Get Real With WGSS
- Two-Minute Activism: FreeRice! Fund Free Mammograms! Click for Survivors of Domestic Violence!
- Watch This! Activist Video of the Month! (previous selections here)
- UW-L Violence Prevention Services: Ingrid Peterson, 608-785-5126, peterson.ingr@uwlax.edu, 306 Wimberly Hall.
- Cross-Campus Connections Help: see our TechHelp page
 Congrats to Elise Denlinger, (WGSS, ESL, and Modern Languages), the FIRST winner of the CLS Excellence Award in
Teaching for Instructional Academic Staff! "She brings to our
campus versatility, outstanding teaching skills, great caring
for students and a work ethic that is truly unmatched. I cannot
imagine a better candidate for our first CLS academic staff
teaching award." |
 Congrats
to Amanda Jansen, our College of Liberal Studies Excellence
Award winner! Amanda has been accepted for graduate study at
the Humphrey School of Public Policy at the University of
Minnesota. Congratulations, Amanda! |
The
Department of WGSS enacts
the Wisconsin Idea: that universities should produce knowledge
and educate students in ways that serve real people. We study and
teach on the lives of women, men, and sexual or gender identity
minorities. We examine the ways that race, social class, age, and
other socially constructed hierarchies connect to gender to
impact people's real lives. We study how social change works and
what social justice might look like. We use and teach students to
use academic skills to make social change. We maintain the connection
between theory and practice, issues and advocacy, throughout our
curricula and in all our programs.
In the tradition of Women’s Studies and its sister disciplines, our courses approach problems and issues from interdisciplinary perspectives. They enhance courses on women,
gender, and sexuality issues crosslisted in the traditional disciplines,
and provide students with numerous opportunities to integrate their
learning across their baccalaureate degree.
Our programs include:
- our minor (Word Document) in Women's Studies, emphasizing service-learning, internships, and involvement that puts learning into action
- a major coming soon!
- on-campus events for students, faculty, staff, and the La Crosse community
- our student organizations, WSSA (wiss-ah), and Students for Choice, a member of NARAL's Pro-Choice Wisconsin
- the Self-Sufficiency Program that prepares low-income parents for college
- the Faculty Seminar on Teaching For Diversity
- the Colleges of La Crosse Opposing Violence through Education and outReach (CLOVER). See the UW-L Violence Prevention Services info above.
- and this website, with links to a variety of resources for women faculty at UW-L
Dept. of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, 423 Wimberly Hall, (608) 785-8357