Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Events

Women's Network Spring 2019 Book Club

Are you a first or second year student at W&M interested in the possibility of attending law school at some point after graduating? This event is designed for you.

Professors Dickter and Ferrao draw on their research and lived experiences in this conversation about where we come from, where we are now, and where we might want to go from here.

Ms. Smith has been called "a testament to the power of words to change lives." Her work has appeared in Poetry magazine, the Paris Review, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and others.

Christy Coleman is the CEO of the American Civil War Museum.

Professor Brito M.A. '08, is a developmental psychologist who examines how early social and cultural contexts (e.g., poverty, multilingualism) shape the trajectory of neurocognitive development. MA Experimental Psychology, College of William and Mary.

Professor Owen will draw on her experiences in various leadership roles on the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession and on findings from pedagogical and institutional research. 

Dr. Krista Thompson is the Mary Jane Crowe Professor of Art History at Northwestern University. She researches and teaches the modern and contemporary art and visual culture of the Africa diaspora, with an emphasis on photography. 

Join us for a screening of the film Little Women (1994) as well as a discussion about this groundbreaking novel!

Kay Coles James has an extensive background in crafting public policy and leading in nearly every sector of America's economy and will be interviewed by Professor Christine Nemacheck.

Dr. Amy E. Earhart is Associate Professor of English and affiliated faculty of Africana Studies at Texas A&M Uni­versity. 

Izetta Autumn Mobley is a doctoral candidate in Ameri­can Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Join us in the Reves Room to discuss Dr. Paul Zeitz's new book: Waging Justice -- A Doctor's Journey to Speak Truth and Be Bold.

Teresa C. Younger is a renowned thought leader, strategist, advocate, activist and amplifier having spent over 20 years on the frontlines of some of the most critical battles affecting the lives of women and their communities.

APIA proudly welcomes Ms. Jinlan Liu who will endow APIA's first ever endowment for faculty research. After, Harvard's Dr. Genevieve Clutario will lecture on what may be the creation of the fashion sweat shop industry during US Empire in the Philippines.

International Transgender Day of Visibility is honored annually and is a time to celebrate transgender people around the globe and the courage it takes to live authentically, while also raising awareness around the discrimination trans people still face.