Women’s and gender studies examines how gender shapes identity, culture, health, justice and daily life. Our courses encourage you to connect classroom learning with real-world challenges and prepare you for careers where cultural understanding and social analysis matter. WGST adds value to any discipline, whether anthropology, English, philosophy, psychology, religious studies or public health.
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Academics
Our program will help you gain a deeper understanding of the world around you by examining power, privilege and oppression.
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Research
We investigate questions of gender and justice through projects that bridge scholarship and activism.
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Beyond the Classroom
Expand your studies through internships, community programs or study abroad opportunities.
Women’s and Gender Studies is so much more than a major to me — it offers irreplaceable insight and knowledge regarding what it means to be a woman and how women have defined history as we know it.
News
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2025 Adrenée Glover Freeman Lecture
Join us for the 2025 Adrenée Glover Freeman Lecture on October 7, 2025, with Dr. Shannon C. Eaves. Explore the history of sexual violence and slavery and its lasting impact on the South’s culture.
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OPEN: Search for Assistant Professors
The faculty of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina, Columbia campus, invites applications for two 9-month, full-time, tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin August 16, 2026.
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Annual Dr. Mary Baskin-Waters Lecture
The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies hosted the 8th Annual Dr. Mary Baskin-Waters Lecture on March 25 with Elizabeth Dale, Ph.D. Her talk, Portraits of Women’s Philanthropy, explored giving through a gender lens and its impact on communities.
