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Women's and Gender Studies
Recent News
Ava Purkiss featured on NPR's Code Switch
WGS Prof. Ava Purkiss was recently featured on NPR’s Code Switch about the relationship between fitness and fascism.
WGS Internship Initiative Supports 5 Summer Projects
Thanks to generous funding from the Herman Family Foundation, the Women’s and Gender Studies Department runs an internship initiative for undergraduate students. This summer, five awardees did great work in their communities.
Founded in 1973, the University of Michigan Women's and Gender Studies Department is an interdisciplinary academic unit within the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. The Department is a diverse intellectual community dedicated to excellence through feminist research, teaching, and activism. It seeks to build interdisciplinary collaborations among faculty and students that bridge gender, racial, ethnic, economic, and national divides; create new knowledge about women, gender, race, class, sexuality, and disability; challenge unequal distributions of power; and improve the lives of all individuals and communities.
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