Fall 2024 Award Recipients
WGST is proud to recognize the recipients of the Arney Robinson Childs Student Award, the Harriet Hampton Faucette Award, the Emily Thompson Award, and the Josephine Abney Faculty Fellowship Award for Fall 2024.
Fall 2024 Newsletter
The Department Women's and Gender Studies is proud to share the latest edition of our newsletter, featuring department updates; introductions to our new faculty and staff; the latest publications from our accomplished faculty; and more!
2024 Adrenée Glover Freeman Lecture
The Department of Women's and Gender Studies welcomed Benedict College's Dr. Shaneen Dials-Corujo this past month for our annual Adrenée Glover Freeman Lecture.
An Interview with Dr. Leland Spencer by Emma Galluccio
Women's and Gender Studies major Emma Galluccio sat down with new faculty member and chair, Dr. Leland Spencer, for an interview regarding his research areas and hopes for the Women's and Gender Studies Department.
An Interview with Dr. Flora Oswald by Sierra Perry
Women's and Gender Studies major Sierra Perry sat down with new faculty member Dr. Flora Oswald for an interview regarding her research areas.
An Interview with Dr. Cara Delay by Jayla Porcha
Public Health major and Women's and Gender Studies minor Jayla Porcha sat down with new faculty member Dr. Cara Delay for an interview regarding her research areas.
The Impact of the Mellon Foundation Grant on Women's and Gender Studies at USC
The University of South Carolina's Department of Women's and Gender Studies has been awarded a $100,000 grant by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through its "Affirming Multivocal Humanities" initiative, which, according to its website, strives to “further address the continuing need for nuanced scholarship on the breadth of the human experience through race, ethnic, gender and sexuality studies."
7th Annual Mary Baskin Waters Lecture
This April, the seventh annual Dr. Mary Baskin-Waters lecture was held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Department of Women's and Gender Studies. The lecture featured Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble who gave the keynote presentation "Practicing Health Equity: The History of Early African American Women Physicians."
Empowering Futures: The Inaugural South Carolina Women's and Gender Studies Undergraduate Summer Institute
The South Carolina Women's and Gender Studies Undergraduate Summer Institute is an amazing way for students to gain knowledge on community- centered research, streams of art, health information, and many more.
The Dr. Lynn Weber Endowed Scholarship has met its goal of $25,000 for endowment!
We continue to mourn the loss of former WGST director Dr. Lynn Weber. Her time as director shaped the intersectional and community engagement aspects of the program which remain central to its mission.
Politicizing Bodies: Fighting to Exist in Patriarachal Contexts
A look at the Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference: January 20, 2024.
Fall 2023 Award Recipients
WGST is proud to recognize the student and faculty award winners for Fall 2023.
Fall 2023 Newsletter
Dripping in molasses: Black feminist nostalgia and Kara Walker's A Subtlety
Post-Doctoral Scholar, Dr. Loron Benton, utilizes studies of Black feminist theory and visual culture to examine the work of Kara Walker, arguing that Walker's A Subtlety - and her art more broadly - offers theoretical and geographic space to ponder where Black pleasure and collective memory can exist in systems of misogynoir, as well as in the Black nostalgic imagination.
Black Artist Empowerment: Reclaiming a Culture
We recently had the honor of welcoming Dr. Daphne A. Brooks as the speaker for the 2023 Adrenée Glover Freeman Lecture as well as having the opportunity to host her as a guest on our student-led podcast, Women's and Gender Studies: Unboxed.
Recent Event with Dr. Jules Gill-Peterson
This past month, Women's and Gender Studies had the honor of hosting Dr. Jules Gill-Peterson.
OPEN: Search for Department Chair
The Department of Women's and Gender Studies is seeking a department chair.
Upcoming WGST Awards
Check out the upcoming awards for students and faculty!
Stephanie Mitchem - An eye towards the future
Stephanie Mitchem knows a lot about intersectionality. The religious studies professor's research and writing incorporates disciplines including anthropology, history, cultural studies, African American studies, and women's and gender studies, with a special attention to health and well-being.
Ed Madden - Engendering identity scholarship
Poet and scholar Ed Madden was already drawing from multiple disciplines when he joined the Women's and Gender Studies program in 2008. Specializing in Irish literature and culture, British and Irish poetry, LGBTQ literature, sexuality studies, creative writing and poetry, Madden found freedom to explore collaborative scholarship.
Dawn Campbell - Agent of change
Two years ago, Dawn Campbell's enterprising program wouldn't have been possible. As an academic program at the time, Women's Studies and its faculty were limited in the kinds of initiatives they could propose and pursue.
Sally Boyd - A feminist's early beginnings
Sally Boyd and her sister grew up in the 1950s watching their mother juggle caring for the family while working a job outside of the home. They learned from their mother's example that women could be empowered to take care of themselves.
Past, present and future: Change makers in women's and gender studies at USC
In 1972, fewer than a dozen women met behind closed doors on the University of South Carolina's Columbia campus. What they discussed was not illegal or criminal but felt conspiratorial just the same.
WGST Spring 2023 Newsletter
The USC Department of Women's and Gender Studies would like to share the latest edition of the WGST newsletter.
WGST receives funding from McCausland Foundation
WGST is excited to announce that the department has received two University of South Carolina College of Arts and Sciences McCausland Foundation grants!