Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies’ Mission Statement
Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWSS) at Grinnell College provides a feminist lens to examine lived experience and ways of being in the world. In GWSS, faculty, staff, and students build an interdisciplinary learning community that examines power as well as pathways of potential in our interconnected world. The GWSS curriculum and co-curricular opportunities cultivate feminist critiques and unleash feminist imaginations to foster forms of social responsibility attuned to the dignity and wellbeing of all. In our praxis, we are committed to partnering with other programs and offices to promote equity, inclusion, and belonging on the campus.
GWSS Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates of our program should be able to:
- Apply feminist concepts and frameworks to analyses of lived experience.
- Represent their own learning experiences and trajectory through the GWSS program and the College.
- Execute ethical projects which are informed by feminist concepts and GWSS learning experiences.
- Trace the interdisciplinary history of feminism as it has developed globally in relation to states, civil society, educational institutions, and social movements.
- Develop and refine the skills and techniques derived from feminist frameworks for meaningful social (inter)action and social transformation.
Outcomes approved 12/13/2022; Webpage updated 12/14/2022