Gettysburg College

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Opening doors, building alliances

The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department offers:

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Featured course

Jump to level: All Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies courses

by level: 100 • 200 • 300 • 400

WGS 120 Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

This course introduces issues in feminist and sexuality studies theories, examines the diversity of experiences, structural positions in society, and collective efforts for change of women and LGBTQIA individuals.

Discover your Passion

Destiny Familia came into Gettysburg College thinking she would study to be a doctor—then she discovered Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Learn more about her Gettysburg experience.

Destiny Familia sitting with her friends on a grey sofa

Our distinguished faculty’s publications

“Homeric Studies, Feminism, and Queer Theory: Interpreting Helen and Penelope”

by Prof. Rachel Lesser

Journal Latin American Perspectives on Popular Feminism(s): Pasts, Presents, and Futures, Part 1 and Part 2 co-edited by Prof. Nathalie Lebon
Article “The Personal is Political: Performing Saint Joan in the Twenty-first Century” by Prof. Susan Russell
Book Chapter “Popular Feminism at Work: Redistribution and Recognition in the Marcha Mundial das Mulheres in Brazil in Popular Sovereignty and Constituent Power in Latin America: Democracy from Below” by Prof. Nathalie Lebon
Book Chapter “Negotiating Legacies: The ‘Traffic in Women’ and the Politics of Filipina/o American Feminist Solidarity” by Prof. Gina Velasco

News

Juliette Rhinow ’25 named Key into Public Service Scholar

Juliette Rhinow ’25 named Key into Public Service Scholar

A model of mentorship: Alumni pay it forward to the next generation of Gettysburgians

A model of mentorship: Alumni pay it forward to the next generation of Gettysburgians

CPS Summer Fellowships build enduring skills, demonstrate impact of giving to support student experiences

CPS Summer Fellowships build enduring skills, demonstrate impact of giving to support student experiences

Events

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department Spotlight

Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan

Writing a play about Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan

Christina Noto '19

In her words: What Christina Noto ’19 learned abroad, and why she’s headed to Namibia

Christina Noto ’19

Program Manager at the Women's Equality Center

Gisselle Flores ’20