Recent News
WGS hosting "A Conversation with Julia Bryan-Wilson" a feminist art historian from UC Berkeley on 5/8
May 3, 2018
Join renowned feminist art historian Julia Bryan-Wilson for a conversation about her work in, and the relationships between, feminism, the visual arts, and cultural production. In particular, Dr. Bryan-Wilson will discuss the path that led to her career in the visual arts, art history, and feminism, and we will explore the opportunities— and challenges—that are involved for scholars, artists, activists, and other professionals identified as feminists in the visual arts, and in cultural production more generally, in our current moment.
Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Time: 11:10AM-12PM
Location: Bldg. 10, Rm. 115
Mel Y. Chen of UC Berkeley to give a talk on "Queer InHumanism: Thinking with Race & Disability" on 5/7
May 3, 2018
Join Dr. Chen for a talk on queer inhumanism (as conceived with Dana Luciano) as a way to think about current national and global crises and as a way to examine questions about how perceived time plays a role in human (and inhuman) difference. Dr. Chen will also explore how these and related matters have meant that what we today know as ‘race’ and ‘disability’ have become deeply entangled.
Date: Monday, May 7, 2018
Time: 2:10-4PM
Location: Advanced Technology Lab ATL (Bldg. 7, 01)
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.”
Scholarship Recipients
May 9, 2017
The Women’s & Gender Studies Department is pleased to announce nine scholarship recipients for 2017-18.
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.