What is Womens and Gender Studies at SCU?
WGST is a multidisciplinary program that brings together scholars and scholarship on women and gender from across the university. Our goal is to work collaboratively throughout the disciplines and offices of student life to promote and educate students, staff and faculty on issues regarding women and gender at SCU. Faculty and students are urged to work closely and cooperatively. Quarterly speaker series and seminars are open to all members of the program. Such speakers have included: Lourdes Portillo, filmmaker; Lilian Faderman, author; Vandana Shiva, ecologist. Students and faculty alike may apply for travel grants to present women’s and gender studies research at academic conferences. The Women’s and Gender Studies Program is forging ties with other SCU programs, especially in planning joint conferences. The Program also works with student and faculty groups. It gives support to student conferences, such as the Challenges Conference, which brought to SCU major speakers like scholar-
