Women’s & Gender Studies is an exciting interdisciplinary field of study. Offering courses on a wide variety of topics ranging from women’s health, to literature, to globalization, the Program uses gender and its intersections with race, class, and other important categories of identity and difference to understand the lives of women and men. It keeps women at the center, but it is not only about advancing the status of women. It is about understanding the world in ways that value gender equity, racial equality, and social justice. Women’s & Gender Studies students at both the graduate and undergraduate level, engage with real life issues and the classroom is a place that fosters engagement, ethical conversations, and diverse perspectives.
We continue to update and improve the Advance South Carolna Women website. The website focuses on issues, opportunities, and policies that affect women's lives personally and professionally. Advance South Carolina Women contains links to useful institutions, organizations, and agencies that provide resources and services for South Carolina women. We'd love to get your feedback. E-mail us your thoughts or suggestions.
The Women's Well-Being Initiative is an active coalition of faculty, students, and community members. Plans for the 2011-2012 academic year include school-based literacy initiatives, an on-going collaboration with the Juvenile Arbitration Program of Lexington County to provide arts program for at-risk girls, outreach and educational initiatives with the local Hispanic population, and oral history projects aimed at gathering and disseminating community members’ experiences and perspectives. For more information, contact Ms. Heather Eaddy, by e-mail at: heather.eaddy@gmail.com .
