· Master of Arts (MA) in Women's Studies, one of the first in the country

    · MA/JD joint degree program in Women's Studies and College of Law, the       first in the country and still one of very few

    · Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Women's Studies

    · Undergraduate Major (BA) in Women's Studies

    · Undergraduate Minor in Women's Studies  

Our graduate programs are regarded as cutting edge and highly supportive of student achievement, serving about 25 students enrolled in either the MA, MA/JD, or certificate program annually. Our MA and MA/JD programs are also considered selective and rigorous, accepting a total of about 10-14 students per year. Our placement record for students going on to doctoral programs or professional work is very strong.

Our undergraduate major and minor serves between 60-80 students per year. Our high quality and popular undergraduate courses are taught by core and affiliate faculty across the university.

Our Faculty (top)
We have a growing core faculty of full and joint appointments in Women's Studies and almost 100 affiliate faculty members from departments and colleges across the university, making ours among the largest Women's Studies affiliate faculty in the country. Among our core and affiliate faculty include many renowned Women's Studies scholars.

The Department has hosted nationally and internationally renowned Visiting Professors (pdf 53KB) such as Angela Davis, Charlotte Bunch, Cynthia Enloe, Octavia Butler, Theresa De Lauretis, Amber Hollibaugh, and Anne Fausto-Sterling. These have been funded by our community support group, Friends of Women's Studies, which now funds our Endowed Chair.

The Friends of Women's Studies (top)
The Department and its students and core and affiliate faculty enjoy the support of one of the oldest and largest community support groups in the country, the Friends of Women's Studies. Founded in 1980, Friends offers mentoring, networking, and special programming for students, alumnae, faculty, and the community and has continuously raised funds to provide scholarships and fellowships, student and faculty travel and research grants, visiting lecturers, and now the Endowed Chair.

Our Record of Distinction (top)
In addition to being a long-standing, highly respected, and well-endowed program that offered among the first MA's in Women's Studies and the first MA/JD and enjoys the support of Friends, the Department is also known for the following:

     · Organized one of the first and most influential conferences on Women's        Studies-"Pioneers for Century III" (1976)

     · Held the first National Endowment for the Humanities summer institute for       college and university faculty directed by a Women's Studies program       (1991)

     · Won major grants from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary       Education (FIPSE), the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Ohio       Arts Council, and other organizations

     · Spearheaded the development of the Women in Science and Engineering       (WISE) project at UC, which fosters the recruitment, retention, and       professional development of women scientists

     · Is affiliated with the National Council for Research on Women, the National       Women's Studies Association, the Ohio Coalition of Women's Studies       Programs and Women's Departments, and the UC Women's Initiatives Network

     · Considered one of the top 35 programs (out of more than 600) by the Ford       Foundation (1994)

     · Is currently funded by the FIPSE North American Mobility Program to support students and faculty with partner exchange programs in Canada and Mexico

For more on the Department's "herstory" and current and future activities, see Friends/Department History, Research, and Genderline, its semiannual newsletter hrough which we also keep in touch with our alumni.

To Learn How to connect with and be a part of Women's Studies at the
University of Cincinnati, contact womens.studies@uc.edu