Academic Programs

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies advances feminist and queer scholarship in the service of liberation. Our WGSS department is one of the oldest such programs in the United States. We have been the hub of feminist interdisciplinarity at the University of Cincinnati since our founding in 1974. Building on the legacy of collective organizing and movement building that established WGSS as an academic discipline, our faculty remain committed to engaging queer and feminist work in the classroom and beyond.

The WGSS Department offers graduate and undergraduate programs, including degrees and certificates. In addition to a robust academic program, WGSS students can expect to be part of an intellectually rigorous and transnational community. Our students and faculty conduct systematic feminist analysis of power, queer ways of knowing and being, developing creative practice and build tools that support freedom and justice. A WGSS degree provides students with a chance to develop critical thinking, expansive and creative approaches to research and knowledge creation, management capabilities through agenda setting, meeting facilitation, and presentation, and diverse writing skills.

Whether at the undergraduate or graduate level, students can expect small class sizes, rigorous discussion, creative assignments, and the chance to work closely and collaboratively with faculty and peers.