Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Alumni and Outcomes
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies graduates work in the fields of advocacy, health care, counseling, law, media, publishing, and research institutions.
In fact, a liberal arts degree in WGS Studies offers almost unlimited career options.
Women's Studies/Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies graduates from Gettysburg College currently hold positions in business, government, and the non-profit sector. Many have chosen professions in which they are able to effect social change:
- Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
- Asst. Director of R.S.V.P., American Red Cross
- Bilingual Clinical Social Worker
- Clinical Research Associate
- Director of Children's Services
- Director, Communications and Marketing
- Event Coordinator
- Judicial Law Clerk
- Nonprofit Program Director
- Research Coordinator
- Senior Corporate Executive
- Social Science Analyst, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
- Psychotherapist
- Program Associate Director
- Career Development Specialist
- Human Resources
Graduate School Programs and Resources
Majors and minors often attend graduate school to further their education. The following resources offer excellent starting points for students interested in graduate school.
- Graduate Programs in Sexuality Studies in Canada and the United States
- ARTEMIS Guide to Women's Studies Programs throughout the United States
- Women's Studies Programs, Departments & Research Centers
- University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Librarian's Office
Keep in touch
Women's Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies graduates are encouraged to maintain contact and involvement with the program and other alumni throughout graduate school, careers, and beyond. By keeping in touch, graduates can continue to enjoy a lifelong relationship with Gettysburg's evolving WGS program, its current students, and its ongoing transformations.
Here are some easy suggestions for maintaining contact with the program, your classmates, and other alumni for an ongoing and productive relationship with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Gettysburg College.
- Be sure the program has your most recent home address . Keep your contact information up to date by sending any changes via email to Lin Myers, Academic Administrative Assistant.
- Share any news — a new job, a new degree, graduate school acceptance, and/or other life events.
Please let us know your thoughts about our new name and identity.
NOTE: Information you submit here will be posted to our WGS webpage and therefore available to the general public. If you want to share your news with just the WGS Program, please email it to lkmyers@gettysburg.edu.
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Major Outcome Stories
Alexia Ferraro '24
Law School, American University
A philosophy and women, gender, and sexuality studies double major with a political science minor, Ferraro broadened her knowledge by taking many different classes outside of her majors, enjoying everything an education in the liberal arts and sciences affords students. Outside of the classroom, she grew her leadership skills through Alpha Omicron Pi and the Office of Residential Education, where she worked as an assistant residential life coordinator. Said Ferraro, “I knew I wanted to attend an institution that provided me with unlimited opportunities to explore different leadership opportunities and to be able to have close connections with faculty to build those relationships that would not only help me while at the institution, but also after I graduated. Gettysburg has provided just that and more for me.” After graduation, Ferraro will attend American University’s Washington College of Law to pursue her goal of becoming a prosecuting attorney for the special victims unit.
Cameron Jury '23
Marketing Assistant, Boston Youth Symponthy Orchestras
“A large part of what I learned at Gettysburg within my majors is simply how to communicate with people from different backgrounds than my own,” said Jury. “I learned the importance of understanding everyone’s stories and how wonderfully different they can be–each just as special and important as the next.” Jury is most proud of her work as the lead intern for Communications & Marketing, which included development of the “Humans of Gettysburg” media campaign that highlighted individuals across campus. With a double major in women, gender, and sexuality studies and international and global studies and a minor in peace and justice studies, Jury plans on continuing her work in the communications and marketing industry as part of a public relations firm or a nonprofit.
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