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Mission Statement

The Women's Studies Program is dedicated to the scholarly understanding of diversity, difference, and commonality in women's experiences and to the diffusion of knowledge about the gender dynamics of economic, political, cultural, and social institutions, policies, and movements.  Our Program integrates the teaching of theories and methods with a concern for women's autonomy, participation, and rights; as such, our curriculum is infused with attention to both public policy and women's own activism.

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The Women's Research and Policy Center was established to complement the teaching strengths of the Women's Studies Program and involve faculty and graduate students in funded research, cross-disciplinary and international collaborations, consultancies, and policy dialogues. The Center will respond to national and international demand for academic and policy-oriented research on women and gender issues; enhance the University's global profile; and recognize and nurture the leadership skills of women faculty and students. As such, the Women's Research and Policy Center is consistent with the three principal goals of the Women's Studies Action and Strategic Plan (2007-2012):

 1.  Launching tomorrow's feminist leaders  

 2.  Promoting feminist inquiry and research  

 3.  Engaging with various publics.  

 

  CUMMINGS-PERRUCCI LECTURE

From Global Outrage to Action: Campaigning against Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict

Thursday, October 20, 2011

6:00-7:00 p.m.

STEW 314

Professor Janie Leatherman

Dr. Janie Leatherman is the Director of International Studies and Professor of Politics, Fairfield University. Her research covers war, conflict prevention, genocide studies, peace building, gender and violence, trafficking, foreign policy and transnational politics. Publications include

Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict (Polity, 2011); Discipline and Punishment in Global Politics: Illusions of Control (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008); and Charting Transnational Democracy: Beyond Global Arrogance

, co-edited with Julie Webber (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

Leatherman photo

 

  
Womens Studies North and South

Group photo of participants of the international conference, “Women’s Studies North and South: Addressing Global Gender and Social Justice Issues”, Bellagio Center, Italy, 13-17 September 2011. The conference was proposed and organized by Dr. Valentine M. Moghadam, Director of Women’s Studies and Professor of Sociology. Participants, who also included Dr. Alicia Decker (WOST and HIST) and Michelle Carreon (Ph.D. student, AMST and SOC), are women/gender studies directors and scholars from Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

 

Domestic Violence in the Lafayette

Community: Problems Addressed,

Suggestions Offered

A Policy Brief

Women in STEM Disciplines: 
Walking boundraies...


Alice L. Pawley
School of Engineering Education