Feminist and Gender Studies at Colorado College

The Feminist & Gender Studies Department is excited to announce Dr. Melissa L. Durland (FGS and Psychology ’15), Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington (UW), was appointed Director of Psychological Services and Training Center (PSTC) this past summer!

The PSTC offers low-cost, high-quality, time-limited, evidence-based assessment and treatment to the UW and Seattle metropolitan communities. It is also the primary training center for doctoral students in the UW Clinical Psychology Program, with mental health services provided by advanced graduate students under the supervision of licensed mental health professionals.

On her new role, Dr. Durland notes, “One of the great things about earning a clinical psychology doctoral degree is the flexibility the training gives us in our careers. I have intentionally sought a career in which I can do it all: clinical work, research, teaching/supervision, and advocacy/policy work. As the Director of the PSTC, I truly get to do it all, and I’m loving it! It has been absolutely wonderful getting to know everyone and it is an honor to train my first cohort of students.”

Congratulations, Dr. Durland! We are so proud to know you!

Congratulations to all of our amazing FGS majors and minors who graduated this past weekend!! We are so proud of all of you and wish you nothing but the best as you move on to the next phase of life!

Our lovely FGS Seniors, Brailey, Kendall, and Elsa, showing some love and appreciation to the wonderful Whitney before they graduate—one of our many FGS end of the year traditions. 💕

Last week we celebrated our graduating seniors and got to see the hard work our FGS majors had put into their capstone presentations! Huge congratulations to our graduating majors and minors. We are so proud of you!

Huge congratulations to all our amazing FGS and ID House student worker awardees who were recognized today at Honors Convocation:

Brailey Harris, Shannon McGee Prize in Feminist and Gender Studies

Sarah Ichinose, Alpha Kappa Delta, The International Sociology Honor Society

Jevon Lipsey, Steven Janke Prize in Computer Science

Sophia Lisco (with Ellie Diggs LaCasse), Richard A. Lewis Memorial Film Award for their film “Planet of the Babes”

Mila Naumovska, Phi Alpha Theta, National Honor Society in History

On behalf of all of us in FGS and ID House, congratulations! We are so very proud of you!

Join us on Wednesday, April 29th from 3pm to 5pm for the FGS Senior Capstone Presentations! Celebrate all the hard work our FGS graduating majors have done this year. This event will take place in the Tim Fuller Event Space in Tutt Library (Room 201). Catered reception to follow the presentations.

It's not quite the end of the year, but we are already celebrating our amazing graduating FGS seniors! We are so proud of all of you!

It is never too late to celebrate a birthday or to eat cake together. Belated birthday wishes to our amazing Whitney who is delightful in every way! We are so glad to have you amongst us in FGS/ID House! 🎉

We had a wonderful time reminiscing about the past and reflecting on life after CC/FGS with our brilliant alums Susanna Penfield (Political Science/Feminist & Gender Studies ’20) and Jacqueline Nkhonjera (Political Science and Feminist and Gender Studies minor ‘20)! We are so blessed to have such generous and inspiring alums in our FGS community. ❤️🪬

Join us for a lunch conversation on life after CC with two wonderful and accomplished FGS alumni, Susanna Penfield (Political Science/Feminist & Gender Studies ’20) and Jacqueline Nkhonjera (Political Science and Feminist and Gender Studies minor ‘20)!

This event will be at 12:30 pm at the ID House (lunch provided) and has been organized by both the Feminist & Gender Studies Department and Triota.

We hope to see you there!