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Women's and Gender Studies

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Emily Coccia Wins ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award

"The ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards recognize exceptional work produced by doctoral students for the high caliber of their scholarship and the significance and interest of their findings."

Anna Kirkland Publishes New Book "Health Care Civil Rights"

"Focusing on the provision of gender-affirming care, Health Care Civil Rights analyzes the difficulties and potential of discrimination law in health care settings."

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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