Women and Gender Studies

The WGS Program regularly sponsors campus speakers on important issues related to gender and sexuality. In addition, the WGS program regularly sponsors research presentations, art exhibits, brownbags, and film screenings.

UPCOMING EVENT: GENDER IN STEM

Upcoming events are posted in Bengal Connect

Past speakers have included:

• Deborah Oppenheimer, Academy Award Winning Documentary Film Producer, presenting Foster, a new documentary about the foster care system in Los Angeles, California.

• Maryusa Bociurkiw, Ryerson University, presenting This Is Gay Propaganda: LGBT Rights and War in Ukraine, an activist video on LGBTQ Communities after the Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine.

• Yoruba Richen, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, presenting The New Black, a documentary about the tensions between the black and gay communities around the issue of gay marriage

• Brittney Cooper, Rutgers University, speaking about #SayHerName: police violence against black women and black women's inclusion in social movements

• Zandria Robinson, University of Memphis, speaking about hip hop feminism

• CJ Pascoe, University of Oregon, speaking about gender, sexuality, and bullying

• Andi Zeisler, co-founder of Bitch Magazine, speaking about feminism and pop culture

• Lynn Peril, author of College Girls, speaking about the history of women in higher education

• Barbara Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram, co-founders of the Uncrowned Queens Project and editors of the book, Go, Tell Michelle

• Lois Gibbs, nationally-recognized environmental activist

• Donna Fernandes, President and CEO of the Buffalo Zoo

• Dorothea Braemer, media artist and activist