COVID-19 Response
We know that this is a very difficult time for many of you and we are dedicated to ensuring your academic success. Don’t hesitate to reach out to your instructors or our department at wgs@uoregon.edu for assistance. For additional information on student resources available during COVID-19 visit our Student Resources page.
Department Overview
The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies offers students an interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on the diverse experiences of women in both national and international contexts. The Department also examines the meaning of gender as a socially constructed category that shapes personal identities, beliefs, opportunities, and behaviors. The wide range of classes explores the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality; the institutional structures that have an impact on women’s and men’s lives; and the broad range of feminist theory that seeks to explain and influence women’s status in society. Among the areas of emphasis in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies are gender and sexuality, queer studies, third world feminism, cultural representation and literature, women and labor, feminist theory, critical race feminism, immigration and citizenship, and social activism.
Core and affiliated faculty in the Department come from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives including history, literature, anthropology, sociology, geography, environmental studies, ethnic studies, philosophy, religious studies, architecture and fine arts, music, romance and Germanic languages, political science, public policy, and law.
The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies offers students:
- Unique opportunities to participate in internships in the community and to pursue individual research projects;
- Ability to engage in participatory learning and teaching experiences in feminist pedagogy seminars and as discussion facilitators for the introductory class; and
- Close interaction with faculty, individualized guidance and advising, and courses that prepare them for employment and/or further education in graduate schools or professional schools of law, medicine, teaching, or social work.
Commencement 2021 Activities
UO Commencement is offering some in person and some virtually commencement activities, on Saturday, June 12, 2021.
Students must opt in to commencement activities – please do so by May 10th.
UO Commencement Activities available are:
–NEW: Class of 2021 graduates are invited to participate in the traditional Grad Parade on campus starting at 12:30 p.m. PDT. This newly added in-person activity is for 2021 graduates only. Students must opt in to participate.
-NEW: Class of 2021 graduates are invited to participate in a Stage Procession in the Memorial Quad immediately following the
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Dr. Millán selected for Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship
Dr. Millán has been selected for the 2021-22 Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship. This prestigious fellowship is highly sought after.
The 2021 Career Enhancement Fellows work in such disciplines as African American studies, English, women’s and gender studies, sociology, and more. They come from a variety of institutions from across the country. Selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, Fellows represent unique perspectives within their disciplines and are committed to increasing diversity and inclusion on campus through service and research.
We congratulate Dr.
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Dr. Saavedra featured on The Crown City Podcast
Dr. Yvette Saavedra was featured on The Crown City Podcast on April 21st, 2021.
Listen here: https://www.thecrowncitypodcast.com/episodes/episode-01-slow-travel-4t5bk-8wgel-dglty-kfcfn-77lwk-ze7ws-zwp65
The topic was Dr. Saavedra’s book Pasadena Before the Roses: Race, Identity, and Land Use in Southern California, 1771-1890, (University of Arizona, 2018), which examines and details the social and cultural history of how Spanish, Mexican, American and Indigenous groups’ competing visions of land use affected the formation of racial and cultural identity in Pasadena, California,
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