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More than a dozen offices provide supports to students, including those w/ disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ+, low-income & first-gen students.
Gender and Women’s Studies BA
This interdisciplinary field will help you better understand our world.
Learn to think critically about the structures and systems in our society.
By engaging in a broad-based liberal arts education rooted in contemporary feminist theory, our students develop valuable professional skills: writing, critical thinking, research, public presentation and leadership skills that employers seek and that apply to a variety of professions.
Career Opportunities
- Human Services Administrator
- Counselor/Social Worker
- Victim’s Advocate
- Legislative Aide
- Women’s Care Coordinator
- Journalist
Why Gender and Women’s Studies? | Why Our Program?
- Our students gain a deep understanding of race, gender and class – the interconnected systems that shape individual and collective social experiences.
- Our students actively engage in interdisciplinary courses that include political science, economics, history, sociology, psychology and social work.
- We offer two minors: gender and women’s studies and queer studies, which enable students who are majoring in other fields to apply these issues to their disciplines.
- Topics covered in the include: feminist theory, gender and sexuality, literature, art history, global politics and social justice.
18JAV is the best value in higher education. In-state students can attend two years tuition-free under the Hope Scholarship, while our Northeast Neighbors are offered a 40 percent discount.
Our Faculty
Dr. Wendy L. Becker
- Associate Professor
Dr. Lesley M. Bogad
- Professor
Dr. Michelle Brophy-Baermann
- Associate Professor
Dr. Andrea L. Dottolo
- Professor
Dr. Janet D. Johnson
- Professor
Dr. Diane R. Martell
- Associate Professor Emerita
Dr. Elisa Miller
- Professor
Dr. Janice L. Okoomian
- Assistant Professor
Dr. Leslie Schuster
- Professor
Hear from a Student
Lisaury Diaz
“Dismantling the patriarchy means abolishing those things that take power away from women, those ideologies that limit women to a specific role in society.”
– Double Major in Anthropology and Gender and Women’s Studies
A Life Changed by Faculty
Reba Mitchell is a work of art, a study in bold strokes.
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Arts and Sciences
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is a community of scholars that pride themselves on academic excellence, diversity and service.
- emailDeanFAS@ric.edu
- phone401-456-8106
- placeGaige Hall
