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GSWS 1500 Intro to Disability Studies: Form, Text, and Practices [FALL 23]
This new course, taught by Mae Eskenazi (maeesk@design.upenn.edu), will be offered during the Fall 2023 semester.
GSWS 3630 Here I/We Stand: Writing/Performing Self and Community [FALL 23]
This new course, taught by Ricardo Bracho (rbracho@sas.upenn.edu), will be offered during the Fall 2023 semester.
Recruiting Now: Penn Association for Gender Equity (PAGE)
Are you an undergraduate, graduate, or professional student at Penn interested in gender equity with experience in any of: social media, publicity writing, data analytics, design, video production, animation, or back end? Apply for PAGE Outreach committee and work to promote gender equity on campus! The application deadline has been EXTENDED until Saturday, February 25th. This is our first-ever committee, so members will be able to shape the positions, scope, and vision of the committee going forward into the future!
Banet-Weiser's course Gender and Media Featured in Penn Today
Sarah Banet-Weiser’s undergraduate course, Gender and Media was featured in Penn Today.
Psyche on Campus wins APsaA Journalism Award
Psyche on Campus, the blog about teaching and learning psychoanalysis in colleges and universities that Penn Professor Max Cavitch initiated and curates, has won the 2022 Excellence in Journalism Prize from the American Psychoanalytic Association.
The award citation reads in part:
Beans Velocci of the School of Arts & Sciences explores how sex and gender have been shaped and categorized through history—and the consequences of those constructions taking on the guise of scientific and medical fact.
FQT/GSWS Faculty Beans Velocci feautred in Penn Today article about how they have used the lenses of history, queer studies, and science and technology studies to explore how sex and gender have been shaped and categorized through history—and the consequences of those constructions taking on the guise of scientific and medical fact.
In Memory of Professor Robin Leidner
GSWS/FQT is sad to announce the passing of long time colleague and friend, Professor Robin Leidner. Professor Leidner was an active member of the GSWS/FQT community, teaching courses on gender, sociology, and work, serving on the board, and advising students.
She will be deeply missed.
Please visit the Sociology Department's website for more information.
Beinecke Scholarship for Juniors: $34,000 for Graduate Study in Social Sciences
The Beinecke Scholarship awards $34,000 toward graduate study to juniors eligible for need-based financial aid who are planning to pursue a research-focused master’s or doctoral degree in the social sciences, humanities, or the arts, with a strong preference for Pell Grant recipients.
Call for Presentations: Abolition
Call for Presentations: Abolition (April 15th, 2023)Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Graduate/Undergraduate Conference University of Pennsylvania
Abstracts due December 20th, 2022