UNL's Women’s and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary program devoted to the study of women, gender, and sexuality. From its inception, the Women’s and Gender Studies program has been committed to promoting a diverse faculty and student body and to offering a curriculum that examines inequities and injustices that have worked against an inclusive and egalitarian society.
We offer over 40 courses from across the disciplines, ranging from introductory surveys to advanced graduate level seminars. Our faculty come from six different colleges and is among the most diverse on campus. In addition to winning numerous teaching awards, our faculty members have won national book prizes and prestigious research grants. WGS students have many opportunities to engage in research, work one-on-one with faculty, participate in internships, and join related student groups. Our commitment to undergraduate and graduate education has attracted some of the brightest students on campus.
Colloquium talks presented by scholars from across the nation and within UNL give students, faculty, and community members the opportunity to learn about the latest scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies.
The No Limits conference, hosted by the WGS program every three years at UNL, gives students the opportunity to present academic papers or creative projects and gain experience organizing large public events.
Coming from a variety of disciplines across the university, Women's and Gender Studies faculty members and instructors start each academic year with a retreat.
WGS offers an undergraduate major and minor as well as a minor in LGBTQ/Sexuality Studies. Each semester graduating students are honored at a graduation reception or luncheon.
The WGS graduate specialization offers students an opportunity to extend their graduate education in gender and diversity by drawing on the interdisciplinary perspectives of Women’s and Gender Studies.
WGS-affiliated student groups, SAGE and Students for Choice, are places of action, discussion, and academic development for students interested in feminist and gender concerns on the UNL campus and the Lincoln community.
The WGS video library is just one of many resources the program makes available to students and faculty across the university. The library contains over 200 films on a wide variety of topics related to women’s and gender studies.
Announcements
If you are an on-campus student trying to register for WMNS 101 or 385 online, you should register for the X section. You do not need departmental permission for these courses.
The Call for Papers for No Limits 2013 is available. See the No Limits 2013 page for more information.
Course description booklets for Spring 2013 are now available.
WGS will have two special topics courses in the Spring 2013 semester, Introduction to Men’s Studies and Sexuality and the Internet: Power, Participation, and Privacy. More information about these courses can be found in the course description booklet.
No Limits 2013 will be March 1 and 2, 2013 at the Nebraska Unions. This year's conference theme is Science & Gender Matters.
WGS has added many new films to our video library.
News
WGS faculty member Anne Duncan partnered with the Aquila Theater Group to produce the outreach project "Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives." Using ancient Greek texts, it confronts contemporary issues combat veterans face when they return home from war. You can read more about Duncan's project here.
WGS Faculty member Alice Kang was featured in a NET Radio spotlight story, "Nebraska women face partisan gap in politics." You can read and listen to the story on NET's website.
WGS faculty member Sarah Gervais' research that the brain sees women as body parts and men as people has been receiving national press attention. You can read more about her research here.
WGS Associate Director Rose Holz has been awarded a Distinguished Teaching Award from the College of Arts and Sciences. Congratulations, Rose.
Graduate Specialization student Kate Hunt has been awarded a Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship from the Social Science Research Council for the 2012 fellowship year. The fellowship enables her to participate in the 2012 DPDF program in the field of Gender Justice in the Era of Human Rights and conduct pre-dissertation fieldwork in South Korea.
WGS student Rihannon Root's article discussing fictional female characters was published as a Women's Media Center feature.