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Women's and Gender Studies
Recent News
Petra Kuppers Wins Three Major Awards for Her Career Work in Theatre and Dance
Kuppers has received an Environmental Arts Grant, the 2024 Leadership in Community-based Theatre and Civic Engagement award, and the Calgary Artistic Research Award.
Congratulations in Order for Charlotte Karem Albrecht’s Recent Major Accomplishments
Charlotte Karem Albrecht’s book was awarded an an Honorable Mention in the 2024 Arab American Book Awards, she was named a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians, and she has been elected to the University Senate Assembly.
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.