Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department examines the categories of women, gender, and sexuality as they intersect with race, class, ethnicities, belief systems, and nationalities. We offer an interdisciplinary framework through which to explore the social construction of gender and sexuality and the material impact of these constructions. We offer historical, contemporary, and transnational analyses of how the formations of gender and sexualities emerge within different contexts such as colonialisms, imperialisms, nationalisms, and globalization. From our engagement with, and critique of, disciplinary practices in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, we forge new critical paradigms and methods for generating feminist knowledges. Our creation of new critical paradigms relies on the linking of knowledge formation to activism and social justice movements. Our courses satisfy campus breadth requirements, develop critical analysis and writing skills, and transform students’ understanding of and engagement with the world around them.

A student who majors in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies will gain a strong liberal arts training in critical theory and social justice. They can apply these skills to a range of professions. Graduates may pursue advanced degrees in the arts, humanities, social sciences, law, or medicine; or pursue work in the private sector, social services, advocacy programs, or the NPO sector. The Department of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (FGSS) at Scripps participates in the Intercollegiate Feminist Center for Teaching, Research and Engagement at The Claremont Colleges.

Scripps Faculty

	Jih-Fei Cheng Assistant Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Send an email »
	Piya Chatterjee Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Dorothy Cruickshank Backstrand Chair of Gender and Women's Studies Vice-Chair, APT Committee Send an email »

Affiliated Scripps Faculty

	Rita Cano Alcalá Associate Professor of Chicanx-Latinx Studies Send an email »
	Susan Castagnetto Director of Intercollegiate Feminist Center Lecturer for Philosophy Chair, Intercollegiate Feminist Center (909) 621-8274 Send an email »
	Kimberly Drake Faculty Liason Associate Professor of Writing Chair, Department of Writing Adviser in the Environmental Analysis Non-Science Tracks Send an email »
	Ellen Finkelpearl Professor of Classics Helen Chandler Garland Professor of Ancient Studies Send an email »
	Cindy Forster Professor of History Chair, Latin American & Caribbean Studies Send an email »
	Mark Golub Associate Professor of Politics Send an email »
	Ken Gonzales-Day Professor of Art Fletcher Jones Chair in Art (909) 607-4436 Send an email »
	Sergio A. Gonzalez Visiting Lecturer in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Send an email »
	Martha Gonzalez Associate Professor of Chicanx-Latinx Studies Send an email »
	Jennifer Groscup Professor of Psychology Chair, Faculty Executive Committee Send an email »
	Anne Harley Associate Professor of Music Adviser in the Environmental Analysis Non-Science Tracks Send an email »
	Mary Hatcher-Skeers Associate Dean of Faculty for Racial Equity Professor of Chemistry Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Chair in Natural Sciences Send an email »
	Candida Jaquez Associate Professor of Music Send an email »
	YouYoung Kang Associate Professor of Music (909) 607-8760 Send an email »
	France Lemoine Associate Professor of French Chair, Department of French Send an email »
	Nancy Macko Professor of Art Mary W. Johnson Professorship in Teaching Send an email »
	Nancy Neiman Professor of Politics Chair, Department of Politics Interim Chair, Department of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Send an email »
	Seo Young Park Associate Professor of Anthropology Chair, Department of Anthropology Send an email »
	Marina Perez de Mendiola Professor of Spanish, Latin American and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures Richard Armour Chair in Modern Languages Send an email »
	Nathalie Rachlin Professor of French Margaret McKenzie Distinguished Professorship in Modern Foreign Languages Send an email »
	Rita Roberts Professor of History and Africana Studies Nathaniel Wright Stephenson Chair in History and Biography Send an email »
	Vanessa Tyson Associate Professor of Politics Send an email »
	Sheila Walker Professor of Psychology Laura Vausbinder Hockett Endowed Professorship Send an email »
	Rivka Weinberg Professor of Philosophy Send an email »