Past Programming

Spring 2024:

Night Out

• April 10, 2024 cosponsoring with President's Commission on Gender Identity, Expression, and Sexual Orientation. This year's theme: United We Stand. Includes dinner, entertainment, and guest speaker Diane Price Herndl.

Women and Allies Mentoring Dinner

• March 28, 2024 cosponsoring with President's Commission on Women. The dinner includes Women and Ally of Distinction Awards. Guest speaker Joy Priest.

Holocaust Remembrance Program

• March 27, 2024 cosponsoring with History Department, College of Liberal Arts, and the Music Department. Guest speaker: Lee Kikel, "First Person Testimony: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Holocaust Education." 3:30-5:15pm in Miller Theater.

Rear Admiral Linnea Sommer-Weddington

• March 19, 2024 Alumni Speaker Series, cosponsoring with Alumni Engagement, Women's Center, and Green & White Society.

Barbie Movie Night

• February 23 cosponsoring with Anthropology and Sociology Honorary. 4pm in ATS 142.

Black History Month: Sunn M'Cheaux

• Feb 7, 2024 Gender Studies Program co-sponsors Black History Month keynote speaker. 6pm in the Smith Student Center Ballroom.

Fall 2023:

Banned Books Week: Banned Books Readings

• October 2, 2023, Common Hour in Bailey Library. Hosted by Gender Studies Program and Bailey Library

Halloween on Screen Drag Show

• October 27, 2023, at 7 PM in SSC Ballroom. Hosted by Gender Studies Program and RockOUT

Take Back the Night

• November 2, 2023, beginning 5pm in the Quad. Hosted by Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance with donations from groups including Gender Studies Program.

Poetry and Prose Reading

• November 15, 2023, 4-6 PM in Alumni House

Drag Bingo

• November 17, 2023, 7-10 PM in SSC Ballroom. Over 85 students in attendance. Performances by Miss V,  Phoenix Fatale, Shari Turner, and Alora Chateaux

Spring 2023:

Black History Month Keynote Speaker: Charlamagne Tha God

• February 22nd, 2023, at 7 PM in Miller Theater. Hosted by Gender Studies Program, Black Action Society, Queens Org., University Program Board, Frederick Douglass Institute, Academic Affairs and Integrated Learning, President's Office, and Office of Campus Climate and Culture.

Holocaust Remembrance Program- The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

• March 22nd, 2023, at 3:30-5:15 PM in Miller Theater. Hosted by Gender Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts, President's Commission on Race and Ethnic Diversity, Office of Campus Climate and Culture, Political Science Department, Bailey Library, and History Program. Guest speaker: Judy Batalion

Women and Allies of Distinction Mentoring Dinner

• March 28th, 2023, at 5 PM in SSC Ballroom. Hosted by Gender Studies Program and President's Commission on Women

Poetry and Prose Reading

• April 26th, 2023, 4-6 PM in Alumni House

Fall 2022 Programming:

Real Talk: People, Prisons, and Reentry

• September 21st, 2022, at 5 PM in person. Hosted by Gender Studies Program, Criminology and Criminal Justice Department, Criminology Club, and Public Health and Social Work Department. Panelists: Haylee Zinn, Dan Pustinger, and Jamar Williams

Real Talk in Real Time: Navigating Reentry

• September 21st, 2022, at 7 PM in person. Hosted by Gender Studies Program, Criminology and Criminal Justice Department, Criminology Club, and Public Health and Social Work Department. Interactive workshop with panelists Haylee Zinn, Dan Pustinger, and Jamar Williams

Gender Constructs: Corsets and Cages from Austen to Today

• October 18th, 2022, at 9:30 PM in person. Hosted by Gender Studies Program and Theater Department. Presenter: Dr. Cindy LaCom

Women. Life. Freedom.

• November 9th, 2022, at 6 PM on Zoom. Hosted by Middle East Studies Center, Gender Studies Program, and Women's Center

Missing and Murdered Indigneous Women: When Silence is Oppression

• November 14th, 2022, at 7 PM on Zoom. Hosted by Gender Studies Program, Office for Inclusive Excellence, and First Nations Club. Panelists: Brittany Hunt and Chelsea Locklear

Spring 2022 Programming:

Black History Month Keynote Speaker: Christopher Jackson

• February 20th, 2022, at 6 PM in person. Hosted by Gender Studies Program, Black Action Society, Office for Inclusive Excellence, Frederick Douglass Institute, Rock the Weekend, and University Program Board

Abortion Access: An Equity Issue

• March 1st, 2022, at 7 PM on Zoom. Hosted by Gender Studies Program. Panelists: Tamara Marzouk, Symone Bailey, Marandah Field-Elliot, and Farah Diaz-Tello

RaMa, Writer-in-Residence at City of Asylum

• March 8th, 2022, at 7 PM on Zoom. Hosted by Gender Studies Program, Middle East Studies Center, and President's Commission on Women

Women and Allies of Distinction Mentoring Dinner

• March 29th, 2022, at 5 PM in person. Hosted by Gender Studies Program and President's Commission on Women. Keynote speaker: Maria Searcy. Award recipients: Amanda Reichert (student), Elise Michaux (alumna), Dr. Christine Pease-Hernandez and Jennifer Keller (faculty),and Jake Rowe (ally)

Gender Studies Poster Presentations

• April 14th, 2022, at 12:30 PM in person. Hosted by Gender Studies Program

The Disparate and Intersectional Impacts of Covid-19: Where Do We Go from Here?

• April 18th, 2022, at 7 PM on Zoom. Hosted by Gender Studies Program, Counseling Center, Public Health Department, English Department, Strategic Communication and Media Department, and Political Science Department. Panelists: Olivia Bennett, Bernard Grant, and Sasha Jantsch 

Fall 2021 Programming:

Criminal (In)justice: Access to Effective Representation

• September 28th, 2021, at 7 PM on Zoom. Hosted by Gender Studies Program, Criminal Justice Department, and Criminology Club. Panelists: Marshall Dayan, Liz DeLosa, Yusef Jones, and Autumn Redcross

Mapping Political Power: Access, Gerrymandering, and Justice

• October 25th, 2021, at 7 PM on Zoom. Hosted by Gender Studies Program. Panelists: Ellen Veomett, Carol Kuniholm, and Michael Latner

Gender Studies Poster Presentations

• November 2nd, 2021, at 12:30 PM in person. Hosted by Gender Studies Program

Amplifying Voices: Moving Beyond Feminist Exclusions

• November 9th, 2021, at 7 PM on Zoom. Hosted by Gender Studies Program, Counseling Department, and College of Liberal Arts. Panelists: Keri Gray, Lydia X. Z. Brown, and Jennifer Culver

Poetry and Prose Reading

• November 19th, 2021, at 4 Pm in person. Hosted by Gender Studies Program