Click here for full page of news for the semester. Searches have concluded.....we are happy to report that our searches have concluded. Both searches attracted excellent pools of strong candidates. Offers and been made and accepted in both searches. Both candidates have deferred because of obligations in 2008-2009, so stay tuned to the website or newspage for information on our newest faculty members! The FAll 2008 course guide is complete and loaded onto the website in PDF format. Paper copies are always available in the office (208 Bartlett), but please keep in mind that the website keeps up with any new courses, changes with professors and time changes. Click on course info above. Course guides back to 1974 are listed there. Winners of the Glennie L. Jones Memorial Awards will be announced soon. To see information on this award see the ooster and more information in PDF format Our thoughts are with Arlene Avakian and Martha Ayres who are mourning the loss of their son Neal Ryan. Neal died suddenly in January. Click here to see the full obituary on the newspage. We are saddened by the loss of our student, Jennifer Morganson this past January. Jennifer was a bright, engaged student and she will be missed. Women's Studies send condolences to her family and friends. Memorial contributions can still be sent to: Medical Ministry International, P.O. Box 1339, Allen, TX 75013. Our grads always make us proud! Some recent examples available on the full newspage!

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One of the oldest programs in the country, Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst has been offering courses and graduating students since 1974. Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary program for the study of women and gender. Combining the analytic tools of many disciplines, women’s studies explores how women and men are constructed both historically and in the contemporary world. We explore gender within the context of race, class, nationality/ethnicity and sexuality. Our core faculty members have expertise in: African American women's history and activism, Asian American women’s history and activism, Asian American women's work, feminist ethics, feminist science studies, post-colonial studies, social constructions of identities, women's grass roots activism in the Caribbean and Latin America. Women's Studies also draws on faculty from a wide variety of diverse disciplines across campus such as history, literature, sociology, political science, communication, anthropology, African American studies, Germanic languages, comparative literature, psychology, education, management, legal studies, philosophy, economics, and more. Read more....