Women's and Gender Studies Program 


Current Program Information
For minor requirements, spring 2010 courses, faculty, etc., click here.

What you can do with a Women's and Gender Studies minor  Click here for information on jobs and graduate programs.

Archival Program Information
Click here to access archival program information.

Women's Studies in the UW System
Click here for the UW-System Women's Studies Consortium
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Click here for the UW-System Women's Studies Librarian's Office.

Women's Resource Center Click here for the UW-Superior Women's Resource Center.

For additional information about the Women's and Gender Studies Program:

Dianna Hunter, Coordinator
Women's and Gender Studies Program

Sundquist Hall 143
Belknap & Catlin PO Box 2000
Superior, WI 54880-4500
(715) 394-8405
Click here to email Dianna Hunter

 

For admissions information:
Click here for the Admissions Office web page
UW-Superior
Old Main 136
Belknap & Catlin PO Box 2000
Superior, WI 54880-4500
(715) 394-8230

The mission of the Women's and Gender Studies Program is to raise awareness of issues of gender and gender inequality and to transform the university and the community through teaching, learning, and social action. To view the learning goals and course guidelines for Women's and Gender Studies courses, click here.

For Spring 2010 courses, click here.

For the Dec. 2 Women's and Gender Studies Essay Contest Reception, click here.

Reports from our students

Brittany Miller is coordinating the Women's Resource Center, located in 19 Rothwell Student Center.

Nathaniel Crowley, our spring and fall 2009 Women's and Gender Studies intern, is organizing student speakers on GLBTQAI issues. 


Jacci Rivard, Class of 2007
(left) and Eleanor Smeal, Director of the Feminist Majority Foundation, at the March 27, 2007, ceremony marking the reintroduction of the Equal Rights Amendment, now called the Women's Equality Amendment. Jacci was in Washington, D.C. pursuing a political science internship in Minnesota Representative
Jim Oberstar's office. She is now working as Director of Outdoor Programs for the Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois.
 
Ashley Bennett, class of 2007, works as an Associate for Communications and Development for the international nongovernmental organization, CEDPA, in Washington, D.C. She says, "What I most appreciate about the Women's and Gender Studies curriculum is how diverse the options are. The ability to get a perspective from Africa to Asia and everywhere in between adds to the appeal of the minor."

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Paul Winterscheidt, Police Officer for the City of Superior, says, "The Women's Studies courses I completed at the University of Wisconsin have benefitted me in my career. Gender issues are a big part of my job, and my experience at UW-Superior gave me a better appreciation for the issues women face in the criminal justice system."
Everyone is invited to the 2009 Women's and Gender Studies Essay Contest Reading and Reception  Wed., Dec. 2, in the Sky Lounge, Rothwell Student Center, UW-Superior. First and second-place winners will read their work, with refreshments and time for socializing. This event is co-sponsored by the UW-Superior Writing Across the Curriculum Program.

The essay contest is an annual event. First-place winners each receive a cash prize of $75.

 

Congratulations to our winners!

Creative/expressive category

1st place: "Bathtub Epiphany" by Danielle Melin


2nd place: "Devastation in the Woman's Womb" by Maura Zephier


Scholarly category

1st place: "Women's Resource Center Research" by Michelle Gutsch

2nd place: "The Female College Student and the Domestic Ideal" by Sarah Swenson