Francesca Fox is a senior Media and Cinema Studies major and Gender and Women's Studies minor here at the University of Illinois. Francesca says that she’s really found a home here at GWS, and views her first experience with GWS to be the most defining moment of her college experience.   Francesca explains that, “When I first entered college, I had little to no idea of what I wanted to...

Student Spotlight on Glo Roberts By Taylor Mazique Glo Roberts is a Gender and Women Studies major here at the University of Illinois who spent this past summer interning at the nonprofit, Women Employed, in downtown Chicago and working in The Pattis Family Foundation Summer Leadership Program. “Women Employed,” Glo explained, “is an organization that is dedicated to creating equity in the...

"My training in GWS has provided me with critical perspectives that complement my training in rhetorical studies and that I can draw upon in my research, pedagogy, and personal life."Kate Irwin, GWS Graduate Minor

"I loved that GWS allowed me to grapple with difficult questions—questions about identity, justice, modernity—with the support of people with a dazzling depth and breadth of knowledge across disciplines." GWS Alumn Tad Andracki

"The professors are passionate and thoughtful, and the department as a whole is filled with a feeling of generosity and kindness. They want to see their students succeed and that is very clear" - Dana Ahern, GWS Alumni

"I still maintain relationships with several of my GWS professors and they are an invaluable part of my life. They encouraged me to follow my passions, to be outspoken about what I believe in, and that one person can make a world of difference, even if only to another person" - Kaytlin Reedy-Rogier, GWS Alumna

"I have enjoyed the raw, unfiltered truth that instructors give to the class. When I enter the room they do not treat me like a student, rather as if I were their colleague..." - Anuoluwapo Osideko , GWS Undergraduate