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The official page of Princeton University's Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Twitter: @PrincetonGSS
As a “program” at Princeton, rather than a department, GSS offers a certificate to students who elect to meet our fairly simple course requirements. We’re proud of our ability to both reflect and lead the constantly changing intellectual and activist trends in the study of gender a
09/08/2025
Interested in taking a GSS course this Fall?
There are still some seats open in some of our core courses!
Take a look and register online if you are interested in these or any more of our course through our website:
gss.princeton.edu/Fall25courses
09/08/2025
This Tuesday, 9/9, Professor Shamus Khan will join Kānaka Maoli composer Leilehua Lanzilotti and prize-winning journalist Vinson Cunningham in New York for a conversation moderated by ethnomusicology professor Fredara Mareva Hadley from The Juilliard School in their discussion series, "Variations on America".
This discussion is titled, "Home: Belonging, from New England to Hawaii" and kicks off Gustavo Dudamel’s inaugural season and first concert as Musical Director at the Philharmonic.
More details are online at:
gss.princeton.edu/events
09/02/2025
Happy First Day of Classes, Princeton!
There's still time to enroll in GSS courses, visit us online to learn more:
gss.princeton.edu/Fall25courses
08/11/2025
The Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies is delighted to share two new books from some of our distinguished faculty.
Rhacel Salazar Parreñas has authored a new book "The Trafficker Next Door", releasing on Tuesday, September 2nd.
Brian Eugenio Herrera co-edited an anthology, "María Irene Fornés In Context", which released on Thursday, August 7th.
Read more on the GSS homepage:
gss.princeton.edu
08/08/2025
The Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies is delighted to announce that Paulina Jones-Torregrosa has joined our team as our Postdoctoral Research Associate. A brilliant PhD graduate from Northwestern University, Paulina is eager to meet everyone. Please join us in welcoming Paulina.
08/08/2025
You're invited! Join us on Wednesday, September 17th from 12-1:30PM to have ice cream and chat with GSS students and faculty!
Location: Corwin Hall 130
06/25/2025
In collaboration with the Department of Religion and the Department of African American Studies, the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies is delighted to announce an upcoming speaker series, “The Promise and Peril of American Evangelicalism”.
The speaker series accompanies and is a part of Professor Wallace Best’s Fall 2025 course, “Modern Evangelicalism in the United States” which traces the historical development of this religious tradition and the profound impact it has on all aspects of American society. The series features three distinguished guest speakers who are leaders in the field of American religious studies.
More information, including the date and time of each speaker are to be announced soon.
06/11/2025
GSS is proud to share that we have two NEW courses for Fall 2025!
GSS 241: Gender, Violence, and the Other
&
GSS 242: The Body, Sexuality, and Power
If you are interested in these or any more of our course, be sure to register through our website:
gss.princeton.edu/fall2025
06/03/2025
The Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies celebrated the accomplishments of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates during Class Day on May 26th.
Students, families, friends, faculty, and staff filled the Corwin Hall Atrium and were treated to a delicious reception, warm smiles, and farewell wishes.
Associate Professor of Theatre and Gender and Sexuality Studies Brian Herrera and Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs Elizabeth Armstrong presented the Suzanne M. Huffman prize.
The first place winner is: Mia Medic: “Between the Stall and the State:” A
Street-Level Bureaucracy Analysis of New Jersey’s Menstrual Product
Policy in Public Schools
Senior Thesis Adviser: Corrine McConnaughy
Second place co-winner: Caitlin Durkin: “States of Uncertainty:”
Contraceptive Decision-Making in U.S. College Health Centers after
Dobbs and the 2024 Election
Senior Thesis Adviser: Elizabeth Armstrong
Thank you to everyone who joined us and who helped to put this event
together. More pictures, including headshots and family portraits can be
viewed and downloaded from the GSS Flickr page.
06/03/2025
Happy Pride from GSS!
Be sure to mark your calendars for the Princeton Pride Parade 2025 next Saturday, June 14, from 11am-6pm.
More information can be found online at:
https://www.rustincenter.org/pride