WGSS is positioned within an internationally renowned, top-tier research university. To enhance the department's impact across the institution and around the world, we must expand our resources and offerings.

Attract Exceptional Faculty

Our current faculty exhibit nationally recognized strengths in humanities, social sciences, critical race studies, and transnational gender and sexuality studies. We hope to recruit additional faculty expertise in both transnational and ethnic studies.

Increase the Number of Postdoctoral Fellowships

We intend to expand our postdoctoral fellow program from one fellow to supporting several each year. Postdoctoral fellows enrich WGSS by increasing the variety and depth of our coursework; employing the newest methodological and theoretical research approaches; sharing developing scholarship with university colleagues and students; and increasing the intellectual diversity of the postdoctoral cohort in Arts & Sciences.

Develop Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

We are working collaboratively with other university units on joint graduate programs that fully integrate feminist, gender, and sexuality studies in coursework and theses and in graduates' career plans in and outside of the academy.

Establish a Conference Series

We plan to create a series of intensive one-day conferences to draw scholars and students from around the world. Led by distinguished faculty, the series will generate exciting conversations on campus, help participants develop powerful scholarly networks, and advance research critical to gender equity among faculty and students here at WashU.