Funding

The Susan E. & William P. Stiritz Endowment in Women's Studies, given to the University in 1998, supports an endowed chair in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, held currently by Linda Nicholson, and a Women's Studies Fund, that provides more general support for the program. The endowment placed the university among the few that had an endowed chair in women's studies in the late 1990s.
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The Stiritz endowment is an important source of funding for the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. In addition Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies has received bequests and contributions that, with the Stiritz endowment, have enriched the program in a variety of ways. They include funding for:

Library acquisitions, including films and books related to gender studies
Scholarships for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies majors
Summer and academic year internships

Research support for students, including the Andrea Biggs Undergraduate Research Award, is open to any student conducting gender research. The recipient receives $3000 for the summer, must not hold any other job, and must present her/his original research at a symposium.

We are seeking to enrich the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program in the following ways:

By establishing a lecture series focused on global feminisms
By establishing endowed visiting professorships in global feminisms and in sexuality studies
By expanding the undergraduate internship program
By expanding support for undergraduate summer research

AWARDS

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EMPLOYMENT

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies majors and double majors have pursued a wide range of post-graduation paths. For example:

Law school
AmeriCorps Vista
Peace Corps
Medical school
Graduate programs in sociology, social work, psychology, women and gender studies, education, public health, and other fields
Employment in research positions at academic institutions and in business
Advocacy, administration, and research at nonprofit organizations
Private school teaching and administration
Employment in student life at universities