Transdisciplinary, Transgressive, Transformative

The Department of Women’s Studies at TWU offers an exciting multicultural curriculum that integrates diverse perspectives and critically applies feminist/womanist scholarship on behalf of social justice. 

TWU is the largest public university primarily for women in the United States and one of the most diverse institutions of higher education in the nation.

What's New in Women's Studies

New Course for Summer 2012

WS 5663.50, Women at Work: Race, Migrations, and Labor [pdf]

WS 4023, Sexualities and Identities to be offered in Fall 2012

WS 4023.01, Sexualities and Identities [pdf]

WS 4013.01/ENG 4903.01 Harlem Renaissance to be offered in Fall 2012

WS 4013.01/ENG 4903.01 Harlem Renaissance [pdf]

Recently published essay from Dr. AnaLouise Keating

Dr. AnaLouise Keating, Professor of Women’s Studies, recently published an essay, “‘Making Face, Making Soul’: Spiritual Activism as Social Transformation,” in an edited collection, Feminist Solidarity at the Crossroads: Intersectional Women's Studies For Transracial Alliance (Routledge, 2011).

Congratulations to Nona Middleton McCaleb!

Please join me in congratulating Nona Middleton McCaleb for successfully defending her doctoral dissertation, "The Potential of a Handcrafted Life: Women and Longevity," yesterday. Nona has been pursuing her Ph.D. in Dance in conjunction with her M.A. in Women's Studies.

Congratulations, Dr. McCaleb! We wish you the very best.

~Claire Sahlin

Dr. Danielle Phillips publishes "Who Wants To Be an 'English' Mother?"

Women's Studies Assistant Professor, Danielle Phillips, recently published an article entitled "Who Wants To Be an 'English' Mother? Irish and southern African American Domestic Workers in New York, 1865-1935."  It was published by the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative, Demeter Press in Volume 2, Issue 1.  This particular volume of the jornal is entitled "Mothering and the Environment:  The Natural, The Social, The Built".

Welcome to Our New Faculty Members

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Agatha Beins and Dr. Danielle Phillips as Assistant Professors of Women's Studies for Fall 2011!  Dr. Beins, who is a coeditor of the anthology Women's Studies for the Future, received her Ph.D. in Women's and Gender Studies from Rugters in May.  Her dissertation explores the production and consumption of U.S. feminist periodicals published in the 1970s.  Dr. Phillips, who has worked as an intern at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, completed her Ph.D. in Women’s and Gender Studies from Rutgers in October 2010.  Her dissertation examines Irish and African American domestic workers in New York from 1880 to 1940.

Affiliate Faculty Members Receive Awards at April's TWU Honors Convocation

Congratulations to Dr. Linda Marshall, Associate Professor of Social Work who received The Humphries Award for Dedication to TWU and to Dr. Penny Hanstein, Professor of Dance, who received The Cornaro Award, the highest award given to a TWU professor.

Announcing the Publication of Dr. AnaLouise Keating's Most Recent Book

Announcing Women's Studies, Dr. Keating's latest publication of Bridging: How Gloria Anzaldúa's Life and Work Transformed Our Own (University of Texas Press, 2011).  This collection, co-edited with Gloria González-López, contains original work by professors, students, and other scholars and activists in the social sciences and the humanities whose lives and work have been transformed by Gloria Anzaldúa’s theories. For the table of contents, an excerpt, and information on how to order the book (at a discount!), please see:  http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/keabri.html. 

Dr. AnaLouise Keating keynote speaker at Women's History Month at the University of Georgia

Dr. AnaLouise Keating, Professor of Women’s Studies, will be the keynote Women’s History Month speaker at the University of Georgia on March 23. Her talk is titled "From This Bridge Called My Back to this bridge we call home, and Beyond: U.S. Women of Colors’ Radical Visions for Transformation.

Women's Studies Affiliate Faculty Member, Dr. Gina Anderson, receives Dr. G. Ann Uhlir Endowed Fellowship

Dr. Gina Anderson, Associate Professor in Teacher Education and Women's Studies affiliate faculty member, recently was awarded the Dr. G. Ann Uhlir Endowed Fellowship for Higher Education Administration.  She will use the Fellowship to attend the Power Pipeline Conference, a leadership program sponsored by The Foundation for Women's Resources, in Dallas in April.

Women's Studies Graduate Student Association (WSGSA)

All graduate students in Women's Studies are members of the newly-formed Women's Studies Graduate Student Association, which has been formed to provide opportunities for professional and academic development as well as community activism.  For more information go to the WSGSA page on our website under Student Activities & Programs.

Dr. Keating's "Teaching Transformation: Transcultural Classroom Dialogues" Is Now Available In Paperback!

Women's Studies professor, Dr. AnaLouise Keating's book "Teaching Transformation: Transcultural Classroom Dialogues" is now available in paperback.  This edition includes some new material: a preface and an additional appendix.