Recent News
Queer Studies minor at Cal Poly recognized on Mustang News!
Oct 12, 2017
After years of development, the Women’s and Gender Studies department celebrated the launch of the new Queer Studies minor Oct. 4.
Mireille Miller-Young of UCSB to give a talk on "A Taste for Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornography" on 10/16
Sep 27, 2017
Mireille Miller-Young, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Feminist Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara will be giving a talk entitled "A Taste for Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornography" on Monday, October 16 from 4:10PM-6PM at Cal Poly in the ATL. Sponsored by the Cal Poly Women's & Gender Studies Department. This event is free and open to the public.
Queer Studies Minor Launch Party 10/4
Sep 15, 2017
Come out to celebrate the new Queer Studies minor at Cal Poly!
The Women's & Gender Studies Department will be hosting a Queer Studies Minor Launch Party on Wednesday, October 4 from 4:10-5:30PM. We will have a dessert reception with light refreshments. This event is free and open to the public.
Jodi Evans of CODE Pink to speak on “Growing a Local Peace Economy and Divesting from the War Machine”
Sep 13, 2017
Jodi Evans of CODE PINK will speak on “Growing a Local Peace Economy and Divesting from the War Machine” on Saturday September 23 at 6:30pm in Building 3, Room 213. Evans will argue that, “The wars are robbing our schools, our healthcare, our children and their future.”
WGS Chair, Dr. Lehr representing Women in Technology
Feb 23, 2017
Dr. Lehr, our very own Chair of Women's & Gender Studies, is a keynote speaker at the Women in Technology Dinner on February 22, 2017. This event is sponsored by Softec and MINDBODY.
Keynote speakers will lead a discussion on how to attract and retain talent.
Scholarship Opportunities
Feb 15, 2017
The Women’s & Gender Studies Department is pleased to announce nine 2017-18 scholarship opportunities for students at Cal Poly.
Unpacking Issues of Gender & Diversity in the Workforce
Jan 18, 2017
Cal Poly Women's and Gender Studies Department Chair, Dr. Jane Lehr to give a talk at the second annual Cal Poly Women's Business Leadership Academy. The talk is entitled Women in the Workforce: Unpacking Issues of Gender and Diversity in the Workforce.
National Women's Studies Association releases a statement in response to the US Presidential Election
Dec 12, 2016
The National Women’s Studies Association released a Statement on Combating the Climate of Fear, Division and Xenophobia in the Wake of the U.S. Presidential Election.
Sandi Clement finds the pathway to Diabetes may be one we overlook...
Dec 12, 2016
There is quite a bit of research over the past three decades which suggests that under conditions of chronic stress, there are certain physiologic changes that occur in the body that might make one more vulnerable to disease.