Overview

The Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Florida Atlantic University supports faculty, students, and programming across the interdisciplinary fields of women’s studies, gender studies, LGBTQ studies, sexuality studies, and more. Graduate and undergraduate take classes with nationally and internationally known faculty in fields such as Anthropology, Art History, English, Criminal Justice, Communication, History, Languages and Linguistics, Literature, Nursing, Political Science, Sociology, and of course, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS). Public programming and events fulfill the field’s foundational commitment to praxis, or the unification of theory and practice. The Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies offers a Master’s of Arts degree, a graduate certificate, and an undergraduate minor. Additionally, doctoral students in the Comparative Studies programs can elect to earn a Master’s of Arts degree in WGSS en passant as they work toward their PhD. The Center also hosts the Lavender Languages Institute and offers other non-degree educational opportunities to the university community and the broader public.