Category: Student Spotlight

WGS “Feminist Research in Action” Group Researches Stalking at ISU

By Trinity Jones According to Iowa Code 708.11, stalking is defined as when a person “purposefully engages in course of conduct that would cause reasonable person to fear bodily injury to death to (themself) or immediate family; perpetrator knows or should have known that the person would be fearful and course of conduct actually induces … Continue reading WGS “Feminist Research in Action” Group Researches Stalking at ISU

Congratulations to WGS Graduating Senior Rachel O’Brien

By Trinity Jones Rachel O’Brien is a graduating senior from Stemwood, Illinois, with a double major in Women’s and Gender Studies and Journalism. Having decided on this double major during her first year of college, she sees what she learned in Women’s and Gender Studies intersecting with her career in many ways. “As a journalist, … Continue reading Congratulations to WGS Graduating Senior Rachel O’Brien

Amanda Arp named WGS Grad Student Scholarship Recipient for 2020-2021

Congratulations to PhD student Amanda Arp! She has been selected by the WGS Scholarship Committee to receive the 2020-2021 WGS Grad Student Scholarship. Arp is a PhD student in Rhetoric and Professional Communication and a WGS Grad Minor. “As I began taking Women and Gender Studies classes, I felt drawn to how many feminists view … Continue reading Amanda Arp named WGS Grad Student Scholarship Recipient for 2020-2021

Antonio Ball named 2020-2021 Linda Galyon Undergraduate Scholarship recipient

How Cynthia Wolters is Merging Women’s and Gender Studies and English

By Trinity Jones Cynthia Wolters (She/Her/Hers) is a senior from Ohama, NE with a double major in English and Women’s and Gender Studies and a minor in Speech Composition. Her first year at Iowa State, she discovered the Women’s and Gender Studies program, which ended up having a significant impact on her in both academic … Continue reading How Cynthia Wolters is Merging Women’s and Gender Studies and English

Antonio Ball Student Spotlight Interview

https://soc.iastate.edu/2019/12/05/making-a-difference-in-the-world-through-sociology/  Antonio Ball, a Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology double major was spotlighted on the Department of Sociology’s website. Click on the link above to read about how he is using his degrees to make a change.    

Women’s and Gender Learning Community helps students get published

If you needed yet another reason to consider joining the WGS Learning Community, consider this: many the Fall 2017 Learning Community members were officially published in the Online Biographical Dictionary of the Women Suffrage Movement in the United States! For more information about the Fall 2019 Learning Community, contact WGS Adviser Christiana Langenberg. You can … Continue reading Women’s and Gender Learning Community helps students get published

Anna’s WGS Internship Experience at ACCESS

One of our Women’s and Gender Studies seniors, Anna (she/her/hers), spent the summer working as a sexual assault team intern at Assault Care Center Extending Shelter & Support (ACCESS), which helped her meet her WGS 491 credits. Anna worked as an advocate for victims of sexual assault and helped the organization with training development. Double … Continue reading Anna’s WGS Internship Experience at ACCESS