Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

Lynne Layton Internship Award applications open through September 16

The Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program is excited to open the Lynne Layton Internship Award applications for Fall of 2019. This award offers support for students who are engaged in the study of women, gender, and sexuality, and are interested in working with Pittsburgh non-profit organizations that offer community support and engagement opportunities in the field of GSWS. Internship sites will vary and will be arranged through the GSWS program.

Iris Marion Young Award Nominations open through September 6

Nominations for this year's Iris Marion Young Awards (Staff, Faculty, Graduate, and Undergraduate) are welcome through September 6. View the Call for Nominations here.

Dr. Julie Beaulieu hailed as "teaching hero"

Congratulations to GSWS lecturer Dr. Julie Beaulieu, who has been featured in Pittwire. Click here to read the full article, "Teaching heroes: Gender Studies’ Beaulieu encourages diverse views."

Julian Gill-Peterson wins Lambda Literary Awards Prize in Transgender Nonfiction

Julian Gill-Peterson, assistant professor of English and GSWS affiliated faculty member, received top honors in the category of Transgender Nonfiction during the 31st Annual Lambda Literacy Awards in June.

GSWS doctoral certificate students win Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies for a second year in a row

GSWS doctoral certificate student Hillary Ash from the Department of Communication has been awarded a Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies 2019 for her dissertation, Defining a Crisis: the Rhetorical Exclusion of Women in the United States’ AIDS Epidemic, 1982-1993.

GSWS student Abhignya Mallepalli featured in Pittwire

Congratulations to GSWS student Abhignya Mallepalli, founder of Pitt Students for Healthcare Equality, who has been featured in Pittwire.

Click here to read the full article, "Budding Researcher Eyes Future With Better Health Care for Women."

Congratulations to Madi Scull on the defense of their BPhil, "Barriers, Boundaries, and Borders: An Investigation into Transgender Experiences within Medical Institutions"

Congratulations to Madi Scull, who successfully defended their Bachelor of Philosophy thesis, "Barriers, Boundaries, and Borders: An Investigation into Transgender Experiences within Medical Institutions" on April 5, 2019. Graduating this spring from Communication; Sociology; and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies; Madi is the second Communication major to earn the Bachelor of Philosophy honors degree at Pitt.

Dr. Julie Beaulieu Wins Bellet Teaching Excellence Award

Congratulations to GSWS lecturer Dr. Julie Beaulieu on winning a 2019 Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award!

The annual award recognizes outstanding and innovative teaching in undergraduate studies in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.

Learn more about this year's recipients here.

Announcing the new minor in LGBTQ and Critical Sexuality Studies

As of this Spring 2019, undergraduates may now enroll in a brand new minor: LGBTQ and Critical Sexuality Studies.

Faculty, Staff, Students Honored at 2019 Iris Marion Young Awards

Dighan Kelly, Medha Kadri, Crystal McCormick Ware, and Kari Kokka were honored at the University Club on January 17 as the 2019 winners of the Iris Marion Young Awards for Political Engagement, bestowed each year by the Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, in recognition of faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduates who work to promote justice in the University, at the local or natio