Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences offers a BA and BGS in Women's Studies and minors in Women's Studies and Human Sexuality, as well as a graduate certificate and a PhD. The Women’s Studies Program fosters the interdisciplinary study of women, gender, and sexuality, through a rich multicultural and internationally informed academic environment. Women's Studies seeks to produce intellectually rigorous, analytical and creative work that embodies the perspective of gender in its local and global dimensions through teaching, research, and outreach activities.
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department website
Sample of Related Skills
- Demonstrate an awareness of the intersections between gender and variables such as sex, sexuality, race, class, age, ethnicity, religion, and nationality
- Demonstrate the ability, using feminist scholarship, to critique ideological assumptions underlying social institutions and systems
- Show how critical analysis of gender and sexuality contributes to an understanding of the historical and contemporary formations of patriarchy, heteronormativity, and gender normativity
- Achieve a knowledge base about women’s and LGBTQ+ people’s role in history – their contributions oppression, and resistance
- Describe the manner in which race, class, gender, and sexuality intersect
- Become aware of women’s and LGBTQ+ people’s experience in cultural contexts, both nationally and globally, including understanding the roles of gender and sexuality in social justice movements around the world
Popular Career Paths
Social and Human Services: Involves seeking out and connecting clients with the information, materials, and resources they need to cope with and overcome challenges in their lives.
Human Resources: Deals with personnel management issues such as compensation, hiring, performance management, and training.
Law: Involves the interpretation and enforcement of the laws in our legal system to minimize, prevent, punish or remedy the actions of individuals which damage or threaten the environment, public health and safety.
Writing: Allows individuals to express themselves through communication and provide entertainment and/or provide necessary or informative information the public through a variety of resources such as books, magazines, newspapers, or websites.
Jobs to Consider
- Project Director
- Public Interest Lawyer
- Public Policy Specialist
- Sexuality Health Educator
- Social Worker
- Women's Rights Advocate
- Education Coordinator
- Case Manager
- Childbirth Educator
- Community Advocate
- Community Affairs Specialist
- Community Health Specialist
- Employee Relations Manager
- Counselor
- Freelance Writer
- Human Resources Manager
- Journalist
- Legal Aid Attorney
- Market Research Analyst
Places to Seek Employment
- Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Firms
- Colleges & Universities
- Community Health Centers
- Corporations: Human Resources
- Domestic Violence Centers
- Community Education Centers
- Law Firms
- Local, State, and Federal Government Agencies
- Newspapers & Magazines
- Non-Profit Organizations
- Self-Employed/Freelance Writing
Explore More Career Resources
Feminist Majority Foundation - listing of Feminist related jobs and internships.
Government & Non-Profit Resources - more resources from career.ku.edu
Human Rights Watch - list of jobs, fellowships, and internships related to human rights