CAHSS STORIES

Category: Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies

How to be an Effective Anti-Racism Ally

February 27, 2023

How to be an Effective Anti-Racism Ally

Facilitated by Michaela Brown and Liz Moore Thursday, March 9, 2023 – 12-1:30pm in Monroe Hall 207 WAGE Center Lounge Co-sponsored by The Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee of CAHSS Women and Center Education (WAGE) Center & Gender, Women’s, & Sexuality Studies Program (GWSS) All students, staff and faculty are welcome to participate

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Commentary by Drs. Almeida and Rohrer published in the Inlander

EWU students and community members discuss immigration during and Activist in Residence workshop

Dr. Deirdre Almeida and Dr. Judy Rohrer’s commentary, “EWU’s future: Will the new president restore the diversity programs that were once a vibrant calling cared of the university?” was published in the Inlander today.

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A Logic of Care and Grassroots Claims to Home in Detroit

A Logic of Care and Grassroots Claims to Home in Detroit

EWU’s Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies and Women’s & Gender Education Center present Dr. Jessi Quizar A Logic of Care and Grassroots Claims to Home in Detroit Thursday, May 12th 4 – 5:15 p.m. In Person in Monroe 207  Masks Encouraged Or Virtual at bit.ly/GWSSLogicofCare This talk explores the ways in which Detroit Eviction Defense

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2022 Sexual Assault Awareness Month

March 26, 2022 by llogan83

Photo by Gretchen Dyson from Pexels

Counseling and Wellness and the Women’s and Gender Education Center are collaborating to bring Sexual Assault Awareness Month activities to EWU this year. Paint the Town Teal April 1 – 30 Decorate your door or office to show your support of survivors for the month. Upload photos of your space here to be featured on

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Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research – Winter 2022

Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research – Winter 2022

EWU Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies presents for winter 2022 Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research, featuring faculty and staff presenting research in their disciplines from a feminist perspective. Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research All events will be held virtually via Zoom. Feminism in the Sciences Thursday, Feb. 10th Noon – 12:50 pm Science is not

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Activist in Residence 2022

Activist in Residence

The Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies Program and the Women’s and Gender Education Center are the lead organizers of the Activist in Residence (AiR) program on the EWU campus. For a ninth year, AiR will bring an activist to campus to work with EWU students, staff, faculty, and community members during winter quarter of 2022.

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Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research – Fall 2021

Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research – Fall 2021

EWU Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies presents for fall 2021 Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research, featuring faculty and staff presenting research in their disciplines from a feminist perspective. Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research All events will be held virtually via Zoom. “Where life is precious…” Intersectional Feminism in the Time of COVID-19 Thursday, November 4th

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GWSS Director, Judy Rohrer, PhD explores the troubling history and the troubled future of the Boy Scouts

Wdoole, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

In the recent article, published in the Journal of Gender Studies, Dr. Rohrer exposes the ways in which the bankrupt Boy Scouts of American “has been broadly bankrupt from the beginning.”

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