Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies

Please join the Grinnell College Libraries at 4:15 p.m., Nov. 7, as we continue our Faculty/Staff Research Series with Wenqi Yang, Mellon post-doctoral fellow, and lecturer in sociology and gender, women's, and sexuality studies (GWSS) for her Research in Progress talk, “Coercion in Mediation".

The Haitian Arts Digital Crossroads (HADC) presents Introduction to the Contemporary Roles of Haitian Vodou from 5-7 pm on Monday, June 27,2022 in HSSC *N3110.

Denisha Renovales ’17 came to Grinnell with a strong drive to be a champion for social justice and an advocate for minority communities. The courses she took in the Department of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality studies (GWSS) made her aware of an opportunity to learn more about the social impact that she could have.

Introduction to GWSS attracts students from seemingly every community on campus — from STEM majors to athletes to queer people — all hoping to learn more about the constantly evolving study of gender, sexuality, and marginalized identities.

Jennifer Rodrigues Santos ’23 shares her experience in the course “Foundations of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies.”

Join internationally renowned poet and performance artist, jessica Care moore, Writers@Grinnell, Virtual Artist-in-Residence 2020-21, for a reading from her work and discussion. Moderated by Professor Lakesia Johnson.

Conversation and film screening with trans panel Zackary Drucker, Tourmaline, and Chris Vargas, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Harris Center Cinema.

The Writers@Grinnell 2019-20 series kicks off with award-winning author and performer, Danez Smith.

Research by students in Postdoctoral Fellow Abram Lewis's Queer Oral Histories course is preserving Iowa LGBTQ oral histories for future generations.

Valerie Ann Johnson, who holds a faculty chair and directs Africana Women’s Studies at Bennett College in North Carolina, will give a lecture about how women respond to white supremacy and fascism at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in Room 152 of the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts.