GWS/LGBTQ+ Studies Student Spotlight

Kahlila Barnes is double-majoring in Legal Studies and Political Science and getting certificates in Gender & Women’s Studies and Criminal Justice. Why did you choose GWS? I decided to add a GWS certificate to my course load because …

Sarah Task is majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies and Psychology. Why did you choose GWS? To be honest I feel like I didn’t choose GWS so much as GWS kind of chose me. I am …

Sadie Reilly is majoring in Psychology and getting a certificate in Gender & Women’s Studies. Why did you choose GWS? Growing up in a household that was different from what much of society has set as …

Haleigh Smith is majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies, English, and History. Why did you choose GWS? I chose to add GWS as a major because I knew I was interested in fem/women’s history and literature. …

Carson Schwartz is majoring in Psychology and Spanish and is getting certificates in Health Policy and LGBTQ+ Studies.  Why did you choose LGBTQ+ Studies? I enrolled in GWS 200: Intro to LGBTQ+ Studies on a whim …

Violet Pandya is majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies and Sociology and is Honors in the Liberal Arts.  Why did you choose GWS? I chose GWS because I have always been passionate about feminism and …

Selah Cole is majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies and Psychology.  Why did you choose GWS? My interest in GWS was first sparked during my freshman year in a first-year interest group (FIG) on the …

Emily Roemer is majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies and Social Welfare. She is getting certificates in Political Science and Public Policy.  Why did you choose GWS? I chose GWS because the content, faculty, and …

Becca Enos is majoring in Psychology and getting a certificate in Gender & Women’s Studies.  Why did you choose GWS? I took my first GWS class with Dr. Kate Phelps in the spring of 2021, and …

Jordon Stangland is double-majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies and Biochemistry.  Why did you choose GWS?When I was a sophomore, I took my first GWS course – GWS200: Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies and I fell in …