOISE Summer School 2025

Sexual Citizenship:

Bodies, Technology, and Governance

The application for the NOISE Summer School 2025 has officially opened. The theme of this year is Sexual Citizenship: Bodies, Technology and Governance. The Summer School is taking place in Utrecht, The Netherlands, from August 25-29, 2025.

This year’s NOISE summer school focuses on how sexuality is negotiated, practiced, and mediated in relation to various notions of citizenship. The concept of “citizenship” can be defined as outlining the contours of the society a community aspires to create (Mouffe 1993). Or, in the words of Judith Butler, “the nation-state can only reiterate its own basis for legitimation by literally producing the nation that serves as the basis for its legitimation” (Butler and Spivak 2007, 31). Citizenship is, therefore, inseparable from border construction and policing. It serves as a mechanism for establishing distinctions between “us” and “them”, “insiders” and “outsiders,” the “good” and the “bad”, “health” and “pathology,” “public” and “private.” This dynamic often involves technologies of management and governance set up to protect preexisting notions of purity and its assumed value . These aspects highlight how citizenship functions not only as a legal or political status but also as an instrument for delineating and regulating societal boundaries. 

More details are on their website, including the application form. For further questions, please reach out via email. Applicaitons are due by April 30th.

Conferences on Gender

Call for Submissions

Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies (NOG)

RINGS Conference 2025

Utrecht, The Netherlands

This conference aims at exploring the processes of (re-)appropriation, resignification, thwarting, cooptation, and hijacking of critical knowledges and minority claims. Concerns are not with mere semantics, but with discursive practices and politics. In doing this, the conference seeks to better understand the current historical conjuncture. It also highlights the importance of and invite reflections on transnational collaborations in countering oppressive narratives. 

Aside from 20-minute paper presentations, a variety of other presentation formats in the conference are encouraged, including roundtable discussions, conversations, interviews, visuals, multi-media and performance.

Abstracts (400 words max.) must be emailed before May 1, 2025. At the end of the abstract, in the same document, please add a short bio (100 words max.).

Ethics Press is inviting proposals for scholarly books and edited collections in Humanities and Social Sciences, and broader related fields including Life Sciences and Health Sciences. Read the Notes of Guidance and review the Book Proposal Form.

Suitable proposals will be independently reviewed. A completed proposal form, a sample of the proposed book, if available, a CV, is required. You are also welcome to send a summary or abstract first.

Books are published in English, initially in academic hardback and eBook format, with a paperback version released later. The books we select range from 50,000 words to around 150,000 words. There are no charges to publish.

Subject coverage includes:

• Philosophy, religion and faith, ethics and morality
• Human rights and equality, including indigenous studies and land rights, and race and gender issues
• Arts, humanities and social science topics including history, sociology, society and culture, community, anthropology, and language and literature.
• Global challenges, including war and conflict, sustainability and climate change, food security, poverty, and technology/AI. Our portfolio on issues and challenges associated with Artificial Intelligence is particularly popular
• Applied fields, including all areas of business, management, economics and finance, and decision making, plus bioethics, education, the built environment, and data ethics
• Politics and government, both national and regional, from US election politics, to international banking, to global policy issues
• Legal and medical issues, covering healthcare, medicine and medical ethics, psychology, counseling, childhood studies, and law
• Health sciences and life sciences

Adapted Doctoral Theses and Edited Collections, including adaptations from conferences and symposia will be considered.

The "Is Transnational Feminism for Certain Faces, Certain Spaces, and Certain People? A Conversation on Teaching a Decolonized Transnational Feminist Perspectives" workshop at the NWSA 2025 annual conference explores the importance of re-envisioning the pedagogy of transnational feminism in the context of global political disruptions.

Submit your abstract by April 11th.

Abstract:

As the world experiences repetitive cycles of conflicts and multiple forms of violence, there have been numerous attempts by transnational feminist scholars to use a decolonial perspective in their teaching approach in hopes of disrupting preconceived generalizations of already marginalized voices, while also resisting pre-established colonial and patriarchal narratives of conflict and crisis, especially those ongoing in the Global South. This workshop aims to explore how decolonial transnational feminist pedagogies allow for a much more nuanced understanding of local, regional, national, and international contexts through diversifying syllabus materials, especially as global political conflicts and actors globally continue to impede academic freedom. We aim to draw attention to neglected perspectives and challenge the tendency to concentrate solely on media-covered disputes by including diverse voices from underprivileged areas. Through interactive activities, multimedia resources, and engaging discussions, participants will share approaches and strategies they have been using to integrate critical perspectives into transnational feminist teaching. Each participant submitting an abstract will enrich the conversation by sharing innovative teaching strategies that address ongoing violence across nation-state boundaries, creating inclusive and reflexive transnational feminist curricula that draw urgent attention.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Moderator Marie-Rose Tshite.

CI Global has made a written submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) for its upcoming General Recommendation 41 on gender stereotypes.

Co-developed with Women Enabled International (WEI) and Inclusion International, this submission highlights the experiences of women, girls, and gender-diverse persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities when it comes to gender stereotypes, its causes, and impacts.

Read the submission!

Save Foreign Assistance from Cuts

CARE is a humanitarian organization that fights global poverty empowers women and girls around the world. This organization is asking individuals to call elected officials and share support for foreign assistance, knowing just how much these critical investments save lives and promote U.S. and global stability, peace, and prosperity. 

Individuals can make a phone call and connect to members of Congress. This organization has included four main points below to make this as quick and easy as possible: 

• I am a constituent, and I strongly support U.S investments in foreign assistance. 
• U.S. foreign assistance saves lives and promotes U.S. and global stability, peace, and prosperity. 
• The consequences of cutting foreign assistance will be devastating – and in some cases deadly – for millions of people worldwide while also jeopardizing American progress. 
• Supporting foreign assistance does not come at the expense of domestic priorities. U.S. leadership can do both, it’s not an either or. 

If interested, call using this form.

Research Study

The Developmental Social Neuroscience Lab is recruiting adults aged 18-40 to participate in a paid research study! This study includes one online portion (1 hour) and one in-person visit to their lab at George Washington University (3 hours). You can make up to $80 ($20/hr) for completing online surveys and in-person computer games at GW. Please go to their website or email them for more information.

Resources

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 Project of Motherhood Edition

Photo Caption: Mother holding two newborn babies.

(Image Credit: BBC)

Photographer and filmmaker Karni Arieli started the Eye Mama Project, an international photography initiative that begun during the COVID-19 pandemic to show authentic representation of motherhood, and is fundraising to protect the collection as part of history. The project has collected approximately 70,000 images from women in over 60 countries, capturing the raw and multifaceted realities of motherhood, including experiences with IVF, miscarriages, birth, fostering, and adoption. Arieli explains and shows through her project that motherhood is both joyful and exhausting, and the project aims to highlight these complexities. Arieli states, "[T]he Eye Mama Project aims to change that by offering a platform where motherhood is shown in all its forms; as self-portraits of mothers navigating their own realities, embracing moments of strength and fragility."

Read more about the international photography project.

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