UNT Women's and Gender Studies Program

Hey grad students--did you miss the first online session of the Graduate Student Support Workshop? There are still multiple virtual and in-person sessions of GradLife Balance with UNT Counseling and Testing Services! Check out this opportunity to connect with other grad students, give and provide support, and discuss the grad student experience.

Are you feeling stressed or burnt out? Join the UNT Counseling and Testing Services GradLife Balance Student Support Workshop! The first virtual session is this coming Monday!

Dates:
• Virtual: Sept 16, Oct 21, Nov 18, Dec 16
• In-person: Oct 7, Nov 4, Dec 2 (Chestnut Hall 313)

No RSVP needed! Check in at the CTS front desk for in-person events or join via Zoom link for online meetings.

Zoom Meeting ID: 837 5598 3930

Hours for Spring 2024 🌼 Need a spot to study or hang out between classes? We've got books, snacks, & two awesome Teaching Assistants. Stop by the WGST Library & Community Space, GAB 108, any day of the week! 📚✨

Hours for Spring 2024 🌼 Need a spot to study or hang out between classes? We've got books, snacks, & two awesome Teaching Assistants. Stop by the WGST Library & Community Space, GAB 108, any day of the week! 📚✨

Have you thought about grad school as a future opportunity? The admissions office has created a week of events (9/25-9/29) for you to Explore Graduate School and discover your future!

This week of events has something for everyone interested in graduate school: Grad School 101, GRE Prep, Program Spotlights, and more! Sessions are offered in person and online to maximize the opportunity for students to attend. 

Exploring Grad School Week shines most during three key events:
 
* Tues. 9/26 - Grad Studies Expo – academic fair highlighting UNT graduate school programs
* Wed. 9/27 – Graduate & Professional School Fair – academic fair hosting over 65 institutions from Texas and across the U.S.
* Fri. 9/29 - Grad School Open House – academic fair highlighting UNT graduate school programs

All sessions and events are open to anyone! Registration is required for the virtual sessions and is encouraged for all events. Learn more and register here: https://www.unt.edu/admissions/events/grad-week.html

April 28th, 2023, Dr. Megan Morrissey (WGST & LGBTQ Studies director) and Dr. Ӧzlem Altıok (WGST Studies principal lecturer) were honored at the UNT Salute to Faculty Excellence! This ceremony "is hosted each spring by Faculty Success and the UNT Foundation. It is just one of the many ways UNT honors the dedicated faculty members whose innovative research, pedagogy, and service continue our university's tradition of prestige (note 1)".

Dr. Morrissey received the Piper Professor Award Nominee, a prestigious award honors ten (10) professors from throughout Texas during the current academic year for their dedication to the teaching profession and superior teaching ability at the college level (note 2).

Dr. Altıok was the recipient of President's Council Teaching Award, which recognizes full-time, tenured/ tenure-track faculty members for a record of teaching excellence at the University of North Texas for at least a five (5) year period (note 3).

Congratulations to Dr. Morrissey and Dr. Altıok - we are honored to have you representing our programs and as part of our WGST community!

1. https://vpaa.unt.edu/fs/recognition

2. https://vpaa.unt.edu/fs/recognition/list/piper

3. https://vpaa.unt.edu/fs/recognition/list/president-teaching

Pictured: Dr. Altıok (left) and Dr. Morrissey receiving awards at Salute to Faculty Excellence.

Please join us! The WGST Student Research Symposium promises to showcase some of the exciting and critical work coming from our discipline. It will provide an opportunity to talk with students and with each other about the importance of interdisciplinary scholarship and ideas.

📣Meet our team📣

Introducing….Claire Colgrove!

Claire (she/her) is a Graduate Student Worker for the WGST & LGBTQ Studies programs. She is earning her master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Claire is empathetic, encouraging, & an expert in pop culture (ask her anything about Harry Styles 🎤🕺)! Swipe left to learn some ✨fun facts✨ about Claire!

Alright, this one’s for the undergrads, & grad students, too! Want to challenge your thinking & participate in meaningful community work? Sign up to take WGST 4350/5350: Gender & Globalization this fall!

Course description:

What is globalization and how do people located differently, in socio-economic and geographical terms, experience it? How are they gendered? In what ways are local issues global, and global ones local?

This seminar focuses on social inequality and explores how feminist perspectives are useful for understanding social, economic and political aspects of globalization in the 21st century. Topics covered include international trade; international development and migration. The course has a community-engaged learning component that will be conducted in partnership with Opening Doors International Services (ODIS).

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Join us on Tuesday, 4/11 (6:00pm film screening / 6:45pm film discussion) in the Willis Library room 250H or online to watch and discuss this month's Fem Flicks Documentary! We hope to see you in-person or virtually! Fem Flicks is a free film series that explores how gender identities intersect with race/ethnicity, disability, sexuality, etc. A post discussion follows the film and is led by a member of UNT’s faculty or Denton community member. Popcorn and great discussion will be provided!

Streaming Link:
https://discover.library.unt.edu/catalog/b5500106

Discussion Link:
tinyurl.com/FFSinsInvalid-Discussion

Alternative text:
Image Description: Flyer shows the advertising poster for the documentary, Sins Invalid. The main graphic image is a visual of a pair of people of color performing ballet from the floor of a stage and from a wheelchair. The poster features tones of blue and dark purple tones. The images includes the logo for femflicks and the rising eagle logos Pride Alliance, Multicultural Center, Digital Media Library, Women & Gender Studies Lock-Ups. Text Description: Sins Invalid. April 11. Willis Library 250H. Film screening begins at 6:00pm. Discussion at 6:45pm. Sins Invalid witnesses a performance project that incubates and celebrates artists with disabilities, centralizing artists of color and q***r and gender-variant artists. Since 2006, its performances have explored themes of sexuality, beauty, and the disabled body, impacting thousands through live performance. Sins Invalid is as an entryway into the absurdly taboo topic of sexuality and disability, manifesting a new paradigm of disability justice.

Please contact the Pride Alliance at [email protected] and/or 940.565.2589 if you need an accommodation to fully participate in an event because of a disability. For voice access, dial 1-800-RELAYTX (735-2989). Please make the request as soon as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.

Join us tonight!!

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Join us on Tuesday, 4/11 (6:00pm film screening / 6:45pm film discussion) in the Willis Library room 250H or online to watch and discuss this month's Fem Flicks Documentary! We hope to see you in-person or virtually! Fem Flicks is a free film series that explores how gender identities intersect with race/ethnicity, disability, sexuality, etc. A post discussion follows the film and is led by a member of UNT’s faculty or Denton community member. Popcorn and great discussion will be provided!

Streaming Link:
https://discover.library.unt.edu/catalog/b5500106

Discussion Link:
tinyurl.com/FFSinsInvalid-Discussion

Alternative text:
Image Description: Flyer shows the advertising poster for the documentary, Sins Invalid. The main graphic image is a visual of a pair of people of color performing ballet from the floor of a stage and from a wheelchair. The poster features tones of blue and dark purple tones. The images includes the logo for femflicks and the rising eagle logos Pride Alliance, Multicultural Center, Digital Media Library, Women & Gender Studies Lock-Ups. Text Description: Sins Invalid. April 11. Willis Library 250H. Film screening begins at 6:00pm. Discussion at 6:45pm. Sins Invalid witnesses a performance project that incubates and celebrates artists with disabilities, centralizing artists of color and q***r and gender-variant artists. Since 2006, its performances have explored themes of sexuality, beauty, and the disabled body, impacting thousands through live performance. Sins Invalid is as an entryway into the absurdly taboo topic of sexuality and disability, manifesting a new paradigm of disability justice.

Please contact the Pride Alliance at [email protected] and/or 940.565.2589 if you need an accommodation to fully participate in an event because of a disability. For voice access, dial 1-800-RELAYTX (735-2989). Please make the request as soon as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.

Are you an undergrad needing an elective to round out your fall schedule? Check out these 2 courses we are super excited to offer!

✨ WGST 4260:
The Shift from Chicano
Feminism to Xicanisma

The use of an intersectional lens (race, class, gender, sexuality, and "borderlands") will shape examinations and explanations of Chicana/ Xicana daily lived experiences. This course explores topics of family/gender roles and expectations/the legal system/labor/borderlands and borders/spirituality/sexuality /immigration and identity/ and more!

✨ WGST 3500: Feminist
Foundations

This course explores the shifts in feminist movements and thought in the United States from the 1960s to the present. Issues such as gender equity, reproductive rights, economic disparity, work and the family, and political participation are discussed with attention to intersectional identities and experiences.

Don't forget to save the date for our joint 🎉Women's & Gender Studies and International Studies Open House🎉 next week! Come check out our new suites, meet folks from across campus, and enjoy free swag and Chipotle during this come-and-go event.

When: Wednesday April 12th @ 11am-2pm
Where: WGST & INST Suites, GAB 117 & 119

We hope you can make it!