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APC/GSWS, Stronger Together, Nancy Hirschmann, Director APC/GSWS & Political Science

There are many reasons that Hillary Clinton lost her historic bid to be the first female president of the United States; and it turns out that a lot of it was due to her failure to follow James Carvel’s 1992 slogan: “it’s the economy, stupid.”

All of the Above, Heather Love, English and APC/ GSWS Executive Board Member

Deborah A. Thomas has been awarded the R. Jean Brownlee Term Chair, which acknowledges her distinguished scholarship and outstanding service to the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Program, the Department of Anthropology, and the School of Arts and Sciences. Alongside these appointments, Dr. Thomas is a member of the Steering Committee for the Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Program and Alice Paul Center.

Please join us for this year's Works-in-Process Lunch Series:

October 27: Shenila Khoja-Moolji, APC and DCC Post-Doctoral Fellow (Discussants: Jamal J. Elias and Sigal Ben-Porath)

It’s fun to try on new faces. We’ve been doing that for a while, with makeup and makeovers and makeover sites, with innumerable forms of self-manipulation and body modification. Some have done it permanently; some as a form of temporary play. And now we do it digitally.

Sharrona Pearl (Assistant Professor of Communication & GSWS Steering Committee Member)

In its 2016-17 theme year, “Citizenship on the Edge: Sex/Gender/Race,” Penn DCC and the Alice Paul Center examine the struggles of vulnerable groups to gain or maintain their status as full citizens, recognizing at the same time that the edge they inhabit can be a cutting edge.

Events & Workshops – All Events are Free and Open to the Public

9/22: Politics on the Edge: Sex/Gender/Race in the 2016 U.S. Elections (Opening Event)

Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights, professor of Africana studies, and director of the Program on Race, Science, and Society, explores the complex history of Black female sexuality in a two lecture series sponsored by the Alice Paul Center, in partnership with the Penn Humanities Forum.

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Read Julia Slater's guest column in the DP: Leadership Conference expands feminist dialogue on campus

The Alice Paul Center is happy to announce the First Annual GSWS Graduate Student Research Grants. These competitive grants of $500 each are designed to support research-related expenses, including (but not limited to) conference registration and travel, research travel, transcription and other materials. The grants cover expenses incurred during the Spring and Summer 2016 terms.