A minor in Women’s and Gender Studies can prepare you for the professional and multicultural job world. Any range of jobs from law, government, medicine, education, counseling, and human services can be enhanced with a minor in women’s studies. This minor will also increase critical and analytical thinking skills, provide a perspective in interdisciplinary studies, and prepare students for graduate schools. A minor in Women’s Studies can be a useful component in any student’s education.
Students who wish to intend to pursue a Women’s Studies Minor must complete a 15 credit hours. Courses include Women in Society, Psychology of Gender and African Women Writers.
WGS Affiliate list
| Sabrina L. Hom | she/her | Philosophy | Continental feminism, race theory, feminist social theory |
| Scott Butler | he/him | Health and Human Performance | HIV/AIDS, sexual health, women's health, public health |
| Eryn Viscarra | she/her | Government and Sociology | gender, family, sexual health, emerging adulthood, research methods |
| Jamie Downing | she/her | Communication | religious rhetorics, space, place, and diaspora, foodways |
| Dana Gorzelany-Mostak | sher/her | Music | gender, race, and music; gender and political communication, public history |
| Stephanie Opperman | she/her | History and Geography | women's activism, oral history, reproductive health, global foodways |
| Jennifer Graham | she/her | OIE/Women's Center & LGBTQ+ Programs | feminist leadership, sexual assault prevention/response, DEI, student development |
| Katie Simon | she/her | English | critical theory; American literature; race, class, gender; environmental justice |
| Sunita Manian | she/her | Philosophy and Liberal Studies | Gender and sexuality in South Asia |
| Sandra Godwin | she/her | Government & Sociology | identity and inequality (social psychology), history of Georgia State College for (white) women |
| Colin Whitworth | they/he | Communication | queer theory, lgbtq+ representation, performance, aesthetic methods |
| Joanna Schwartz | she/her | Marketing | LGBTQ+ marketing, DEI and JEDI practice, trans and nonbinary inclusivity, LGBTQ+ health |
| Alesa Liles | She/her | Government and Sociology - Criminal Justice | Crime & mental health, women in cj, juvenile Justice, corrections, cj policy |
| Chika Unigwe | She/her | English (Creative Writing) | Negofeminism, African feminist writers/writing |
| Ruben Yepes | He/him | Arts (Art History) | Gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity in visual culture. Feminist art. |
| Allison Miller | She/they | Management, Marketing, & Logistics | history of LGBTQ+, global pride, diversity in organizations, gender identity |
| Jessica Wallace | she/her | History and Geography | colonial and early American women, Native American women |
| Mary Magoulick | she/her | English | Women & pop culture, myth, and sci fi; Nat Am women international women |