Women and Gender Studies

About the Department

The department of Women and Gender Studies focuses on the critical examination of gender, class, race, dis/ability, sexuality, and nationality as intersecting dynamics of social and identity formation. Our mission is to:

Educate students about the principles, theories, and concrete applications of these critical analyses.
Encourage students to examine the complex ways in which the social formations of sexuality, gender, race, class, national origin, dis/ability, and sexual orientation shape human experience and produce structures of power and inequality.
Re-examine in curriculum and scholarship the historical record to make visible the experiences and contributions of disenfranchised groups across historical and social locations.
Connect academic work with social and political realities outside the university; enhance students’ understanding of and resistance to structures of inequalities; and link research, teaching/learning, and activism.

Through its broad interdisciplinary research and curriculum, the department of Women and Gender Studies promotes transformative practices in research, creative work, pedagogies, and local/global partnerships. Our faculty is an interdisciplinary group of scholars whose research, teaching and advocacy work focuses on the relationships between these forces, drawing from women, gender, and feminist studies; ethnic and critical race studies; LGBT and queer studies; disabilities studies; as well as the study of nationalism and class.

Programs and Courses

Programs and Courses in Women and Gender Studies

Administration and Faculty

Lisa Steadwell, Administrative Assistant
1717 West
(212) 772-5680
lsteadwe@hunter.cuny.edu
Web site: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/wgs

Core Faculty

Catherine Raissiguier, Professor, Chair and Adviser
1715 West
(212)-772-5509
catherine.raissiguier@hunter.cuny.edu

Jennifer Gaboury, Lecturer and Adviser
1716 West
212-396-6891
jgaboury@hunter.cuny.edu

          Rupal Oza, Associate Professor
          1718 West
          212-650-3035
          rupal.oza@hunter.cuny.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Women and Gender Studies Faculty

HEGIS Code: 4903